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[SPTO]

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Speaking of random games. I was watching a bit of Fox Baseball Turn Back the Clock game (from my birthday no less!) where they go through the history of how the game was broadcasted throughout the game. They go from 1939 to the then present of 2000 and is in 4 parts. I won't link to the videos for obvious reasons but if interested LMK through PM.

[Majingir]

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That's my point though...there ARE random games from 1993 on youtube. Just in a quick check I saw 20 or so games from throughout the season. A random Braves/Reds game in July, an Expos game here, etc.

Can't find any jays games really that aren't playoffs though

[l3ulvl]

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25 years ago today, Blue Jays World Series Champs! Would love if one day in the future MLB(and other sports leagues) let to watch regular season games of past years. Years like this I wanna watch, even if it's condensed versions of each regular season game.

I have this random sports channel buried deep in my antenna stations, it's like fox.4 deep, and they fill air sometimes with obscure baseball games from the past, it's actually kinda cool

[The Kid 24]

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Rays getting a new stadium near downtown Tampa.

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[fatleg3]

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Rays getting a new stadium near downtown Tampa.

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It will be in the Channelside/Ybor area. Near Amile Arena/Ice Palace. The only holdup is the Rays are waiting on the mayoral race in St. Pete to finish so they can submit a site. But I believe they are pretty much set on the Tampa site....


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[Jr.]

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It will be in the Channelside/Ybor area. Near Amile Arena/Ice Palace. The only holdup is the Rays are waiting on the mayoral race in St. Pete to finish so they can submit a site. But I believe they are pretty much set on the Tampa site....


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Is that a good location for the stadium in terms of attendance? I'd like to see them do well and get some more fan support.

[SPTO]

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Is that a good location for the stadium in terms of attendance? I'd like to see them do well and get some more fan support.

That's my question as well. Hopefully if they get this stadium built it'll be in the right area or it'll be another huge expense for a team that can't draw fleas.

[Majingir]

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But what about Montreal.......

Only well, guess we gotta hope for expansion, or As messing up their stadium situation

[TripleCrown9]

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Is that a good location for the stadium in terms of attendance? I'd like to see them do well and get some more fan support.

That's my question as well. Hopefully if they get this stadium built it'll be in the right area or it'll be another huge expense for a team that can't draw fleas.

Like fatleg said, the area is near Amalie Arena, aka the St. Pete Times Forum (Where the Lightning play) so it should be a decent area. But until the team improves the attendance will remain low.

And the Forum is basically in downtown Tampa.

[l3ulvl]

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Starting to think it's not too late for baseball to make a comeback

[SPTO]

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That's good to hear regarding the location of the Rays new ballpark. One of the things i've heard is that most of the fanbase is in the greater Tampa area rather than way out where the Trop is.

[DamnYanks2]

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I don't see the point of Tampa or Miami having a baseball team.
The Marlins moved to a new nice ballpark and they still can't draw fans. Do we expect Tampa to be any different?

And it's not like either franchise is God awful either. Marlins have two world series titles and the Rays have been competitive at least making a WS appearance in their short history.

Tampa is really Yankees town. And most people I know could care less about the Rays or Marlins. The South is Braves territory and has been for a while.

They need to move those two franchises somewhere they can be appreciated.

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[Majingir]

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I don't see the point of Tampa or Miami having a baseball team.
The Marlins moved to a new nice ballpark and they still can't draw fans. Do we expect Tampa to be any different?

And it's not like either franchise is God awful either. Marlins have two world series titles and the Rays have been competitive at least making a WS appearance in their short history.

Tampa is really Yankees town. And most people I know could care less about the Rays or Marlins. The South is Braves territory and has been for a while.

They need to move those two franchises somewhere they can be appreciated.

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I don't see why all sports need so many Florida teams. Sure it's a big state, but do they need multiple teams? One representing the state is fine.

MLB has rays and marlins doing poorly in attendance.
NFL has dolphins and Bucs doing fine, but jags suck.
NBA with heat and magic I think are both fine
NHL has Tampa doing fine, but panthers attendance is horrible.

How many other states in pro sports have teams in at least 2 teams doing this poorly in attendance?

[DieHardYankee26]

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Both teams in the Barclays Center have bottom 3 attendance in their sports (Nets/Islanders).

[Majingir]

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Both teams in the Barclays Center have bottom 3 attendance in their sports (Nets/Islanders).

Islanders isn't due to the market though, it's due to Barclays Center not being fit for hockey(obstructed seating AND the CEO was basically like "if you can't see from those seats, watch the game on your phone"). The proposed plans of having them play in a new arena will fix that issue, but I think they're competing with NYCFC for that space.

And Nets is simply cause they suck, not cause of market.