I’ll have more to share on Florida’s involvement once its all been finalized, but needless to say the Cubs were honest about their intentions and everyone here understands that its the longest of long shots.

But I suspect that Mesa will do whatever they have to, to trump the FL offer (if there is one). They know the Cubs drive the spring training engine in Arizona.

Just because a county in FL, rounds up the troops – forms a committee, and then blasts every paper in a 200 mile radius does not mean that Florida has an offer/best offer. I agree with you, if by some chance Florida can pull one out of their tail then alright we’re moving to Florida! But as you noted, this is a gift for Ricketts and the Cubs because it does give them the leverage to turn the screws on Mesa to commit to building exactly the kind of facility they want. I find it interesting how cryptic most of these articles are (from FL papers no less). Sounds to me like they called a meeting – Ricketts and his management jumped on it – and they walked over to some vacant land and dreamed a dream of a Florida Wrigleyville. Now translating that into dollars – and actual sources of dollars is another thing.

I think that the county officials are simply trying to show they put out the best effort – gotta luv the “no increases in taxes” bit.