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Post by ag87 on Jun 20, 2019 15:43:20 GMT -8
www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/us/tampa-bay-rays-montreal/index.htmlThere is nothing in the article but I wonder why no team is looking at Mexico City. I think the per capita GDP is near US standards. And there are something like 15M people who live there. I have spent a lot of time in Puebla (about 90 minutes by car from CDMX) and Volkswagon has but billions of dollars into that city.
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Post by sagebrush on Jun 21, 2019 8:18:57 GMT -8
Putting a MLB franchise in Tampa was STUPID. June-September is the rainy season. Rains over half the day every month and monthly rainfall totals are 6.5-7.5 inches a month. These are not Willamette Valley summer drizzles, it is freaking RAIN. BTW, summer weather in Montreal is better than Tampa. Less rain. Temps well into the 70s'. Montreal is a tad north of Salem, south of Woodburn.
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Post by messi on Jun 21, 2019 11:06:37 GMT -8
Putting a MLB franchise in Tampa was STUPID. June-September is the rainy season. Rains over half the day every month and monthly rainfall totals are 6.5-7.5 inches a month. These are not Willamette Valley summer drizzles, it is freaking RAIN. BTW, summer weather in Montreal is better than Tampa. Less rain. Temps well into the 70s'. Montreal is a tad north of Salem, south of Woodburn. Rays play indoors. The only concerns are catwalks and if the electrical bill has been paid. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Jun 21, 2019 11:11:28 GMT -8
www.cnn.com/2019/06/20/us/tampa-bay-rays-montreal/index.htmlThere is nothing in the article but I wonder why no team is looking at Mexico City. I think the per capita GDP is near US standards. And there are something like 15M people who live there. I have spent a lot of time in Puebla (about 90 minutes by car from CDMX) and Volkswagon has but billions of dollars into that city. Oh, I don't know, mass murders, kidnappings, armed robberies, corrupt police departments, smog, elevation. Those type of things... |
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Post by ochobeavo on Jun 21, 2019 14:37:15 GMT -8
once you get past the logistics of players having to have 2 places to live for their families, schools for their kids, expected players union opposition, support staff in both cities, getting out of their current lease (8 yrs remaining!) in Tampa, still no longer term stadium solution in either city - it totally makes sense. Actually if they bring back these terrible old Expos unis - I'm all in.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 13:05:00 GMT -8
once you get past the logistics of players having to have 2 places to live for their families, schools for their kids, expected players union opposition, support staff in both cities, getting out of their current lease (8 yrs remaining!) in Tampa, still no longer term stadium solution in either city - it totally makes sense. Actually if they bring back these terrible old Expos unis - I'm all in. what did Gary Carter say about those shltshow unis? Even he couldn't look good in one of those? |
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Post by kersting13 on Jun 24, 2019 12:20:57 GMT -8
At least those are belted pants and button up shirts. Lots of teams during that era wore the pull on unis.
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Post by ag87 on Jun 24, 2019 17:33:28 GMT -8
At least those are belted pants and button up shirts. Lots of teams during that era wore the pull on unis. Yes, I'm thinking the Pirates in about 1980 and those silly hats. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Jun 25, 2019 7:40:19 GMT -8
At least those are belted pants and button up shirts. Lots of teams during that era wore the pull on unis. Yes, I'm thinking the Pirates in about 1980 and those silly hats.  1976 White Sox are all-time bad...  |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 25, 2019 22:22:01 GMT -8
Yes, I'm thinking the Pirates in about 1980 and those silly hats. 1976 White Sox are all-time bad...  Need to bring these unis back |
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Post by gnawitall on Jun 26, 2019 10:43:54 GMT -8
I want that glove
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Jun 26, 2019 15:02:49 GMT -8
1976 White Sox are all-time bad... Need to bring these unis back Big Klu, Ted Kluzewski. At Milwaukee County Stadium. |
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Post by seastape on Jul 6, 2019 21:09:23 GMT -8
once you get past the logistics of players having to have 2 places to live for their families, schools for their kids, expected players union opposition, support staff in both cities, getting out of their current lease (8 yrs remaining!) in Tampa, still no longer term stadium solution in either city - it totally makes sense. Actually if they bring back these terrible old Expos unis - I'm all in. I always wondered why it said "elb" on the Montreal hats and jerseys. |
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Post by seastape on Jul 6, 2019 21:13:00 GMT -8
Yes, I'm thinking the Pirates in about 1980 and those silly hats. 1976 White Sox are all-time bad... The Pittsburgh hats are bad, but the Converse shoes back in those days were pretty cool. |
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Post by ag87 on Jul 7, 2019 15:35:56 GMT -8
once you get past the logistics of players having to have 2 places to live for their families, schools for their kids, expected players union opposition, support staff in both cities, getting out of their current lease (8 yrs remaining!) in Tampa, still no longer term stadium solution in either city - it totally makes sense. Actually if they bring back these terrible old Expos unis - I'm all in. I always wondered why it said "elb" on the Montreal hats and jerseys. When I was a kid, I could never figure it out. I never saw the entire logo as a capital "M". But then sometime later I was told the e and b were expos baseball. Maybe even "expos le baseball". Also the owner was Edgar M Bronfman. The e and b with big M in the middle. |
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