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Take me out to the new ballparks; Milwaukee, Pittsburgh will join the trend.(Chicago Tribune)
the trend
CHICAGO _ Since being named commissioner, Bud Selig has traveled North America tirelessly warning about the growing revenue disparity between franchises. He has given dozens, if not hundreds, of speeches in which he refers to the sacred nature of a baseball fan's "faith and hope." In the modern game, Selig says, fans too often find themselves without optimism at the start of a season.
That has been the case for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, but those franchises' dark days should end officially this weekend.
The Brewers and the Pirates open taxpayer-funded stadiums this weekend. Miller Park in Milwaukee unofficially opens with an exhibition game Friday night against the White Sox. PNC Park in Pittsburgh gets its first dry run Saturday, when the Pirates play an exhibition game against the Mets.
That brings the total of ballparks opening in the last two years to five. Comerica Park in Detroit, Enron Field in Houston and Pac Bell Park in San Francisco opened last season.
Thirteen of baseball's 30 franchises will play this season in parks that opened in the last decade. Construction either is ongoing or has been approved in Cincinnati, Miami and San Diego. Six other teams, including the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals, are studying sites and pursuing financing plans for a new stadium.
The survival of the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos depends on their ability to get stadium projects in place. While the Oakland Athletics have built a dynamic contender around young players, they will have to break it up or relocate if they can't get a stadium built in the area.
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