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>> AFTER A PANDEMIC-FORCED

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HIATUS IN 2020, MINOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL IS RETURNING - ON A
SLIGHTLY DELAYED BASIS - TO TWO
ICONIC DOWNTOWN INDIANA

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BALLPARKS.
BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS
WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS.
>> GERRY, THANKS. SPRING

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TRAINING IS UNDERWAY AND WITH A
NEW AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL NOW IN FORCE, THE
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS AND FORT

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WAYNE TINCAPS ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO A RESUMPTION OF
BASEBALL IN EARLY MAY AT INDY'S
VICTORY FIELD AND FORT WAYNE'S

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PARKVIEW FIELD RESPECTIVELY.
AND JOINING US TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT TAKING US OUT TO THE
BALLPARK AGAIN ARE INDIANS

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PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
RANDY LEWANDOWSKI AND TINCAPS
PRESIDENT MIKE NUTTER.
GENTLEMEN, WELCOME.

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>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> RANDY, NEWS THIS WEEK, NOT AN
APRIL OPENING, AS YOU

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ANTICIPATED. A SLIGHT REDUCTION
IN SCHEDULE. BECAUSE OF COVID,
AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS SET FOR AN
EARLY MAY OPENING.
>> YEAH. AND I WOULD SAY THIS,
BILL, IT PROBABLY DIDN'T COME AS

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A SURPRISE. THOUGH WE GOT A
SCHEDULE IN LATE FEBRUARY, AND
IT HAD AN EARLY APRIL START
DATE. THERE HAD BEEN

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INCLINATIONS THAT COVID AND
COVID PROTOCOLS, JUST LIKE
ANYTHING ELSE WAS GOING TO CAUSE
US TO ADJUST, AS WE'VE LEARNED

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OVER THE LAST 365 DAYS,
ADJUSTING AND BEING FLEXIBLE IS
THE WAY OF THE WORLD THESE DAYS,
IT'S IMPORTANT. THE WAY IT'S

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GOING TO WORK IS WE'LL LOSE 12
HOME DATES IN APRIL, GET A
COUPLE BACK IN JULY FOR SURE
AROUND WHAT WAS GOING TO BE A

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PSEUDOALL-STAR BREAK, AND THEN A
POSSIBILITY PLAY DEEPER INTO
SEPTEMBER THAN WE EVER HAVE.
THAT HASN'T BEEN SATISFIED OR

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DECIDED YET, SOMETHING WE'LL
LOOK AT WITH MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL, HOPEFUL WE'LL GET
THINGS GOING, WE'RE EXCITED WE

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HAVE A SCHEDULE, TALKING
BASEBALL, SPRING TRAINING IS
ROLLING. AND LOOK FORWARD TO
BRINGING PEOPLE BACK TO DOWNTOWN

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INDIANAPOLIS.
>> MIKE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE,
THAT WAS THE AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED

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I BELIEVE BACK IN DECEMBER THAT
BRINGS 120 EXISTING MINOR LEAGUE
FRANCHISES UNDER THE MAJOR
LEAGUE FOLD UNDER THIS NEW

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AGREEMENT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT STEP FOR YOUR TEAM AND
YOUR FRANCHISE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. MAJOR LEAGUE

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BASEBALL HAS THE OVERSIGHT NOW,
WHAT WE ALWAYS KNEW AS MINOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL, SOME OF THE OLD
TERMS WE USE ARE PROFESSIONAL

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BASEBALL AGREEMENTS, AND THINGS,
ARE GONE. BUT THREE TEAMS IN THE
HOOSIER STATE ARE IN THE NEW
PROGRAM AND A PART OF THE 120

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BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS AND ALL
OF OUR GREAT FANS FROM AROUND
THIS STATE. BIG PICTURE, CHANGES
FOR GUYS LIKE RANDY AND I TO

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DEAL WITH ON THE BACK SIDE,
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW
THINGS GOING FORWARD.
>> MIKE ALLUDED TO THE THIRD

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TEAM, THE SOUTH BEND CUBS.
RANDY, LET'S TALK ABOUT TO BOTH
OF YOU, START WITH RANDY, WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FAN

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PROTOCOLS EXACTLY ARE GOING TO
BE IN INDIANAPOLIS. BUT
CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO BE
EXCITING TO WELCOME ACTUAL

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PEOPLE BACK TO THE BALLPARK.
>> YEAH, WE ARE. I THINK BOTH
MIKE AND I AND ARE STAFF DID A
GREAT JOB LAST YEAR IN THE

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SUMMER AND FALL, THE BEST WE
COULD, IT WASN'T OUR CORE
BUSINESSES, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET
BACK TO BASEBALL. EVERYONE IS

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GOING TO WORK WITH HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS, THE NCAA, AS
INDIANAPOLIS IS GOING TO HOST
MARCH MADNESS, THAT'S GOING TO

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BE GREAT. GOING TO HELP PAVE THE
WAY FOR PROTOCOL. WE'LL DOVE
TAIL WITH THAT T. OUR PLAN IS IN
QUEUE WITH THE MARION COUNTY

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT. LOOKING TO
SIT DOWN WITH THEM SOMETIME SOON
TO HAMMER OUT OUR PLAN. BUT LOTS
OF GREAT WAYS BEING PAFLD FOR

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US, MIKE'S HAD SUCCESS WITH HIS
HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN FORT WAYNE.
LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, GOT TO TAKE
THE PROPER PROTOCOLS AND

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GUIDELINES, HEALTH AND SAFETY IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR
FANS, OUR STAFF, OUR PLAYERS,
IT'S A REAL WORLD DEAL THAT

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EVERYBODY HAS TO DEAL WITH,
WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN, IN
WHATEVER LIMITED CAPACITIES.
BEING OUTDOORS WILL HELP. WE

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HOPE TO SEE GROWTH
>> MIKE, I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY
TALKED WITH YOUR HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE GIVEN

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YOU SOME GUIDELINES FOR THE
UPCOMING SEASON.
>> ABSOLUTELY. OUR OPENING DATE
FOR THE TINCAPS IS MAY 4. WE'LL

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PLAY A BUNCH OF COLLEGE AND HIGH
SCHOOL GAMES TO FILL IN WHEN WE
NORMALLY PLAY IN MAY. WE
RECEIVED WORD THIS WEEK THAT OUR

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PLAN OF JUST AROUND 3,000 FANS
HAS BEEN APPROVED TO START, LIKE
RANDY SAID, HOPEFULLY AS WE GO
IT INCREASES, BUT WE APPRECIATE

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EVERYTHING THE BOARD OF HEALTH
HAS DONE. THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF
STUFF TO WORRY ABOUT BEYOND THE
TINCAPS, AND VICTORY FIELD AND

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WE THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY'RE
DOING, WE'RE EXCITED JUST TO GET
GOING. WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE
OPEN AT 8,000 PEOPLE, WE'LL

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START WHERE WE ARE AND HOPEFULLY
BUILD FROM THERE.
>> ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.
CERTAINLY THE IMPACT OF VICTORY

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FIELD AND PARK VIEW FIELD ON THE
DOWNTOWNS OF INDIANAPOLIS AND
FORT WAYNE SIGNIFICANT, I KNOW,
RANDY, YOU BRING ABOUT -- HAVE

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BROUGHT ABOUT 600,000 FANS DOWN
EVERY BASEBALL SEASON FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS. 500,000 ABOUT
IN FORT WAYNE. JUST AGAIN,

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RANDY, START QUICKLY, TALK ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF VICTORY FIELD ON
DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
>> WE KNOW FORT WAYNE DOES A

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GREAT JOB, WE'RE ABOUT BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER, WE'VE BEEN TOLD
NOT TO DO THAT FOR A YEAR.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ANXIOUS

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TO DO THAT. WE LIKE TO BE AT THE
FOREFRONT LIKE MIKE IN FORT
WAYNE.
>> MIKE, A REAL DOWNTOWN ASSET

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IN FORT WAYNE.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE THINK THE
BASEBALL IS GREAT, AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT, BUT WE CAN BE A PART

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BY OPENING UP OF THE HEALING AND
BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY BACK
TOGETHER. JUST LIKE RANDY SAID,
AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED.

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>> GENTLEMEN, THANKS FOR BEING
ON THE PROGRAM. WE CAN'T THINK
ABOUT HAVING BASEBALL AND TWO
GREAT DOWNTOWN VENUES IN

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INDIANAPOLIS AND FORT WAYNE,
RANDY LEWANDOWSKI, AND MIKE
NUTTER, THANKS FOR BEING ON THE