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Decision looming Twins' Pohlad: Contraction vote could come next week
Updated: Thursday November 01, 2001 10:08 AM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad says major league team owners could vote next week on whether to eliminate the Twins franchise. Pohlad told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that he hasn't asked his fellow owners for a buyout. But he says it could happen if the other owners want it. Pohlad has owned the Twins since 1984. He told the newspaper he's put $150 million dollars into the team, and he's "not going to do it anymore." Pohlad has spent several years trying to convince lawmakers that he can't turn a profit without a new, publicly subsidized ballpark. Other baseball owners would have to pay Pohlad to dissolve the franchise under any plan to reduce the number of major league teams. Pohlad says he would sell the Twins "in a heartbeat" to local investors before he would consider being bought out by other owners.
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