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