Friday, June 21, 2019

North of the Border?


Oh, this is sweet—MLB has given the Tampa Bay Rays permission to look into the possibility of playing some of their games in Montreal, former home of the Expos-now-Nationals.  Rumor has it the team could split its home schedule between the two cities.  Won’t players and coaches just love having to rent two apartments instead of one?

 

Back in the late 1980s when they held up the Illinois General Assembly for a publicly-financed stadium, the White Sox let it be known they’d move to Tampa if they didn’t get what the wanted.  If I recall correctly, the team even lent a front-office person to advise the folks in Florida on the construction of what is now called Tropicana Field, a dump by any other name.

 

So, I’m the fan of the MLB team that encouraged Tampa-St.Pete to build a stadium another MLB team desperately wants to leave.  I’m so proud.

 

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