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THEY SAID IT
Edited by Merrell Noden
December 24, 1990
?Phil Esposito, president of the NHL-expansion Tampa Bay Lightning, on how he persuaded Japanese investors to bankroll a hockey team in Tampa: "The more we drank, the more it made sense. Later, they were surprised to learn they had invested in hockey. They thought we said sake."
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December 24, 1990

They Said It

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? Phil Esposito, president of the NHL-expansion Tampa Bay Lightning, on how he persuaded Japanese investors to bankroll a hockey team in Tampa: "The more we drank, the more it made sense. Later, they were surprised to learn they had invested in hockey. They thought we said sake."

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