OT: Buccaneers, Rays & Other Tampa Bay Sports Teams
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Lmao dude we can only pray Stu sells the team after this. The moneyball shit is so old. The charm of 2008 wore out 10 years ago
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What do you think the odds are that the Rays can get that new ballpark of theirs to accommodate the Rowdies? The Al Lang stadium expansion seems about as dead in the water as it can be. It might be crazy enough to work and get MLS to the Bay Area.
Felonious Python
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Pretty much no shot.
They don't really build stadiums like that much anymore.
Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando cost $155 million to build ten years ago, so they're relatively inexpensive.
Chase Stadium in Miami cost $60 million in 2019.
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Fitting a soccer field inside a baseball one is pretty ugly, cramped for playing, and results in terrible viewing angles. Plus playing on artificial turf is another negative. The only reason Al Lang works is because fortunately the original stands were built at a right angle and they were able to tear down some of the fencing and didn't have to worry about the mound and base paths since it's no longer used for baseball.
The Glazers just need to stop being idiots and support soccer at home in Ray Jay instead of running Manchester United into the ground. They would've made so much money right now if they had jumped in to save the Mutiny on the cheap with MLS franchises now exploding in value to get in.
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The Glazers just need to stop being idiots and support soccer at home in Ray Jay instead of running Manchester United into the ground. They would've made so much money right now if they had jumped in to save the Mutiny on the cheap with MLS franchises now exploding in value to get in.
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These Are The Days
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I was just more talking about if the Rays could configure their new outfield as such that they could fit in a soccer field on off days. But I digress. I don't think this Al Lang renovation is getting done any time soon and its not gonna get a MLS team. At this point I would be content if they built their own Chase Stadium/BMO on the graveyard of the old One Buc Place that's right next to the new one. That or Ybor. You could no joke build a stadium that holds 30,000 people in either of those places and it would sell out every game.
Felonious Python
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I think I understood what you meant. I gave some pricing comparables because the cost to just build their own stadium should be relatively low for a prospective MLS owner.
NYCFC and the NY Yankees share a building, but that's the only MLB/MLS combo I know of. NFL and MLS together are much more frequent.
The experience has to get compromised somewhere, and that's why multipurpose outdoor stadiums have fallen out of favor.
JTBF81
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Not that the poorly run and managed Rays were ever doing anything anyway, but sure, go-ahead and trade one of your few big bats when you still ha e an outside shot at a wild card spot....And they didn't even get one of Seattle's better prospects from what I've seen. Seems par for the course though for them.
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I am so sick of this shit. Someone buy the f***ing team. I can't even be happy the stadium saga is over because then we have to remind ourselves we're a poverty franchise and it's been too long since we dumped a good player.
I give Eflin between 24 and 72 hours before he's shipped out too
I give Eflin between 24 and 72 hours before he's shipped out too
JTBF81
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24 and 72 hours? Seems generous. Maybe 24-72 minutes lol. What a joke this team is.
Stu is in it for the money, we all know this. Consistently trading away good players isn't good for the team, but it's great for his bank account. Stu, and the Glazer children, are some of the worst owners in all of sports. How lucky we are in the Tampa Bay area to have them both. Thank God for Vinik.
JTBF81
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JTBF81
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Nothing says great job guys for winning 9 of your last 11 series (and only one actual series loss), and playing yourselves back into the playoff picture, like trading away two of your top players because you have a cheap ass.for an owner.
Thank you Bucs and Mike Evans! Not sure I would be able to handle this offseason without you.
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The Bucs are barely holding my sanity together. Whatever they pay Wirfs is going to be some of the best money we have ever spent. Baker is gonna surprise the hell out of some cats
How are you supposed to sell tickets and grow a fanbase if you constantly trade away stars?
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Those minor leaguers we got from Baltimore for Eflin are gonna sell those tickets dawg!
Night Shift
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f***in Adam is gone to San Diego and Parades to the Cubs. Jesus Christ man. Approve a stadium after almost 20 years of talking about it and blow up the team 2 weeks later.
This is literally the most Rays thing ever
This is literally the most Rays thing ever
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Point21
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Lesko is going into the Rays pitching lab... dude is gonna be a stud in 2 years. Bush is speedy defensive OF, and Gonzales is just a catching prospect that we lack and only 18 years old. getting all that for a reliever is nuts
