Root for the home team

The business of baseball can be brutal, as municipalities fight to win or keep a team for their town.

When the Boston Red Sox baseball team abandoned City of Palms Park in Fort Myers in 2012 for a brand new spring training stadium near Interstate 75, city and county officials were confident they'd attract another major league franchise to the inner-city stadium.

But negotiations with the Washington Nationals and other teams looking for a new home and more money haven't been successful. At a meeting of real estate executives recently, Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson suggested Edison State College could use the stadium for its athletic program instead.