What's next for Rays after MLB nixes Montreal 'sister cities' plan?

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    The out-of-the-box franchise blueprint proposal championed by the Rays — to split their seasons between Montreal and Tampa, after new ballparks/multi-use facilities were built in both locations — has been squashed by Major League Baseball, more than two years after it was originally given the green light, and despite comments by Rays ownership that they were very happy with how the project was progressing.

    It’s a development that was, in the words of principal owner Stewart Sternberg, “flat-out deflating.” If he knew specifics of why the plan was scrapped by the MLB powers-that-be, he wasn’t telling during his Thursday afternoon Zoom news conference.

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