Frederick City Recommends Going With Current Affiliated Minor League Team

The City of Frederick (MD) decided to negotiate with the affiliated Minor League team, the Frederick Keys, which are the single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles instead of with the entity which would have brought an Atlantic League independent team to the city:

There are three points of interest in the article:

  1. The basis of evaluation used by the City’s committee in order to determine which organization would receive the committee’s recommendation
  2. The quote by the Keys’ owner Ken Young: “I knew it was the best thing for the city — affiliated ball is more valuable.”
  3. The quote by the group representing a possible Atlantic League team (Jack Lavoie) which is the last paragraph in the article

 

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