After our fun Sunday spent at the N.C. State baseball game and today’s column by Caldon Tudor about the rising popularity of baseball, I got to thinking of big things. Like, major league things.
Raleigh can’t have its own minor league team, but what if it had its own major league team? What if Raleigh wooed the Tampa Bay Rays here and built a gorgeous baseball stadium overlooking downtown? Wouldn’t that be great?
Update 7:50 PM: Looks like I’m not the only one to think this was a good idea. From this site (date of posting unknown but Google Cache snapped it five days ago):
Is it true the Tampa Bay Rays are moving to Raleigh, NC?
by Baseball Fan
in Tampa Bay RaysI heard they are moving because of terrible attendance to Raleigh. Also, their farm team is in Durham. The Raleigh Technicians?
what prevents Raleigh from having its own minor league team?
There are distance rules for minor league teams. The Durham Bulls already cover this market, but I don’t believe this would apply to a minor league/major league situation.