I understand the interest. I understand it's a part of the comparison. . We have some significant debt service. One way to demonstrate it isn't to have enormous losses. It is a familiar refrain.
Payroll equals winning in baseball.
To try to do it the way the Phillies do, on a lower-middle class budget, is to provide your baseball people with zero margin for error. You cry for deep pockets, those of you who still believe Philadelphia baseball is worth a tear. You pray that the new ballpark at 10th and Pattison will represent just that. I know it's a funny thing, but that was what you saw. Veterans Stadium didn't need light towers because the seats were built so high that the lights just sit on the stadium rim.