It will be warm inside. It will be fun. And the team will be better. That's the thing about these new ballparks - they do generate revenue, and revenue does tend to translate into wins. The equation is not nearly as clean in football, but it is pretty simple in baseball.
More spending really does tend to equal more wins.
But even with the new ballpark, the Phillies will not be playing in the Tom Hicks league, not to mention the Yankees and the Mets and the Braves. A-Rod still isn't coming here. The Phillies' problem is simpler. You know that task just got harder in the last few months. Now there are these new deals, which make the Jones business look amateurish by comparison.