Insight, reactions following Rays’ split-season rejection

The Tampa Bay Rays’ pursuit of splitting its seasons in Montreal involved several stakeholders across the bay area; with Thursday’s surprise announcement that Major League Baseball has scrapped the novel approach, where does the region stand?

Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Executive Council was behind the about-face, more than two years after giving the team permission to "explore" the split season proposal. The Rays were waiting on approval to "pursue" the deal with Montreal, although team executives have already spent 2.5 years pursuing public favor for the proposal. In late November, team officials presented their latest pitch for the plan to the council at the quarterly owners meeting in Chicago.

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It’s distressing to think that some Pinellas County public school students and their families are so desperate that they’re forced to find surreptitious shelter in self-storage units.

That children are doing homework under the glare of Walmart parking lot lights as they huddle with their families in cars that have become their homes.

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