The news gets worse

Things continued to spiral downwards for baseball fans in Hagerstown as the team and the city of Fredericksburg Va agreed to what was termed as "a preliminary agreement on an outline of a deal".
As bad as that sounds,it is pretty non-committal as it would be as me saying "I generally agree to do a rough list of chores from the lovely Cherie".
Could the Hub City rally from this? Perhaps,but they certainly have to get off the floor to beat the ten count.
Which means get things moving with a funding plan and take care of business before it is (if it isn't already) too late...

The city's announcement on deciding on the downtown site (the worst one possible) earlier this week gave some brief hope before the body blow of a general agreement with Fredericksburg.
This dance has been danced before with Winchester,so there is hope,but Hagerstown is certainly running second for now.
What this means is that the Suns (I.E.Bruce Quinn) prefers Fredericksburg,but will consider Hagerstown if they ante up and pay a little more.

This is bad news,no matter how you spin it,but reading the release really didn't commit the Suns to anything,but as I earlier wrote,Mr.Quinn clearly prefers one city to the other.

Things continue to make me glum,but none more than this statement by Lewis Metzner of the city (small c) council to the Herald Mail.
"If the Suns reach a deal with Fredericksburg, Metzner said he does not believe the team will be playing in that city by 2015, since it could take a few years to build a 5,000-seat stadium.
The Suns would need a place to play until construction is completed, and “I can’t see them playing in Municipal Stadium for $1 a year,” he said, referring to the current agreement with the team for use of the city-owned ballpark.
That could open the way for a short-term lease agreement for the Suns to keep playing in Hagerstown until a stadium is built, Metzner said."
When you start thinking that way,one can see the end of the game in sight.

It's not looking good in Hagerstown.....