NEW PITCH: The Pawtucket Red Sox have chosen a downtown Pawtucket site for a new ballpark that would require taxpayer support. The team worked on the plan with city leaders and R.I. Commerce Corp. / COURTESY PAWTUCKET RED SOX
Two years ago Pawtucket Red Sox ownership made a unilateral $85 million proposal to build a new stadium in Providence that would have left the state on the hook for most of the funding. That plan failed to generate enough support. Now the team has come back with a new $83 million (not including interest…