First, we laughed....

Then, we heaped tons of scorn on this article at Ballpark Digest. But, only on the parts related to us.

The title:

Fox Valley fertile area for new ballparks?

The main gist is for the possibility of a new stadium for the Green Bay Bullfrogs of the Northwoods League. Which is great. Good for them. Go read the details here.

This is the part of the Ballpark Digest story where we had laughed scornfully....or scornfully laughed...

Meanwhile, we've heard the front office of the Timber Rattlers has quietly begun discussions of whether to pursue a replacement for Fox Cities Stadium, a rather basic facility opening in 1995 in suburban Grand Chute. The goal would to bring a ballpark back into Appleton. There's nothing wrong with Fox Cities Stadium, but it lacks some money-makers (i.e., suites) and its location isn't very scenic. There have been meetings with architects, but so far (we're told) everything is happening at the early-discussion phase.

I believe the kids on-line react in this manner when they see something as outlandish as this on-line...ahem...let me know if I get this right:

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Did I do that correctly?

We are not...repeat, not, looking to build a new stadium in Appleton. We are doing fine...with our three suites...right here at...and let me be clear on the name of the stadium since it has been our name for the last three freaking years...TIME WARNER CABLE FIELD at FOX CITIES STADIUM!

This seems along the lines of the guy who runs the blog that agitated for the Omaha Royals to become a Cubs affiliate....Oh, wait. I misstated.

That should be: This seems along the lines of the guy who ran the blog that agitated for the Omaha Royals to become a Cubs affiliate. Actually, he agitated for the Iowa Cubs to leave Des Moines and move to Omaha. I am almost positive that he had no idea how Minor League Baseball in general -- and Player Development Contracts to get specific -- works when it came right down to it.

He always claimed to have inside information that said a deal would happen any day now...any day now....Well, since the Royals broke ground on their new stadium, that blog was deleted.

http://omahacubs.blogspot.com/

But, you can still do a cache search for some of the pages...like this beauty right here.

Well, it took a lot longer than expected and everything else semmed to get effed up along the way, but it was finally announced today that the Omaha-based Ricketts family has purchased the Chicago Cubs.

We were informed about their offer long before the public and have been secretly told that the family had an interest in moving their AAA farm team to Omaha. As reported, this was contingent on the Omaha Royals leaving the metro area which was this close (fingers are really close together). Unfortunately, the Royals and Sarpy County decided to build a new stadium in a corm field. If you haven't been by the location at Hwy 370 and 126 St, make the drive down. Then tell me how often are you willing to go there to watch a baseball game? If you're anything like me, it's not very often and I live 20 minutes or so away.

I also believe that -- based on that bolded and italicized sentence -- he had no idea of the penalties for tampering. It's pretty serious business.

But, I believe in world peace and that I'll win the lottery one day. So take it for what it is worth.

I think that the guys at Ballpark Digest are better than this. But, still....

Bhanklwiohfywaos!!! Dang. That was wrong. I'm pretty sure I did it right the first time.