Playing Hardball, Again

According to stories this weekend in The Tampa Tribune, there's a stadium debate - let's say "brewing" - in Tampa/St. Petersburg, and many sports lawyers and other interested observers say it's just a matter of time before MLB Commissioner Bud Selig gets intimately involved. Though the Rays are locked into a stadium-use agreement at Tropicana Field through 2027, the team has on several occasions over the past several years advocated for a new stadium that would receive public financing, and as recently as February, Selig delivered his usual message to area residents: "It almost boggles my mind that there's a debate. They need a new stadium."

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