Rays principal owner says a delay stemming from the spread of COVID-19 has done little to change his mind on the dual-city plan to share the MLB club with Montreal.
principal owner Stuart Sternberg’s desire to move forward with a dual-city plan to share the MLB club with Montreal.reporter Marc Topkin, Sternberg was emphatic in stating that a delay stemming from the spread of the novel coronavirus has done little to change his mind on the plan that would see regular-season baseball return to the former home of the Expos, nor has it caused him to reconsider a full-time future for the Rays in Tampa.
Despite the delay, Sternberg said COVID-19 has done nothing to dull his interest in the dual-city plan. “Just the opposite, as it’s become more important not to be reliant on one place and one market,” he said, according to Topkin. “Also, that the abbreviated season will provide a bit of test case in assessing fan interest in a limited number of games and by TV watching/radio listening the only options. I still think people will gravitate to and support the team, especially if we’re doing well on the field.”for a second Canadian team.
“Montreal could be a standalone market. It could be,” Manfred said. “I think the judgment you have to make if you’re Montreal is, if and when we’re going to 32, and you have an opportunity to have some baseball here, it might be a good plan. They have to make that judgment.”
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