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Rays Stadium Frustration, New Owners? + Outlook & Injuries - RaysUP
Manage episode 471252703 series 2790783
- Tampa Smokers night at the Tampa Baseball Museum in Ybor with Joe Maddon & Larry Rothschild https://www.tampabaseballmuseum.org/
- Rays Fans Stadium Fatigue
- Rays owner, Stu Sternberg's, past challenges with minority owners of Rays
- Stu's staunch support of community charities & representation with Pride Night & Heritage Nights. Some conservatives not pleased
- St Pete Deal in question
- March 31st Deadline - Rays Matt Silverman, Stu Sternberg, St Pete & $700 million
- Shouldn’t Rays have had a better “What IF” plan B
- JP Peterson scoop on buyers of Tampa Bay Rays
- 3 groups of potential buyers:
- Joe Molloy & DeBartolo family
- Dan Doyle of Dex Imaging
- Carter McCain with mystery out of town investors
- What about Darryl Shaw
- DeBartolo pardoned by Donald Trump – how that might impact sale
- Alternate locations for Rays if St Pete deal goes awry – Ybor City, Florida State Fairgrounds, Orlando or relocate Yankees & move Rays into a remodeled George Steinbrenner Field
- Would Fairgrounds location get support from Ron DeSantis & Trump?
- Historical look at McCourts ownership of LA Dodgers & MLB Commissioner
- Rays saga could be a movie with George Clooney playing Stu
- Value of an Open Air stadium comparisons between Montreal’s Big O stadium “parking lot” experience compared to the outdoor beauty of Fenway
- Late summer heat and health of minor league players in Florida
- St Pete Real Estate Development agreement with Stu includes 65 acres at a greatly reduced value price
- AL East - Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays injuries
- Impact of losing Gerritt Cole, Luis Gil, Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu
- Yankees will need more runs from Anthony Volpe, Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt
- Braves passed on Max Fried – aging & injuries?
- Red Sox injuries include Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito, Kutter Crawford, Sandoval . . .
- Orioles & Grayson Rodriguez
- Jays injuries include Max Scherzer, Alek Manoah & Eric Swanson
- Rays healthiest in AL East – Shane McClanahan is back and pitching rotation is strong
- Curtis Mead is getting extra opportunities in Spring Training
- Rays Versatile Roster includes a strong bench with Curtis Mead, Richie Palacio & Curtis Mead
- Looking forward to Ha-Seong Kim and Danny Jansen this season with the Rays
- Mat’s Rays Trifecta – New Stadium, Playoff Run & World Series
Special Thanks to the Nurses, Doctors & staff at South Florida Baptist Hospital
Follow Mat on Blue Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/matgermain.bsky.social
You can find Mark on Blue Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/baseballbizondeck.bsky.social
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music “Rocking Forward
286 episodes
Manage episode 471252703 series 2790783
- Tampa Smokers night at the Tampa Baseball Museum in Ybor with Joe Maddon & Larry Rothschild https://www.tampabaseballmuseum.org/
- Rays Fans Stadium Fatigue
- Rays owner, Stu Sternberg's, past challenges with minority owners of Rays
- Stu's staunch support of community charities & representation with Pride Night & Heritage Nights. Some conservatives not pleased
- St Pete Deal in question
- March 31st Deadline - Rays Matt Silverman, Stu Sternberg, St Pete & $700 million
- Shouldn’t Rays have had a better “What IF” plan B
- JP Peterson scoop on buyers of Tampa Bay Rays
- 3 groups of potential buyers:
- Joe Molloy & DeBartolo family
- Dan Doyle of Dex Imaging
- Carter McCain with mystery out of town investors
- What about Darryl Shaw
- DeBartolo pardoned by Donald Trump – how that might impact sale
- Alternate locations for Rays if St Pete deal goes awry – Ybor City, Florida State Fairgrounds, Orlando or relocate Yankees & move Rays into a remodeled George Steinbrenner Field
- Would Fairgrounds location get support from Ron DeSantis & Trump?
- Historical look at McCourts ownership of LA Dodgers & MLB Commissioner
- Rays saga could be a movie with George Clooney playing Stu
- Value of an Open Air stadium comparisons between Montreal’s Big O stadium “parking lot” experience compared to the outdoor beauty of Fenway
- Late summer heat and health of minor league players in Florida
- St Pete Real Estate Development agreement with Stu includes 65 acres at a greatly reduced value price
- AL East - Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays injuries
- Impact of losing Gerritt Cole, Luis Gil, Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu
- Yankees will need more runs from Anthony Volpe, Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt
- Braves passed on Max Fried – aging & injuries?
- Red Sox injuries include Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito, Kutter Crawford, Sandoval . . .
- Orioles & Grayson Rodriguez
- Jays injuries include Max Scherzer, Alek Manoah & Eric Swanson
- Rays healthiest in AL East – Shane McClanahan is back and pitching rotation is strong
- Curtis Mead is getting extra opportunities in Spring Training
- Rays Versatile Roster includes a strong bench with Curtis Mead, Richie Palacio & Curtis Mead
- Looking forward to Ha-Seong Kim and Danny Jansen this season with the Rays
- Mat’s Rays Trifecta – New Stadium, Playoff Run & World Series
Special Thanks to the Nurses, Doctors & staff at South Florida Baptist Hospital
Follow Mat on Blue Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/matgermain.bsky.social
You can find Mark on Blue Sky at https://bsky.app/profile/baseballbizondeck.bsky.social
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music “Rocking Forward
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