Seems like every week Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is thinking out loud about the future of the Tampa Bay Rays in ways that raise people's eyebrows.Ironically, it's similar to what St. Pete's not-yet-elected mayor, Bill Foster, said two years ago.
Buckhorn said in a radio interview Tuesday that he believes the team will leave St. Petersburg.
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If the Rays do leave St. Petersburg, Buckhorn said, and not for the first time, he thinks the best place for them to land would be downtown Tampa.
But asked whether he thinks the Rays will move to Tampa, Buckhorn said, "No. It's my belief that at some point the Rays will leave St. Petersburg … and I absolutely want to be ready when that happens."
On Wednesday, Buckhorn said it's clear that playing at Tropicana Field doesn't work for the team.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Buckhorn Echoes What Foster Said Two Years Ago
Times writer Richard Danielson details another episode of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn talking stadium:
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