Beltway Confidential

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

By Tom Joyce
Published January 24, 2022 1:00pm ET
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Tampa Bay Rays two-city proposal was always a bad idea
The hat and glove of an unidentified player for the Tampa Bay Rays sits on the dugout step. | (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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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