Jim, I suspect you're right. It feels like Montreal is being used to threaten Tampa Bay, in the same way that Las Vegas is being used to get a new stadium built in Oakland.
John On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 00:27, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > As probably the only Rays fan on this list… I’m fairly well convinced that > the “split season” situation isn’t going to actually happen, it’s just the > Rays trying to pit the two cities against each other in order to see which > one is going to build a new stadium first. > > > On Jul 19, 2021, at 9:24 PM, John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not necessarily. I presume the Jays will be strongly encouraged to get > vaccinated (if they haven’t already). As for the the visiting teams, they’d > be subject to MLB’s protocol, which makes things much easier for teams that > are 85% vaxxed and probably basically bubbling while they’re in Toronto. If > they stay in the hotel that’s attached to the Rogers Centre, they really > don’t even need to leave the building. > > The Tampa-Montreal thing won’t happen until 2028 at the earliest, unless > the Rays find a way to get out of their lease. > > John > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 12:20 AM M-D November <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What’s interesting is that MLB is still not requiring players & personnel >> to vaccinate. Presumably that will change for the Blue Jays (and for anyone >> scheduled to play them at home). >> >> (Aside: was this the year the TB Rays were supposed to start splitting >> the season between St. Pete & Montreal?) >> >> On Monday, July 19, 2021 at 8:46:31 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: >> >>> Not mentioned: About a week and a half after the Blue Jays return to >>> their stadium after Buffalo exile... >>> https://variety.com/2021/film/news/canada-vaccinated-americans-august-9-1235023325/ >>> (link) >>> >>> B >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7ac1b1e0-39be-4fa8-93a6-886d037d3da8n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7ac1b1e0-39be-4fa8-93a6-886d037d3da8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMKyzDEOg9re4B1HFkJbEPsNQLJK799_LpYXhk6cRE6a%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMKyzDEOg9re4B1HFkJbEPsNQLJK799_LpYXhk6cRE6a%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/95255065-D1A3-4ABC-B410-7E1D816A0D79%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/95255065-D1A3-4ABC-B410-7E1D816A0D79%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2BfD-F%3DT-dEKzHxM%2Bb7S_XWSJvd4uVY4ASMUTxbJxW1%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
