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A’s manager Mark Kotsay excited about team’s offseason moves

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mark Kotsay sees a new era ahead for the Athletics, and not just because they’ve left their longtime Oakland home and will play in West Sacramento for the next few years until a new ballpark is ready for them in Las Vegas. Kotsay sees the free agent activity as both an opportunity to improve the roster while …

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4 days, 9 hours ago

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

CNN

St. Petersburg, Florida AP — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to …

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Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After some uncertainty, the Tampa Bay Rays now support a $55.7 million city plan to repair hurricane-shredded Tropicana Field in time for the 2026 season opener, while the team prepares to play this year at the New York Yankees’ spring training home in nearby Tampa. Matt Silverman, the Rays’ co-president, said in an email to the …

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1 month ago

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.

New York Times

DALLAS — As the baseball world awaits the decision on which team superstar outfielder Juan Soto will sign with in free agency, the New York Yankees announced the details of their partnership with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2025 season. Due to damage sustained by Tropicana Field in October from Hurricane Milton, the Rays will play their home games …

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1 month ago

St. Petersburg backs a new $1.3B ballpark for the Rays. Now it’s up to Pinellas County

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays’ potential new ballpark got a boost Thursday when the St. Petersburg City Council voted to approve the bonds necessary to finance the $1.3 billion stadium. Meanwhile, the Rays will play this season in the New York Yankees’ spring training site, Steinbrenner Field in Tampa because of hurricane damage to Tropicana Field. The …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

County asks Tampa Bay Rays to commit to plans for $1.3 billion ballpark by Sunday

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays should declare in writing whether they want to pursue an existing financing plan for a new $1.3 billion ballpark or walk away from the deal, a top county official says. Kathleen Peters, chair of the Pinellas County Commission, said in a letter to top Rays executives that the county needs to know …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

St. Petersburg council rejects immediate repair to Rays’ ballpark roof after first giving approval

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The St. Petersburg City Council reversed course Thursday on whether to spend more than $23 million to repair the hurricane-shredded roof of the Tampa Bay Rays’ ballpark, initially voting narrowly for approval and hours later changing course. “We won’t get there if we keep finding ways we can’t.” The Rays say the lack of progress puts …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out the Rays’ ballpark situation following Hurricane Milton, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said there has been no thought to allowing the team to explore a relocation. “Given the devastation in that area, it’s kind of only fair to give the local governments in the Tampa Bay region …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rays stadium drama and potential relocation could upend MLB’s expansion plans

LA Times

Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg talks during a news conference in 2023 announcing plans for a new stadium. For years, commissioner Rob Manfred has maintained the league would not consider expansion until the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays resolved their stadium situations. In the wake of Hurricane Milton, which rendered the Rays’ current home of Tropicana Field unplayable …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field can be fixed for about $55M in time for 2026 season, per report

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A detailed assessment of the hurricane damage to Tropicana Field concludes that the home of the Tampa Bay Rays is structurally sound and can be repaired for about $55.7 million in time for the 2026 season. The 412-page report released Tuesday by the City of St. Petersburg, which owns the building, found that the basic structure …

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2 months, 1 week ago

City approves $6.5M to clean up and protect Rays stadium after Hurricane Milton

The Independent

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3 months ago

Shocking footage shows Hurricane Milton's impact on Tropicana Field

Daily Mail

Hurricane Milton's devastating winds ripped through the roof of Tropicana Field on Wednesday, with dramatic new footage showing the damage done to the stadium. Now the full extent of Hurricane Milton's catastrophic impact on Tropicana Field can be seen in new videos of the ballpark, which has virtually been left without a roof. After Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida's gulf …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Loyalty, history and $5 beers: Why fans still come out to see the Chicago White Sox

New York Times

Editor’s note: After this article was published, the White Sox broke the 1962 Mets record for most losses in a season. Dylan Jones and Gavin Orr, in town for the International Manufacturing Technology Show, hail from upstate New York, where, Jones said, “There’s nothing near us.” Jones visits Chicago every other year, and he tries to attend a White Sox …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fire hits historic Southern California baseball field seen in Hollywood movies

Associated Press

ONTARIO, Calif. — Fire has destroyed the wooden grandstands at a historic Southern California baseball field that appeared in “A League of Their Own” and other movies. “By the time they got here, which was pretty quickly, the structure was already fully engulfed,” said Dan Bell, the city communications director. The 1992 film “A League of Their Own,” starring Tom …

5 months, 1 week ago

Florida county approves deal to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium

Associated Press

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have the government backing they need to build a long-sought-after ballpark after the Pinellas County Commissioners approved on Tuesday the west-central Florida county’s share of the funding for the 30,000-seat stadium. It’s part of a broader $6.5 billion redevelopment project that supporters say would transform an 86-acre tract in the city’s downtown, with …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Phillies’ Tyler Phillips tosses 4-hit shutout over Cleveland at ballpark he called home as a kid

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Tyler Phillips tossed a four-hit shutout in his third big league start, and the right-hander from South Jersey raised a diehard Philadelphia Phillies fan pitched them to an 8-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night. Nick Castellanos went deep in the sixth and the Phillies acquired closer Carlos Estévez as part of an eventful night at …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

City council approves a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark — and the existing site’s transformation

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are on track to get a long-sought new ballpark following a city council vote Thursday on a major redevelopment project that also guarantees the team will stay where it is for at least 30 years. “It is a major win for our city.” The St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-3 for the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Athletics’ temporary Sacramento ballpark will have hydration element because of summer heat

Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — A new artificial turf surface at the Oakland Athletics’ temporary home in Sacramento, California, will have a hydration element because of summer heat at the open-air ballpark. “We think that’s the best that we can do in terms of playing surface in the heat,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday. “Obviously, we have no control over where …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hall of Famer Willie Mays will not be in attendance for Negro League tribute game at Rickwood Field

Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Willie Mays will not be in attendance when the San Francisco Giants face the St. Louis Cardinals at Rickwood Field on Thursday in a game honoring him and the Negro Leagues. Mays, who began his career in Alabama with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues and played for the Giants from 1951-72, told the San …

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7 months ago

Explainer: How West Ham’s football stadium became a ballpark in 18 days

New York Times

Major League Baseball returns to the UK this weekend for a third time in six years, and West Ham United’s London Stadium has been transformed into a baseball field for the third time. This year, the stadium that was the main home of the 2012 Summer Olympics will host the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies for games on Saturday …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Splendid day trips you can take from Las Vegas — each less than a two-hour drive

LA Times

I have a new system for beating the casinos in Las Vegas: I don’t spend a penny on the slots, the tables or the sports books. Later, Valley of Fire State Park and the Colorado River’s Black Canyon, where the waters of Emerald Cave eerily glow. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is near the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dodgers’ injury-ravaged bullpen finally implodes in loss to Reds

LA Times

Dodgers reliever Yohan Ramírez walks to the dugout after being pulled in the fifth inning of a 9-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ballpark. In the kind of meltdown the team has dreaded of late — with key relievers Evan Phillips, Brusdar Graterol, Ryan Brasier and Joe Kelly all on the injured list — …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Nevada voters overturn public funding for A’s ballpark? Not this year, maybe not ever

LA Times

A rendering of a proposed Las Vegas stadium design for the Athletics. The Oakland Athletics can proceed with plans for their proposed Las Vegas ballpark without worrying that Nevada voters might repeal $380 million in public funding before the team could start construction, based on a Nevada Supreme Court ruling issued Monday. In a statement, Schools over Stadiums said it …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Why USC baseball plays home games over an hour from campus

LA Times

“You ever played Mafia before?” I had asked Connor Clift, a senior catcher for the USC baseball team, about the Trojans’ trying season. When USC hired Andy Stankiewicz as its new baseball coach two years ago, he said had been assured whatever construction would take place would displace the team for the 2028 season. And, as USC associate director of …

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A’s manager Mark Kotsay excited about team’s offseason moves

Tampa Bay Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

Rays commit to Tropicana Field repairs, but time is ticking for 2026 opener

How Yankees, Rays will handle temporary home ballpark in Tampa, Fla.

St. Petersburg backs a new $1.3B ballpark for the Rays. Now it’s up to Pinellas County

County asks Tampa Bay Rays to commit to plans for $1.3 billion ballpark by Sunday

St. Petersburg council rejects immediate repair to Rays’ ballpark roof after first giving approval

Manfred says Tampa area politicians will be given time to sort out Rays’ ballpark situation

Rays stadium drama and potential relocation could upend MLB’s expansion plans

Hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field can be fixed for about $55M in time for 2026 season, per report

City approves $6.5M to clean up and protect Rays stadium after Hurricane Milton

Shocking footage shows Hurricane Milton's impact on Tropicana Field

Loyalty, history and $5 beers: Why fans still come out to see the Chicago White Sox

Fire hits historic Southern California baseball field seen in Hollywood movies

Florida county approves deal to build a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium

Phillies’ Tyler Phillips tosses 4-hit shutout over Cleveland at ballpark he called home as a kid

City council approves a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark — and the existing site’s transformation

Athletics’ temporary Sacramento ballpark will have hydration element because of summer heat

Hall of Famer Willie Mays will not be in attendance for Negro League tribute game at Rickwood Field

Explainer: How West Ham’s football stadium became a ballpark in 18 days

Splendid day trips you can take from Las Vegas — each less than a two-hour drive

Dodgers’ injury-ravaged bullpen finally implodes in loss to Reds

Can Nevada voters overturn public funding for A’s ballpark? Not this year, maybe not ever

Why USC baseball plays home games over an hour from campus