ABC7's Larry Beil passionate reaction to A's owner John Fisher sending a
goodbye letter to A's fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOV4vo1eo1M
这周将是运动家队在Oakland主场最后进行的三场比赛. A's老板对球迷们发表了公开信
(以下摘要)
"..When Lew Wolff and I bought the team in 2005, our dream was to win world
championships and build a new ballpark in Oakland. Over the next 18 years, we
did our very best to make that happen. We proposed and pursued five different
locations in the Bay Area. And despite mutual and ongoing efforts to get a
deal done for the Howard Terminal project, we came up short."
当我跟Lew Wolff在2005年买下运动家时,我们的梦想是赢世界大赛跟在Oakland盖新球场.
接下来18年我们努力想要实现. 我们提出五种不同新球场方案,包括在Howard Terminal
盖新球场,但是都没有成功
"..I know there is great disappointment, even bitterness. Though I wish I could
speak to each one of you individually, I can tell you this from the heart: we
tried. Staying in Oakland was our goal, it was our mission, and we failed to
achieve it. And for that I am genuinely sorry."
我知道大家都很失望,甚至怨恨. 我希望我有机会跟每位球迷单独谈话,让我能够真心的表
达我们尽力了. 在Oakland留下是我们的目标,但是我们失败了. 我很抱歉.
在唸完John Fisher的公开信后,ABC7体育主编Larry Beil在现场发表了下面的反驳:
"All right, so you heard Fisher's statement. Let me tell you what reality is.
Okay, John, you tried five different extremely flawed stadium proposals. You
never got even close to a shovel in the ground. Yes, Oakland politics is
often a mess, I will give you that. But John, you surround yourself with
incompetent yes men, and because you were born into a billionaire family,
apparently never learned you have to spend money to make money. See Joe Lacob
and the Golden State Warriors, your buddy, who still wants to buy the team.
John, you're a serial penny-pincher. You've destroyed your family's great
name and legacy because of your cheapness."
听完了Fisher的公开声明,现在让我告诉各位真相如何. John,你试着提出五个不同计画
都是注定胎死腹中的鸟方案. 连开工动土的可能性都没有. 没错,Oakland的政府官僚让
这些计画困难度增加,这点不怪你. 但是你身边只有一群唯唯诺诺的庸才,而你自己只是
个富二代完全不懂要有报酬先要投资的道理. 不相信的话看看你朋友,Warriors老板Joe
Lacob是怎样砸钱砸出勇士王朝的,他想买A's你还不卖. 你只是一个把家族名声败坏的
吝啬守财奴
"As for the statement about loyal A's fans, quote 'I wish I can speak to each
one of you individually', end quote. Seriously? John, we've been trying to
interview you for years, but you always choose to remain invisible, unless
you're begging politicians for public funding and then you're out in front
in Las Vegas."
至于希望跟每个A's球迷对话的说法,你是认真的吗? 我们几年下来试着采访你,但是你永远
躲在幕后直到你需要出面跟Las Vegas政府要补助金时才露面
目前A's的计画是接下三年在Sacramento进行主场比赛. 但是为了球场场地同时承受A's跟
原本球队3A河猫队的使用,现有草地必须换成人工草皮. 这样一来就有可能在夏天华式130
度(摄氏54度)的状态下在户外人工草皮上比赛,这对球员受伤风险大幅提高. Scott Boras
对这个问题曾经提出质疑,但是联盟很快地宣布在Sacramento比赛是已经确定的方案了.
同时,A's在Vegas的球场计画也出现了资金问题:
https://shorturl.at/yHGV3
新球场的预计成本在1.5B,其中350M来自地方政府举债,300M由A's来抵押融资,剩下850M
由Fisher家族向外界投资人集资. 问题是政府举债的条件是A's要出100M做担保,目前A's
并没有交出保证金. 300M的抵押融资跟850M的集资也没有下文,因此到目前为止都没有任何
开工动土的时间表.