There is no taking that out of context, and even if he was saying that it is a football town....why? The Rangers averaged 42,000 a game last season, heat and all. What was the point of his comment other than to insult?
I'm not even going to say he is entirely wrong. I think the DFW has always been a baseball hotbed. Youth baseball is huge all the way up to college, and the pro game is finally starting to catch up. Winning sure helps, but the building of Cowboys stadium in Arlington has really improved transportation out to the ballpark and it is far more accessible to fans who get off work anything later than 5pm. I live in a suburb of Dallas and it used to take about an hour and a half to get to the ballpark some days. If I got off work at 5pm and then drive home to change and I'd usually make it to my seat just in time for first pitch. Expanded highways and HOV lanes and now it takes me about 45 minutes. I always have tried to imagine how big baseball would have been if they built the Ballpark downtown, but I guess I will never know.