Nearly a week has passed since the Tampa Bay Rays grabbed everybody’s attention with a proposal — one that has been approved by Major League Baseball — that is no more desperate than it is impractical: The proposal of splitting home games between St. Petersburg, Fla., and Montreal, Canada.
Look no further than attendance as the driving force behind Tampa Bay’s plea to create a second home in a city where Major League Baseball already failed once. The Rays are averaging an AL-worst average of 14,545 fans per game, and while it’s not nearly as bad as things are several hours south in Miami, the mark is fairly inexcusable for a team sitting 11 games over .