My latest for the Globe looks at the proposal to turn an 8-acre block on the Orange Line into an independent minor league baseball stadium.
Given the recent history of locals losing interest in minor league teams full of players outside the major league pipeline, it looks like a risky business venture. But more importantly, the stadium would be astonishingly unproductive as a tool for revitalizing Malden’s struggling downtown. Right now the city needs as much mixed-income transit-oriented development as it can grab, and giving away a prime site across from the T isn’t the way to get there.
Read the whole thing here.