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Jones: Imagining a Rays ballpark in Ybor City

TAMPA — There's an old Frank Sinatra song called There Used To Be A Ballpark.

It's a sad little number about a baseball stadium that has long been torn down. Some hear it and think about legendary Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The guy who wrote the song said it was about the Polo Grounds in New York.

Right now, I'm standing at the corner of Channelside and Adamo Drives in Tampa, staring at historic Ybor City in the distance. It's a beautiful day. Brilliant blue sky. Sunny. A perfect time to dream. And so I think of what could be another song.