Press Clippings

February 24, 2004 - Berkshire Eagle: Column

by David Scribner

Why would the South County trio of Jim Bouton, Chip Elitzer and Eric Margeneau invest $1 million in Wahconah Park, a baseball field they don't own? What's in it for them? Could it be they're expecting to make back their money with naming rights?

Note: Section 5.6 of proposed license agreement negotiated between Bouton group and the City of Pittsfield: "Park Name. Neither the Club nor the City shall rename the Park during the Term of this License."

Hypocrisy index: The Berkshire Eagle still has not disclosed to its readers that Dean Singleton, owner of Eagle parent MediaNews Group, had a secret deal to own naming rights to the proposed new stadium in Pittsfield - rights worth far in excess of the Eagle's so-called "donation" of $2 million.