• Tampa Smokers night at the Tampa Baseball Museum in Ybor with Joe Maddon & Larry Rothschild https://www.tampabaseballmuseum.org/
• Rays Fans Stadium Fatigue
• Rays owner, Stu Sternberg's, past challenges with minority owners of Rays
• Stu's staunch support of community charities & representation with Pride Night & Heritage Nights. Some conservatives not pleased
• St Pete Deal in question
• March 31st Deadline  -  Rays Matt Silverman, Stu Sternberg, St Pete & $700 million
• Shouldn’t Rays have had a better “What IF” plan B
• JP Peterson scoop on buyers of Tampa Bay Rays 
• 3 groups of potential buyers: 
  • Joe Molloy & DeBartolo family
  • Dan Doyle of Dex Imaging
  • Carter McCain with mystery out of town investors
  • What about Darryl Shaw
  • DeBartolo pardoned by Donald Trump – how that might impact sale
• Alternate locations for Rays if St Pete deal goes awry – Ybor City, Florida State Fairgrounds, Orlando or relocate Yankees & move Rays into a remodeled George Steinbrenner Field
• Would Fairgrounds location get support from Ron DeSantis & Trump?
• Historical look at McCourts ownership of LA Dodgers & MLB Commissioner
• Rays saga could be a movie with George Clooney playing Stu
• Value of an Open Air stadium comparisons between Montreal’s Big O stadium “parking lot” experience compared to the outdoor beauty of Fenway
• Late summer heat and health of minor league players in Florida
• St Pete Real Estate Development agreement with Stu includes 65 acres at a greatly reduced value price
• AL East - Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays injuries 
• Impact of losing Gerritt Cole, Luis Gil, Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu
• Yankees will need more runs from Anthony Volpe, Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt
• Braves passed on Max Fried – aging & injuries?
• Red Sox injuries include Brayan Bello, Lucas Giolito, Kutter Crawford, Sandoval . . .
• Orioles & Grayson Rodriguez
• Jays injuries include Max Scherzer, Alek Manoah & Eric Swanson
• Rays healthiest in AL East – Shane McClanahan is back and pitching rotation is strong
• Curtis Mead is getting extra opportunities in Spring Training
• Rays Versatile Roster includes a strong bench with Curtis Mead, Richie Palacio & Curtis Mead
• Looking forward to Ha-Seong Kim and Danny Jansen this season with the Rays
• Mat’s Rays Trifecta – New Stadium, Playoff Run & World Series

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