Is baseball for sale?

AuthorElliott, Stuart
PositionOPINION - Brief article

A huge deal will name the new ballpark of the New York Mets for Citigroup. The new stadium, scheduled to open in spring 20119, will be called Citi Field. (Its entry rotunda will honor Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers legend who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947.) The current ballpark, Shea Stadium, is named after William A. Shea, a lawyer who helped bring National League baseball back to New York after the Dodgers and Giants left for the West Coast. Citigroup is paying more than $20 million a...

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