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It will be interesting to see how it effects the Expos competitively; i.e., will they get free agents, will they have the money to build their farm system.
The Orioles seem like they're getting a pretty sweet deal out of this as well. I believe MLB has agreed to guarantee that their revenue would still reach a certain level, and that if Angelos were ever to sell the team, MLB would guarantee that a certain sale level was reached. This was in response to the opposition he had to another team coming into the D.C. area.
San Juan was an experiment for a team that didn't have any other options. Attendance was pitiful in Montreal, they weren't making money, and they needed to do something to make up for it. It was a way for MLB to further entice the Latin American market while slowing the bleeding of the Montreal franchise.
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