MLB Commissioner trying to save baseball in Tampa; Will the Rays be staying?

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1. It's absolutely wild after the Marlins hustled Dade county into throwing taxpayer money into that ballpark that just across alligator alley the Rays still have a good shot of wasting taxpayer money on building a new ballpark with the same location as the current one that has struggled nearly 3 decades to have consistent fan support. I hope the county and city board members enjoy their luxury suites at the new ballpark.

2. I live in Tampa. I haven't heard of the team playing at Steinbrenner field as a temporary fix. Is this accurate?

3. Why was he never in Oakland?

4. De Santis is a great gov. Wish we had him in ny

5. Manfred has zero gravitas. Thinking he is an albatross to the game I love.

6. they need to leave st peterburg and move to Tampa that is the damm issues, is hard for fan to drive over that bridge with that traffic, right next to the bucks stadium we have plenty of space

7. Could you please elaborate on the other issues that you think the commissioner needs to meet with the Governor about ?

8. Man-Afraid has shown zero leadership ability. His title should be changed from Commissioner of Baseball to Secretary to Billionaire Owners.

9. Move the Rays to Montreal.
   There, problem solved.

10. Move to Orlando

11. Wish he would have saved the A's instead. One of the most storied franchises in MLB moving out because of greed.

12. I was in Tampa yesterday. They’re still cleaning up from the hurricanes

13. Where was this effort for Oakland

14. Nashville!

15. A big reason why Pinelas county and Saint Pete want to approve it now is that even through the rays are most likely leaving… is that if the Rays break the lease, they lose the the real estate that they got.. so now the balls is in the Rays court and have lost most of the leverage

16. The public taxpayers subsidizing billionaires has to stop. This is absolutely ridiculous.

17. he showed up with several bags filled with cash to bribe the politicians. again mlb will never expand again. angels did not sell, washington cannot get over 2 billion. twins are for sale. local revenue has collapsed people will not pay for streaming. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

18. Finally, after all these years taxpayers and (some) politicians have learned to say no to the billionaire owners. No more public taxpayer funds for private pro sports teams.

19. I’d love to hear a deeper dive into the markets looking for a team and the “wasted” markets. Who’s up for relocation/expansion teams? Would Montreal ever be considered for the Rays since they were originally going to try the sister city thing?

20. Nashville is done. No funding

21. It’s time to punt on Tampa. This is way too much trouble than what it’s worth.

22. @npds David, you mention Vegas as being a market that MLB is wasting. Do you think it's really viable considering the percentage of customers who will be tourists from out of town and the number of games? One big recession causing people to stop flying much, it's all over. Unless they get some sort of kickback from the casinos where they will pay people not in tokens but in game tickets and they just hope that people win a lot of tickets giving out more tickets than tokens

23. The only city ready and willing with money available right now is salt lake city. All cities need to say no to these cheap ass billionaires if they do then the owners will have to finally pay for their own buildings to house their vanity projects!

24. First step to saving baseball in Tampa? Start having baseball Tampa (not St Pete.)

25. I wonder if they would move the Rays to Suffolk County, NY.

26. MAN AFREED IS A DORK !! WORST COMMISH EVER …..

27. if someone from oklahoma city shows up, you are screwed

28. At about 6:00 your audio cut out