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'Boras suggests Rays should relocate to Montreal Email By Paul Sullivan, Tribune reporter 2:44 p.m. CST, December 11, 2013
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Agent Scott Boras reiterated Wednesday that baseball should consider relocating the Tampa Bay Rays to another city, suggesting Montreal would be a perfect place. “The hope in baseball is you’d have a consistent product annually, you have a group of people in ownership that are putting winning baseball on the field, and you’d certainly have to say Tampa Bay has done that,” Boras said. “My point was that baseball, collectively, to protect the game, to protect the market, and you have a product that is so successful and the market is not responding to it, what is the reason? The reason is not the performance of the franchise or the players. The reason has to be there’s a dynamic operating here that is not consistent with what other markets do in baseball. “Clearly if you win and you’re successful, your fan base rewards. So my suggestion of New Jersey or Montreal or somewhere ... The idea is for the betterment of the game. I think we have to look at markets that aren’t rewarding playing the game at a high level.” Boras said Montreal, which lost the expansion Expos in 2005 when MLB moved the team to Washington, would be a “tremendous environment” for baseball. “I remember in ’94, when you go back and look at their attendance rates and the market, the people and the Canadian rivalry, I really thought baseball was in a good place,” he said. “The players enjoyed playing there. It’s a beautiful city.” Boras said New Jersey may be more problematic with television rights, a potential problem with the Mets and Yankees already there. psullivan@tribunecom. Twitter @PWSullivan Copyright © 2013 Chicago Tribune Company, LLC
