Ottawa Lynx to leave town in 2008

Canada is losing another baseball team. While the Ottawa Lynx aren't the Montreal Expos in terms of talent, the loss is still significant.

The new owners intend to move the team to Allentown, Pennsylvania, for the 2008 baseball season. The club will remain in Ottawa for the 2007 season as a Triple-A franchise for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Lynx Stadium, a 10,000-seat state-of-the-art palace built by Ottawa taxpayers in 1990, is considered to be one of the better minor league stadiums. But the team has had the poorest attendance record in the league, averaging just 1,000 spectators per game.

The Montreal franchise was poorly run by Jeffrey Loria (ask the Florida Marlins fans what they think of him). I confess I don't know why the Lynx have suffered. But baseball hasn't thought much of Canada lately, outside Toronto.

I hear baseball say they want to expand around the world. Just so you know, Canada is part of that world.