Tag: Tropicana Field
Zany Two-City Shakedown Scheme Alienated Rays Fans
Portland Stumbles, Vegas Marches in Chase for Tampa Bay Rays
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: …
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 …