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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort&amp;nbsp;told a fan in an email that perhaps Denver doesn't deserve a franchise, reports local television station&amp;nbsp;CBS4.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monfort's full quote, according to the report:&amp;nbsp;\u201CBy the way you talk maybe Denver doesn\u2019t deserve a franchise, maybe time for it to find a new home. Thanks.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The statement came in response to an email to the team's fan&amp;nbsp;feedback line from the fan, a longtime Rockies season ticket-holder. The fan, who asked the station not to be identified, criticized Monfort and his brother and co-owner, Charlie, for ruining professional baseball in the area through hiring \"good old boys\" in management and front office positions.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monfort told CBS4&amp;nbsp;that he does remember writing the email, which came from his iPad, but that he didn't mean to write what was said in the message.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI don\u2019t even have an idea what I meant to say,\u201D said Monfort. He went on to explain that, \u201CWhat I meant to say was maybe we, the owners, don\u2019t deserve a franchise.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monfort was adamant that despite what he wrote, he was not threatening to move the team and did not mean to write, \u201CDenver doesn\u2019t deserve a franchise.\u201D \u201CThat\u2019s not what I meant,\u201D repeated Monfort.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Earlier this week, after a separate fan complained about the team,&amp;nbsp;Monfort told the fan in an email not to come to games if he didn't like the product on the field.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE MLB: Molina, Phillips injuries could shape NL Central race&amp;nbsp;| Who's been most invaluable pitcher?&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Monforts have been primary owners of the Rockies since 2005. Under their watch, Colorado has gone 665-724, a stretch including a World Series berth in 2007 and a 39-53 record this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;h/t Hardball Talk\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Ben Estes&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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