Go build your freakin' stadium elsewhere

Larry Lucchino, former Padres president, has been thwarted in his attempt to get a $60 million subsidy and free parking so he could move the minor league Pawtucket Red Sox to Providence, according to fieldofschemes.com.

Lucchino's story is one of hypocrisy. He was a big champion of government sports-stadium subsidies when he spearheaded the building of Petco Park, and also when he got a fat stadium subsidy for the team in Baltimore.

Then Lucchino became chief executive of the Boston Red Sox. The team owners weren't fishing for a public subsidy, so Lucchino agreed: Fans "get annoyed when teams get taxpayers to build a stadium, and then raise ticket and concession prices for the very people who paid for it," he told the Wall Street Journal. Of course, that's exactly what he and John Moores had done in San Diego.

Next, Lucchino and some investors bought the Pawtucket Red Sox and tried to get a subsidy to move the team to Providence. But the site they chose is not suitable, according to the Rhode Island governor. So, Lucchino and partners will fish for another subsidy elsewhere in Rhode Island or perhaps in another state, according to fieldofschemes.com.

Earlier this year, Lucchino stepped down as president of the Red Sox.