Saturday, May 08, 2004
Giants Owner Says He Never Would Surrender South Bay
Peter Magowan says he won't accept a buyout of his territorial rights to allow the Athletics to move south:
"You haven't done anything to affect your team. It's a one-time deal to make the investors richer. But that's not why we're in this. We're in this to try to make the Giants as safe as possible. That's why we got into this in the first place, to keep the Giants from going to Tampa Bay and keep the Giants in San Francisco forever.
"Anything that would weaken the Giants financially on a permanent basis, as I think putting the A's in San Jose would, runs the risk that the Giants aren't going to be safe in San Francisco."
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Peter Magowan says he won't accept a buyout of his territorial rights to allow the Athletics to move south:
"You haven't done anything to affect your team. It's a one-time deal to make the investors richer. But that's not why we're in this. We're in this to try to make the Giants as safe as possible. That's why we got into this in the first place, to keep the Giants from going to Tampa Bay and keep the Giants in San Francisco forever.
"Anything that would weaken the Giants financially on a permanent basis, as I think putting the A's in San Jose would, runs the risk that the Giants aren't going to be safe in San Francisco."
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