Sister City plan wave of the future, says Rays' owner as he asks: What happens now?

As baseball officials in Tampa and Montreal ponder the future, they say their rejected sister-city plan was groundbreaking — and will someday be the norm in pro sports.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:26 p.m. January 21, 2022
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MARK WEMPLE: With the Sister City plan dead, the Tampa Bay Rays must decide what's next.
MARK WEMPLE: With the Sister City plan dead, the Tampa Bay Rays must decide what's next.
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When MLB recently killed the Tampa Bay Rays' plan to split its season between two cities, along with it went an outside-the-box idea that now seems radical but will one day be commonplace.

At least that’s what the two businessmen at the forefront of the deal believe.

MARK WEMPLE: With the Sister City plan dead, the Tampa Bay Rays must decide what's next.
MARK WEMPLE: With the Sister City plan dead, the Tampa Bay Rays must decide what's next.

 

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