MINOR LEAGUE TEAM HERE? PHOENIX FIRM PROPOSES MOVE.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A Phoenix company is interested in bringing a minor league baseball
Tri-Century Baseball Inc. will ask the Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday for the exclusive right to work over the next two years to draw a professional team to the area. ``While it's very exciting, it is very, very preliminary,'' said Mayor Cameron Smyth Cameron Smyth is a Republican who has represented Califoria's 38th Assembly district since December of 2006. He succeeded Keith Richman who was term limited. Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Assemblyman Smyth served on the Santa Clarita City Council, where he , the author of the plan. Smyth said he was first approached with the idea to bring professional baseball to Santa Clarita by family friend and Saugus resident Dave Trogan. ``It would be a great thing for the city to have a team to call its own,'' Trogan said. Tri-Century helped relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. the minor league River Cats to Sacramento, Trogan said. ``It's going to take a full commitment from the community to make this happen,'' Trogan said. ``There are a lot of hoops to jump through.'' Tri-Century owner Jay Hemond did not return phone messages seeking comment Thursday. Formal discussions about which minor league team would move to Santa Clarita, where a stadium would be located or what role the city would play in wooing a team have not been held, said Ken Striplin, assistant to City Manager Ken Pulskamp. Baseball officials said none of the 250 minor league teams have requested to move to Santa Clarita. ``It's a complicated process that can take awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. ,'' said Steve Densa, a spokesman for minor league baseball, which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla. Any Santa Clarita minor league team would compete for fans - as well as runs and hits - with the JetHawks, which play in Lancaster Municipal Stadium in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``I think there is room for two teams in northern Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County,'' Smyth said. The City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd. Heather MacDonald, (661) 257-5257 heather.macdonald(at)dailynews.com |
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