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Tampa Bay Rays two-city proposal was always a bad idea

By Tom Joyce
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Tampa Bay Rays two-city proposal was always a bad idea

The Tampa Bay Rays will not be a two-city team.

On Thursday, Major League Baseball rejected the team’s ridiculous “sister city” concept. The Rays wanted to have two homes: one in Florida, presumably in Tampa, and another in Montreal. That’s because the Rays play in a converted hockey rink, Tropicana Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and their lease expires in 2027.

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