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    Rays owner talks future, possible move
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    FS: Do you think Major League Baseball could work again in Montreal?
    SS: Yes. I know it can.

    FS: How?
    SS: My gut. I was at Olympic Stadium the day after they got Bartolo Colon. I’ve been convinced — this is before I bought the (Rays) — that it would be an incredible place for baseball. That doesn’t mean my baseball team, but a baseball team.

    FS: Do you think there will come a day when Montreal has a team again?
    SS: In the next five years, no. In the next 20, yes.

    FS: An expansion franchise or one that moves there?
    SS: I think a franchise (that moves there). I know nothing. There’s no discussions. I don’t see any reason or need or desire for expansion — anytime in the next 10 years, certainly. The stadiums built in the 1990s are 20-year-old stadiums. They’ll be fine for another 20 years. If you look 20 years out, there could be population shifts and separation of corporations. And you need a decent-to-good corporate base to have a successful baseball franchise.

    FS: Has the thought ever occurred to you to move your team to Montreal?
    SS: I thought about it as a great baseball market. But this is probably three, four years ago. I was asked and pressed about it. I said I could think of seven (viable) places (for relocation). But I’m not looking. I just want to explore my backyard.

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