Bush League

MLB still likes to refer to itself as “the national pastime.” I wonder why. The Rays have announced they’ll play next season at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees spring-training site, while repairs are made to the roof at Tropicana Field. Hurricane Milton did a number on it back in October. Meanwhile, the A’s will play the next three seasons at Sutter Health Park in suburban Sacramento while their new home is being built in Las Vegas. Capacity at Steinbrenner Field will be 11,000 and 14,000 at Sutter Health Park. The mind boggles. Games 3-5 for the 1959 World Series between the White Sox and Dodgers drew 276,750, or over 90,000 a game. On three separate occasions during the regular season, the original Yankee Stadium drew crowds in excess of 80,000. But that was then, and this is now. Act bush league, be bush league.