Category: Sports
Lightning’s Key to the Cup Stands behind the Bench
Portland Stumbles, Vegas Marches in Chase for Tampa Bay Rays
New Hall of Famers Halladay and Mussina vs. Big Contract Pitchers

By Scott Myers, Contributor Some factoids regarding long-term $100 million contracts for MLB starting pitchers… Roy Halladay and Mike Mussina were just voted into the MLB Hall of Fame. Do you think they were fairly compensated during their lengthy careers? Some basic metrics for each: • Roy Halladay …
The Great Televised Mayoral Debate: Sad
Rays Lower Seating Capacity: Real Story and the Spin

By Jim Bleyer The obsequious Tampa Bay media, never passing up an opportunity to genuflect to the local lords of professional sports, uniformly term the shrinking of Tropicana Field’s seating capacity as creating “an intimate fan experience.” The national press and fans of the Tampa Bay Rays know better: …
Rays in Crosshairs of Brash Vegas, Restrained Portland

By Jim Bleyer The abject failure of Hillsborough County to provide a sensible location and realistic financing for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium has emboldened two western cities that yearn for Major League Baseball. Both Portland and Las Vegas are rumored to be hastening plans for building state-of-the-art …
Tampa Bay Rays: Going, Going, Gone!

By Jim Bleyer Major League Baseball’s near decade-long attempted extortion of Tampa Bay taxpayers is over. It culminated with Tampa. Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan whiffing on their misguided effort to relocate the Tampa Bay Rays to Ybor City. Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg’s earthshaking announcement …