This season’s record might not be stellar, but all hail the Yuba-sutter Gold Sox

We’re just glad that the ball club and city leadership seem to be playing nicely

Ummm ... this hasn’t been the greatest season ever for the Gold Sox. It was good news in the Tuesday edition – the Marysville team was on a three-game winning streak with a victory Monday evening over the Lincoln Potters. But then you realize that, even at that, the Gold Sox were 12-29 for the season. Hey, still, the local team’s got game and things can change. And there’s no telling what next year’s assemblage will be like.

Hey, we’re just glad to see that the ball club and the city of Marysville are playing nice.

There was quite a dust-up a couple of years ago when city management made it clear that club management was not living up to its part of the bargain ... and the club management for quite some time seemed to think that ignoring the whole sticky wicket would work. Threat after threat later, they finally worked something out and the Gold Sox were able to keep playing in the city-owned ballpark.

It seemed apparent from a recent interview with Gold Sox vice president and manager Michael Mink that there was some worry associated with the renewal this year of their deal. The ball club wasn’t happy with the city’s performance in keeping the field up during the off season and also resented some of the city’s involvement in ball club deals. And there was the sign thing ... the old sign, as anyone who goes to games can attest, is mostly worthless ... especially during daylight hours. A new sign is here, but the city code people were accused of holding things up.

Since then, it seems, a new deal has been struck to renew the contract that makes both sides happy.

There are two sides to every story and you never know quite who to follow along with, but we do know this:

Going to the ballpark on a hot evening (OK, maybe 103 degrees is a tad too hot) and having a dog and a brew and watching some talented college athletes is a great amenity for a small town. We like it and appreciate it and want it to remain here.

The city can’t afford to bend over backwards too far, and shouldn’t have to. Taxpayers shouldn’t in any manner subsidize what is, after all, a private business. That said, the ball club should be given as much room to move as possible to make what’s naturally going to be a shoestring operation as viable as possible.

Play ball ... nicely, please.