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Bumping this as opposed to placing it in the Offseason or Angels thread since I'm not sure if crossposting in threads is prohibited.

 

Hillsborough County officials are again willing to talk Rays stadium

 

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A day after St. Petersburg's mayor said the Rays' idea to split the season with Montreal before 2028 was dead, Hillsborough negotiators pledged to pitch another deal.

As the team's general manager prepared to pitch to new players at baseball's winter meetings, Hillsborough's top negotiator, Commissioner Ken Hagan was getting into his own kind of batter's box.

 

"After the winter meetings that are coming up here shortly, we will sit down with the team and start to have serious discussions about a ballpark in Tampa," said Hagan.

Though he said he wasn't overly thrilled about a split-season idea, Hagan said it might be a way to start a dialogue, especially because the ballpark would likely be small.

 

He considers the proposed Ybor City site - explored last year - the team's first choice.

 

"I am still hopeful that we will be able to work out a deal for the team to be here for the entire season," said Hagan. "If not, a shared-cities concept should be something we should at least consider."

Now, regardless of site, in the last year Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa have been alerted to something troubling...there are at least two black cemeteries which were built over in the mid-1900's and the bodies were not exhumed and relocated. 

 

The first one was confirmed in July as a public housing complex was built on top of it in the 1950's.

 

The second site was confirmed in November where a high school has sat since opening in 1960.

 

And there is a former county worker trying to name ALL the sites.

 

Ybor site and the current Jefferson HS property, which was often thought of as a parcel for stadium need to be scanned ASAP.  Both parcels are fairly close to the Robles Park.

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On 12/4/2019 at 8:24 PM, Wings said:

The A's need to give up on the waterfront pipe dream and build at the Coliseum Complex. If not, then get the F out. 

 

Hmm, that’s weird. I didn’t know Sacramento had a Coliseum Complex. 

 

 

Also, they can’t get rid of the Marlins. What would Billy Gil do then? 

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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12 hours ago, Bucfan56 said:

 

Hmm, that’s weird. I didn’t know Sacramento had a Coliseum Complex. 

 

 

Also, they can’t get rid of the Marlins. What would Billy Gil do then? 

 

Let's combine our powers to continue to push for the A's to Sacramento and Rays to Memphis just like that other post I made that might have been in this thread or maybe a different one.

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2 hours ago, Red Wolf said:

 

Let's combine our powers to continue to push for the A's to Sacramento and Rays to Memphis just like that other post I made that might have been in this thread or maybe a different one.

 

Bucfan/Red Wolf 2020: Make Baseball Teams Move Again

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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3 hours ago, Red Wolf said:

 

Let's combine our powers to continue to push for the A's to Sacramento and Rays to Memphis Charlotte just like that other post I made that might have been in this thread or maybe a different one.

FTFY

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44 minutes ago, QueenCitySwarm said:

FTFY

 

Yall just got awarded an MLS team, isn’t that enough for you?!?!...

 

 

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what?

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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10 minutes ago, Bucfan56 said:

 

Yall just got awarded an MLS team, isn’t that enough for you?!?!...

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what?

Never! We won't rest until we have all 5 major sports in Charlotte! (I'm only slightly joking.) I would love to see an MLB in Charlotte one day, and at this point it seems like more of a "when, rather than if" and Charlotte would be the top relocation destination for the Rays... if we hadn't pumped millions into a non-expandable minor league stadium. Oh well. It'll happen someday. The bigger problem is getting the Canes down to Charlotte... 

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On topic, any relocation by MLB should be to a city that has no more than one other “big 4” team. Ideally, the relocated MLB team would be the only team in town.  MLB needs to come to grips with the fact that it doesn’t have the status it used to. Teams aren’t going to do well trying to compete in new markets that have established  NFL and NBA teams.  

 

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