The Tampa Bay Rays received permission from Major League Baseball's executive council to explore a plan in which they would play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and the remainder of the year in Montreal, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
While the plan is in its nascent stages, the Rays have embraced the two-city solution as the most feasible to saving baseball in the Tampa Bay area after years of failed attempts to build a new stadium in the region, according to sources.
makes sense, nobody gives a shit about baseball in florida besides the yankees transplants. tampa bay even when they were good still had less attendance than indoor basketball arenas while playing in an outdoor stadium. the marlins and rays both need to move, to montreal and portland respectively.
Eli Davis
lol what the fuck
Christian Sanchez
Montreal will get a new stadium, there's already plans in motion.
Elijah Miller
It’s bronfman money, it’s definitely happening.
Adrian Martinez
I only rate this move if they come back to the NL East, we will trade the Marlins for them. The Expos have to be in the NL.
Jose Davis
>buccaneers absolute shit >lightning pulled off the biggest choke in sports history >rays straight up leaving to become Expos 2.0 IMAGINE BEING FROM TAMPA LMAO
Hudson Martinez
It's really weird that Florida is such a big area for actual baseball prospects but nobody goes to the pro games. If they had a bigger stadium and more games, I think the Florida Gators baseball team could outdraw the Rays and Marlins.
Hunter Sullivan
Flip them with the Nationals and put DC back in the AL where it always belonged.
Mason Gray
Cubans don't have the money to go to the games
Luis Parker
what i don't get is somehow hockey has been a bigger success in tampa than baseball
Kayden Gray
Jesus fucking Christ.
Eli Wilson
at least they have 02/03 when the bucs won
Jaxson Moore
lightning have at least won a championship and had other good seasons too
Parker Nelson
>Vegas should be a slam dunk Surely this is only a matter of time? They've got NHL there already and the Raiders on the way. Why can't the A's accept the inevitable and move? As far as the rest of the world are concerned there are only three cities in the US. New York, LA and Vegas.
Samuel Hernandez
I'm pretty sure they just built a brand new AAA stadium in Las Vegas.
Isaac Jenkins
Imagine rooting for this disgusting team. You actually have to imagine it though because they have no fans.
Joshua Edwards
Raleigh's gonna be the 31st franchise straight up
Carter Foster
I guess season tickets are super cheap.
Austin Powell
promote Bulls or Knights, make the other the AAA affiliate
Andrew Parker
Downtown retractable roof stadium in Montreal please Get baseball out of st. petersburg
Andrew Carter
I think the Yankees minor league team in Tampa has had about the same attendance as the Tampa Bay Rays this year
They still want public money in the project. Quebec and Montreal are in favor of the project, but they still have cold feet from the NHL screwing Quebec City over after they built the Videotron Arena, which was supposed to be the last thing the NHL needed to agree to expend the league. Instead, they gave the teams to Vegas in 2016, and Seattle this year.
