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Twins boosters need to buy some time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
MINNEAPOLIS _ Before any promise of a new baseball stadium can save the Minnesota Twins, those who would bankroll such a promise need at least one victory in a two-pronged legal challenge against Major League Baseball's attempt to eliminate franchises.
That would buy enough time to sort out several emerging ballpark financing plans and perhaps allow for a vote by state lawmakers.
This month will be pivotal, starting with important dates this week, in whether the Twins will play in 2002 or are folded as part of Commissioner Bud Selig's plan to drop two of the 30 major league teams. The Montreal Expos are the other likely candidate.
Shortly after Selig announced the contraction plan, he said he hoped to complete it by Dec. 15, including a dispersal draft of players.
"If you really want to do something, the deadlines are not all inflexible," Selig insisted Tuesday at a news conference following an owners meeting in Rosemont, Ill. "But no question time ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Twins boosters need to buy some time.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)