The Tampa Bay Rays added another player to their camp roster on Monday, inking a minor league deal with utility-man Jake Elmore, which also includes an invitation to Spring Training. Elmore was dropped from the 40-man roster by the Pirates last week.
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Rays Stadium Saga: Another Day, Another Arbitrary Date
St. Petersburg mayor Rick Kriseman and Rays’ President Brian Auld met today to discuss the inner workings of the Stadium Saga, presumably (read: probably officially) for the first time since the doomed December 18th vote on the memorandum of understanding between the City of St. Pete and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Six Things No One is Talking About as the Rays Stadium Stalemate Continues, Etc
It is incredibly important to get a feel for other’s opinions on this issue — especially those in the trenches. Sadly the local media has focused much of its energy on covering the city of Tampa and Rays’ point of view, only. Errant or not, here is my attempt to air the voices of others involved.
An Open Letter to Those of Involved in Thursday’s Down Vote of the Stadium Memorandum
While I hoped the City Council would have come to an understanding with the organization Thursday, I am not shocked by the outcome. This tired, less than tacit game of cat and mouse has been played out in front of the public for the last six years, and nothing really shocks me anymore: not Stu Sternberg’s explicit threats to ________________ (fill in the blank, like Mad-Libs) the team he uses as leverage, nor the city’s attempt to regain the leverage lost during the Bill Foster years.
St. Pete City Council votes against Rays stadium deal (Re-posted from Bay News 9
I’m busy with a ton of stuff at the moment, so it is easier to re-post Fallon Silcox’s article on the failed stadium deal between the City of St. Pete and the Tampa Bay Rays. I’ll put something together shortly. In short, Noah Pransky (Shadow of the Stadium blog) put it best, the teams indication that they wouldn’t tweak the memorandum of understanding cost them yes votes. That is, the turning point in the meeting came when Rays President Brian Auld told the city council that St. Petersburg had to live up to terms of the use agreement regarding Tropicana Field redevelopment. What follows is the article in its entirety, followed by a smattering of notes.