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They would lure curt schilling to leave maynard and instead plant their roots in rhode island. in order to get that company out of massachusetts and into rhode island, they threw a ton of money at him. the state did. the taxpayers of the state of rhode island took on loan guarantees of $75 million. so this company is borrowing money. the taxpayers of the state of rhode island said we'll guarantee your loan. if you can't pay it back, we'll be on the hook. $75 million to bring this one baseball pitcher's video game company over to their state. and it was a terrible idea. it was a disaster. the c...

Their pro teams, right, but they know that massachusetts is home field, right, i think the desire of the other new england states to exert a little ownership, to stake a little claim to these beloved new england pro sports teams, i think that desire on the part of nonmassachusetts new england states, i think that might have played a little bit of a role in one really, really, really stupid thing that rhode island did in 2010. there's a famous former red sox pitcher named curt schilling and curt schilling had retired from baseball and decided what he wanted to do was start a video game company....

That made sense not just for spelling purposes because new england is easier to spell than foxborough. it made sense because they're the only nfl team in the whole region of new england. now, the red sox baseball team, they still call themselves the boston red sox. they do have a home field in boston where they play. but like the patriots, the red sox are the only pro team of their kind in all of new england. they're the only major league baseball team in the whole region. and as a person who lives in new england, i'm a massachusetts resident, i can tell you culturally it's a bonding thing tha...

They decided they would steel this company out of massachusetts. they would lure curt schilling to leave maynard and instead plant their roots in rhode island. in order to get that company out of massachusetts and into rhode island, they threw a ton of money at him. the state did. the taxpayers of the state of rhode island took on loan guarantees of $75 million. so this company is borrowing money. the taxpayers of the state of rhode island said we'll guarantee your loan. if you can't pay it back, we'll be on the hook. $75 million to bring this one baseball pitcher's video game company over to ...

I think the desire of the other new england states who love their pro teams, right, but they know that massachusetts is home field, right, i think the desire of the other new england states to exert a little ownership, to stake a little claim to these beloved new england pro sports teams, i think that desire on the part of nonmassachusetts new england states, i think that might have played a little bit of a role in one really, really, really stupid thing that rhode island did in 2010. there's a famous former red sox pitcher named curt schilling and curt schilling had retired from baseball and ...