This cat has nine lives! Spring Training baseball coming to John Prince Park?

For those of you following the Spring Training baseball story in Palm Beach County (PBC), an interesting story appeared in the Palm Beach Post yesterday. It comes on the heels of many stories in the Post and the Sun Sentinel on Spring Training in PBC. First, everyone can agree that the PBC Commission is going to find a location for the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, that is a given. Second, the talks between the county and West Palm Beach have taken on a Kabuki flair which lead some to surmise those talks are a purposeful misdirection and obfuscation for the real objective: a baseball stadium and a practice facility in John Prince Park.

First, here is the title from Joe Capozzi's article: "Palm Beach County parks director with baseball past walks fine line in stadium talks". Notice that Mr. Capozzi didn't write, Palm Beach County parks director with baseball past WALKED a fine line in stadium talks. The headline by Mr. Capozzi would lead one to conclude that Eric Call, the director of the Palm Beach County parks department, is now walking a "fine line" in "stadium talks". 

Then there is this from the article:

“Eric [Call] handled it beautifully,” said Glen Torcivia, the city attorney for Lake Worth, which continues to support a John Prince Park site. “He realized baseball could be good. But he always advocated his wish to preserve the park.”

Now read the following from Mr. Capozzi's article:

The teams say the north-end site is too small. Tthe [sic] southern site would require filling in “navigable waterways” including those connecting Lake Osbourne [sic] to Square Lake, something the teams said in a Dec. 5 letter would take “an enormous permitting effort,” including permits from the Army Corps of Engineers.

But IF THE PARK DOES COME UP AGAIN [emphasis added], the teams might ask Call about his baseball background. He said it never came up during meetings earlier this year.

For those who strongly support Spring Training in John Prince Park keep up the faith! Don't throw away those colorful baseball caps and get ready for a celebration somewhere with Mel and Vinnie singing "It Feels Like Home To Me". 

"It ain't over till it's over." --Yogi Berra