Now that the national news picked up the story of the New York Yankees ending their agreement with the Columbus Clippers, it's getting a little out of hand. Too much Chicken Little talk has started about Columbus baseball.
People automatically assume that means the team uproots and we're stuck without a ballclub. The players will go, yes, but the rest of that is unbelievably incorrect.
Franklin County - the taxpayers of, that is - owner the Columbus Clippers. The team and its colors won't go anywhere. Ever. So long as they remain publicly owned. They like the Green Bay Packers in that regard. Sell the team to a private owner and all bets are off.
The Clippers just won't be affiliated with the Yankees anymore. The team's been on auto pilot with renewing its agreement every two years since Yankees nabbed it in the late 1970s. Minor league teams switch affiliations with some regularity and it won't affect what we see on the field. Minor league baseball isn't a portion of the sport that relies on marketing stars. It can't -- once they play well enough at AAA, the majors are a matter of time.
This Cleveland Indians fan won't mind an end to rooting for the future Yankees that I will boo when they get called to the majors. In fact, what's to miss? The baseball stays, even if a different group of players roam the Coop next year.
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