It's Summer Time, But There's no Pro Ball in Richmond
A s the summer begins and the dog days of August come into view, the city of Richmond lacks the summer's daily and familiar sounds of bats of cracking bats and pounding gloves. Spending the year without a professional baseball franchise, after the Braves AAA ball club moved on to Georgia following last season, Richmond's lack of support for professional franchises threatens to send the city into professional sports obscurity. The question is why though? Virginia is a more than adequate producer of athletic talent. Players from the Commonwealth are littered throughout the 4 major professional sports, from Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers to Allen Iverson and the more infamous Michael Vick. Perhaps athletic talent doesn't breed an interest in professional sport, but then what can we see that makes Richmond different from other sports towns? There are two glaring reasons among others. One is geography, and one is population. Together these two factors are what have made ...