Article: Owners Say Giants to Remain in San Francisco

The National League's owners voted decisively here this afternoon to reject a proposal by Florida-based investors to buy the Giants and move them to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, clearing the way for the team to remain in San Francisco under new - and presumably soon to be officially approved - ownership.

"The NL did what it thought was right," said Bud Selig, chairman of baseball's Executive Council. "You're damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

An often-contentious ordeal in which the two communities fought mercilessly for the privilege to house the Giants climaxed with a long day of behind-closed-doors meetings for the game's 28 owners. First, the entire ownership body met to ...

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