So where do the Rays play after Milton?

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Move 'em to Cambridge MA and they can be the Ray Charles

I always wanted to see them in  northern New Jersey as the Raritan Bay Rays.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Move 'em to Cambridge MA and they can be the Ray Charles

There's the old Barves stadium right by the river. Just have to get rid of a few pesky BU dorms that have been built.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Those BU dorms can go - those people sleep around 7 nights a week anyways, they can shower at the gym.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Those BU dorms can go - those people sleep around 7 nights a week anyways, they can shower at the gym.

while we are at it, just get rid of BU except the hockey team. No one would miss it outside New York.

[imref]

St Pete doesn’t want to pay to repair the Trop if the Rays are moving:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/11/latest-on-rays-stadium-situation-3.html

[machpost]

I'd be very surprised if they don't move at this point.

[Natsinpwc]

Doesn’t their current agreement say they have to pay for repairs. Well I guess the lawyers will figure it out. That’s always fun.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Doesn’t their current agreement say they have to pay for repairs. Well I guess the lawyers will figure it out. That’s always fun.

more or less, there will be a settlement.

[welch]

while we are at it, just get rid of BU except the hockey team. No one would miss it outside New York.

Theology, philosophy, and social ethics would. That's where Martin Luther King chose to study under ES Brightman, a philosopher in the Boston Personalism tradition. After Brightman died, King switched from philosophy of religion to the Boston University School of Theology. His new advisor, Harold DeWolf, became a King family friend ("Uncle Harold") and rallied BU faculty to aid King in the Civil Rights Movement.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Theology, philosophy, and social ethics would. That's where Martin Luther King chose to study under ES Brightman, a philosopher in the Boston Personalism tradition. After Brightman died, King switched from philosophy of religion to the Boston University School of Theology. His new advisor, Harold DeWolf, became a King family friend ("Uncle Harold") and rallied BU faculty to aid King in the Civil Rights Movement.

predates Silber. Silber actually was pretty active in civil rights in Texas before he came to BU. Turned into a nasty SOB who got the D nomination for governor in 1990, then lost to Weld in the general election. Turning point was when Silber attacked the then most popular TV anchor, Natalie Jacobson, in a sit down interview when she asked what was his greatest weakness.  Silber built up aspects of the school but crushed a lot of eggs along the way.

[Natsinpwc]

St Pete vote on the new stadium is today.

[IanRubbish]

St Pete vote on the new stadium is today.

They voted in favor

https://www.wfla.com/sports/the-discussion-continues-all-eyes-are-on-st-pete-city-council-as-they-vote-on-rays-stadium-bonds/

[varoadking]

They voted in favor

https://www.wfla.com/sports/the-discussion-continues-all-eyes-are-on-st-pete-city-council-as-they-vote-on-rays-stadium-bonds/

Dumbasses...tried to save a few hundred thousand on insurance but willing to drop hundreds of millions for another empty stadium...

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

So the Dali Museum ain't the only surrealism in town...

[varoadking]

So the Dali Museum ain't the only surrealism in town...

Speaking of Dali...this is part of a $35MM rest stop in Indiana...I was there again a week or so ago...



https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/06/14/is-this-the-fanciest-rest-stop-indianas-ever-had/

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Indiana isn't wasting their money on stadiums so they can have gucci rest stops 

[imref]

Manfred and some owners are pushing for a Rays sale due to inability to get a stadium deal per the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6189456/2025/03/09/commissioner-owners-pressure-rays-sale-mlb/

[HalfSmokes]

I understand want him to sell, but wanting him to sell to another Tampa ownership group is insane. Baseball in Tampa doesn’t work

[Natsinpwc]

I understand want him to sell, but wanting him to sell to another Tampa ownership group is insane. Baseball in Tampa doesn’t work

They haven’t played in Tampa. That might actually work. St Pete does not.

[imref]

I understand want him to sell, but wanting him to sell to another Tampa ownership group is insane. Baseball in Tampa doesn’t work

we don’t know that since they play in st Pete. Hockey in Tampa has worked out well. I think baseball would too.

[HalfSmokes]

we don’t know that since they play in st Pete. Hockey in Tampa has worked out well. I think baseball would too.

Aside from attendance, local tv rating are garbage despite being a competitive team

[Natsinpwc]

Aside from attendance, local tv rating are garbage despite being a competitive team

True. But the games are on cable in central Florida. I’d they played in Ybor city it was be just over an hour drive for most here. And would build interest.

[welch]

Neither Florida baseball team has done well. It's a football state, but baseball only for Spring Training. Move the Rays to Montreal.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

True...and the Trop being a dump doesn't help.  My Rays fan mum lives within walking distance of that place and still sees them play more often in Baltimore.

[OfftheBat]

Aside from attendance, local tv rating are garbage despite being a competitive team

What about the Lightning's TV ratings there?