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Eugene Church · 02-02-2009, 05:15 PM

The Islandian Times

Friday, January 11, 2002

IPA Expansion Committee To Present Plans at Next Week's Preseason Owners Confab
The Islandian Pro Alliance will discuss in detail the league expansion committee report at a called business meeting next Friday at the league headquarters in Forest City. Commissioner John Banford has asked the co-chairs of the expansion committee, Jock Ewing and Jorge Trujillo, to present their findings at owners preseason meeting. Ewing owns the Waleska Westerners and Trujillo has the Belair Beach Sunbirds. Both were appointed to head the expansion investigation in mid-November last year.

Baseball writers for The Islandian Times have reported in many stories and commentaries over the past year that the time is right for expanding professional baseball throughout the Islands. Well-known BNN baseball analyst and Times columnist, Gam Peters, did a series of articles on the subject. Peters commented, "It's a no brainer. All you have to do is just look at the attendance at industrial league games of the non-IPA towns. Not only are they very well attended, the talent level is probably on par with the IPA. The industrial league draws as well as the pro teams. Even in towns that have pro teams, the company teams pull great crowds. There is just no justifiable reason to put off pro baseball expansion for 5-10 years as has been suggested by several IPA owners."

02-02-2009, 05:15 PM	#666
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,944	The Islandian Times Friday, January 11, 2002 IPA Expansion Committee To Present Plans at Next Week's Preseason Owners Confab The Islandian Pro Alliance will discuss in detail the league expansion committee report at a called business meeting next Friday at the league headquarters in Forest City. Commissioner John Banford has asked the co-chairs of the expansion committee, Jock Ewing and Jorge Trujillo, to present their findings at owners preseason meeting. Ewing owns the Waleska Westerners and Trujillo has the Belair Beach Sunbirds. Both were appointed to head the expansion investigation in mid-November last year. Baseball writers for The Islandian Times have reported in many stories and commentaries over the past year that the time is right for expanding professional baseball throughout the Islands. Well-known BNN baseball analyst and Times columnist, Gam Peters, did a series of articles on the subject. Peters commented, "It's a no brainer. All you have to do is just look at the attendance at industrial league games of the non-IPA towns. Not only are they very well attended, the talent level is probably on par with the IPA. The industrial league draws as well as the pro teams. Even in towns that have pro teams, the company teams pull great crowds. There is just no justifiable reason to put off pro baseball expansion for 5-10 years as has been suggested by several IPA owners." Last edited by Eugene Church; 02-02-2009 at 05:32 PM.