Just six weeks ago, we witnessed a crazy St. Pete City Council meeting in which the council first approved and then withdrew funds to initiate and support repairs to Tropicana Field.
In between these two votes on November 21, Rays’ President Brian Auld had told reporters that the team actually didn’t want the city to repair the ballpark, which — given the lack of any reasonable, long-term local alternatives for the team — seemed wild AND a sign that the Rays had at least one and maybe two feet out the door.
At the very least, it seemed that the Rays had played their last game at the Trop.