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Sternberg Pulls A 180, Won’t Put Up Montreal Sign

Stu Sternberg at St. Petersburg City Council
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg addresses the St. Petersburg City Council at their April 15 meeting (screenshot)

It may have taken a couple of days, but the Tampa Bay Rays ownership group has decided the fans are worth more than the hassle of putting up their split-city sign.

Principal Owner Stuart Sternberg joined Neil Solondz on Tuesday’s radio pregame show to announce that the team was changing directions on the decision to put up a sign for the postseason displaying their desire for a split-city plan between the Tampa Bay region and the city of Montreal.

Sternberg said the plan to split between the two regions has not changed, but that putting up a sign would take the focus away from what is going on on the field.

Listen to the conversation below!

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Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.

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