Milton tears through Tampa Bay & Rays' Tropicana Roof - What's Next?

Canadian Thanksgiving


Thank you to our Canadian friends and those who came from
across the U.S. to aid and help from Canada to the Florida area
post-Milton


Halifax Explosion


Tropicana Field – shredding of the roof


The rays in the aqua tank survived  and have been moved to
the Aquarium


Revisit the Tampa Bay Rays timeline on when & where they
could have moved


If the City of St. Pete had not signed with the Rays, It would
have given MLB & Rays ownership ability to move the Tampa Bay
Rays to another city


What will Rays and Florida do to make the region better and
stronger to withstand some of the force from future weather


Tampa General Hospital -  AquaWall


Building new houses & structures with new hurricane building
codes


Netherlands model in building dikes as a prevention to hurricanes


Water levels rising will create more difficulties for the future


Climate change choosing to acknowledge


What impact has Milton had on Spring Training, recreation &
Little League fields


All-American Women’s Classic in Durham, NC – top female
athletes 


Looking forward to seeing more opportunities for women in
baseball 


Jean Fruth – capturing moments in the game See Her, Be
Her - Documentary to run between Game 2 & Game 3 of
World Series


World Series ex-Rays who are in the postseason, Brent Honeywell,
Phil Maton, Alex Cobb, etc, etc 


Kevin Kiermaier with the Dodgers, Tommy Pham with the Mets, Kyle
Manzardo with the Guardians, Jake Cronenworth with the Padres


Big dollars have built some of the final teams in the postseason


Most fans want to see the Dodgers in the World Series 


Outside of Guardians it looks like big spenders will be the only
ones at the World Series table


AAGPBL – used to rebuild teams each season to balance out talent
between teams


MLB rule changes have been at the benefit of the larger teams –
penalties for overspending has been minimal.


Team ownership of Green Bay Packers & Atlanta Braves allows
individuals to buy into the team. Not just one sole ownership of
the team


The Public Trust of newspapers historically, and good objective
reporting


News is supposed to be based in fact – has news been vetted by
enough sources – looking beyond the self-contained glass bubble


Today several “news” operations have been purchased by owners
with a political interest and use these as a tool to promote
their view of the world. “Experts” are not always experts.


Many sports news outlets do not have someone covering the
Rays. 


Sources of information should be thought-provoking. . Reading the
paper makes us more educated and involved


Basic Journalism methods – do your homework and have more than
one verifiable source for good news reporting.


GroundNews Network App a great source for identifying news
sources, political leanings, accuracy 


Arizona Field League (AFL)  which is managed by MLB –
6 teams in the league, each AFL team has a roster from a combined
5 MLB affiliated teams. Rosters are mostly strong prospects 


The AFL team, Mesa Solar Sox, has a roster from 5 teams
Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels,
Rays


2 young players in Rays system in the AFL:
Xavier Isaac easy strength will hit a lot of Home Runsan eye on
Tre Morgan 


Australian Baseball League (ABL) not affiliated with
MLB  –  Rays sent to the Perth Heat team
include: Jhon Diaz, Carlos Colmenarez, Angel Luis Mateo, 
Enderson Delgado


 You can find Mat on Twitter x.com @Mat_Germain_ 
 


Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music “Roc