HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinnesota Twins Spring Trainig-1988 Winter Springs puts
out feeler for Twins
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By Berry Cooper
OF THE son.STAFF
Winter Springs Mayor Leanne Grove said Tuesday
that city officials plan to approach the Minnesota
'(Winn about the possibility of making Winter
Springs their spring-training site.
The five-member Winter Springs city commission
gave unanimous permission Monday night for Grove
to begin discussions with the Twins.
"We are attempting to set up a meeting for next i
week, exactly who with we're not sure yet" Grove
said.
Grove said an independent"go-between,"who she
refused to identify,had contacted Winter Springs of-.
ficials about luring the Twins.
The Twins have threatened to move after next
spring unless the facilities at Tinker Field are up-
graded.They have been courted by Fort Myers.
Dick Scovic, assistant general manager of the
Twins''Class AA farm club, the Orlando Thins, said
he was unaware of any talks between the Twins.and
Winter Springs.
"It's all a big surprise to us," he said. Orlando
Twins General Manager Jamie Lowe,who has head-
ed the search for a spring-training facility, is vaca-
tioning and could not be reached.
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