Guest Post on SaintPetersBlog.com

In my quest to promote my writing on as many venues as possible, I often inquire to other websites as to whether they would be interested in an opinion piece or two. The other day I messaged Peter Schorsch, Executive Editor of SaintPetersBlog.com, a Tampa Bay area political blog. When Peter said he would be interested, I sent him an opinion piece on the biggest political problem facing the Tampa Bay Rays.

In this piece, I discuss four local baseball interests that are occupying Tampa Bay area elected officials and distracting them from giving the Rays a monopoly of interest in the region.

The biggest problem facing the long-term success of the Tampa Bay Rays is not building a fan base or getting fans to the ballpark. It’s the ambivalence toward the Rays by local politicians driven by the local impact of baseball alternatives. As long as there is an incentive (perceived or real) for Tampa and its suburbs to have their own baseball alternative to the Rays, local politicians will not want to give that up for the greater good of the region.

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Is Tampa Bay a Major League region or 4 minor league ones? - SaintPetersBlog.com