Can’t say I’m surprised, but I am so disappointed. Everything started going downhill with those morons from RBI – Richmond Baseball Initiative. Get it? Real cool name, huh? Those – again – morons with their plans to put a ballpark in downtown Richmond, where there is no space, no drainage, and oh yeah, there are already about 50 tenants in buildings occupying the proposed land…these nitwits turned everything upside down with their lame plan to try and make money. After RBI’s foolish, foolish plan, the surrounding counties backed out of their proposed (and agreed upon) funding for the future Braves since they had nothing to gain since the city would’ve been the sole beneficiary, instead of the shockingly obvious plans to leave the ballpark at the intersection of two of America’s largest highways. I don’t know….I am so disappointed and angry. It just sucks. Who can blame Liberty? I guess they need to make money, as well. They know a good investment when they see one, and it’s painfully obvious that Richmond, with Wilder as our, uggh, Mayor, is not a good investment. And Wilder deserves plenty of blame, as well. He has done nothing but antagonize the Braves with his “they need us more than we need them” crap. Then, when it became plain to his press secretary that Richmonders who actually follow baseball voiced otherwise, he goes into his whole, “It’s not my fault” routine. What a great leader. Why would the Braves want to work with someone like this? I guess they didn’t.
