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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
And FWIW I agree DPR is a poorly run agency but don't agree that it follows from that that they favor baseball over other sports.
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I would say the causality goes the other direction: they favor baseball because they are poorly run. They have a ton of institutional inertia, baseball was big in the 1950's and they're unable to catch up.

But here's the thing: it's all connected. The reason this pool proposal is such a horror show is that DPR is poorly run. They don't know how their facilities are used or who uses them. So much of this controversy was completely avoidable. [/quote]

It is subjective that the pool proposal has been a horror show and that is an opinion that I bet is only held by immediate neighbors with other reasons for feeling that way.

And this is really a sidebar argument here but you've not in any way proven that baseball is unpopular.  Because of where we live my kids have been able to participate with both of the Little Leagues operating in NW DC and both Little Leagues turn away kids every season at all 4 levels.

Baseball is a problem from a resource perspective because the fields are large and the games long but its not that different from soccer in either regards once the kids get bigger.

But that really has nothing to do with whether a pool is appropriate at Hearst.[/quote]

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