Puzzle Pieces Owner Mum On Relocation Rumors

Front Office Personnel won’t release team plans past this season

by I.N. Apanic, sports editor

The Nazareth Carpenters won three league championships in their ten years of existence.  The Springfield Puzzle Pieces won three titles in their twelve years since the move from Nazareth.  Has the front office of the team decided the only way to win another title is to move the team again?

Sources from Nashville, TN are reporting that the city is preparing to make millions of dollars of improvements to the city’s minor league baseball stadium in hopes of pulling away an OTBA franchise.  Mayor Karl Dean wasn’t the least bit shy about the city’s intent.

“We think that professional baseball like a team from the OTBA would be the final piece in the puzzle of providing quality family entertainment to our citizens,” Dean said.  “We can’t wait to have that first opening day with a major league franchise calling Music City home.”

The Tennessean newspaper has reported an increase in sales of OTBA merchandise throughout the city along with bus trips to Springfield and an increase of donations to autism research charities.

“I wouldn’t want to take any focus away from opening day by responding to that question,” team owner Jason Wert said to reporters who were waiting outside the Orange Julius where Wert purchased a Raspberry Crush smoothie.

Springfield News-Leader reporters discovered that Wert has recently purchased a home inside a gated community near Brentwood, TN.

“I love Brad Paisley,” Wert said when asked about it.  “You ever see that guy play?  He’s great.  I wanted to have a place to stay when I go watch him on the Opry.”

Other team personnel said they could not speak to us under orders from the front office.  However, a redheaded clubhouse attendance with deep brown eyes told us anonymously that she overheard two of the players talking about how they didn’t want to move their kids to Nashville.