The Atlantic Coast Conference was supposed to hold the 2009 Baseball Championships at Fenway Park in Boston ((pictured, thanks getty images))... that would have been cool.
But now, not so much...
From the ACC directly... ahem... quote...
"Fenway Sports Group announced today that due to an in-house scheduling error, it will be unable to host the 2009 ACC Baseball Championship."We sincerely apologize for the error that resulted in Fenway Park being unavailable to host the 2009 ACC Baseball Championship," said Mike Dee, President of Fenway Sports Group.
"The Atlantic Coast Conference and its baseball championship are very important to us and we are truly sorry for this situation."In the immediate future, the ACC will look to secure a new venue to host the 2009 championship. Further information on the 2009 event will be released directly by the conference office as soon as it's available."It's disappointing that this scheduling error has resulted in the upcoming championship not being played at Fenway Park, but we look forward to being at Fenway in 2010," said ACC Commissioner John Swofford.
"In terms of this year's event, we are moving swiftly to find a quality venue to host one of our premier conference championships."Although the originally-scheduled 2009 championship is not able to be played in Fenway, the ACC and FSG have agreed to terms to bring the 2010 ACC Baseball Championship to Boston and Fenway Park.
"We look forward to bringing ACC baseball to Fenway and will do everything possible to make 2010 a great success," said Dee.
What do you want to bet:
A) Davis Whitfield, the ACC's Grand-Exalted-Poobah-of-Championships will not be getting any rest any time in the near future...
B) Re-read the Swofford quote... heads will roll over this...
"Heads will roll, I tell you..."
C) What do you wanna guess that the Olympic Center in Cary, North Carolina becomes the emergency-default location for 2009...?
This had been decided after the 2006 championships, for those of you who had lost touch on these proceedings... and it took the Fenway Group until NOW ((???!!!)) to realize there was a scheduling conflict...???
Nine months beforehand...???
Makes perfect sense...
What...??? Did Jack Roush schedule a party or something...???
