Matt James with a column on Ray Lopes' return

Lopes' return makes for a strange night
Matt James
The Fresno Bee
February 28, 2009

Odd. That's about all you can say about it. Just plain odd.

Ray Lopes came back to the Save Mart Center. The building he once opened with fireworks and shut down with phone calls.

What a strange night. A lot of people in Fresno still love Ray Lopes. A lot of other people wish he'd volunteer for some sort of long-term space mission...

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