Major League Baseball declined the plan of the Tampa Bay Rays to play in both Florida and Canada:

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred informed Sternberg on Tuesday that the group had rejected it, largely because the logistics were too complex and it was too risky to make long-term commitments to such a nuanced concept. MLB declined to publicly comment on its decision. Sternberg nonetheless believes partial seasons “are going to be the wave of the future in professional sports” and that MLB simply didn’t want to be the first league to take that step. Asked if he felt “betrayed” by his fellow owners, Sternberg said: “That’s a word. That’s a word.”

“This was something that we just completely pushed our chips in on here for the sister city,” said Sternberg, who has yet to seek permission from MLB to relocate. “It was a bold concept, but it was something that we thought would’ve been incredibly rewarding for baseball, for the players and for the fans in both areas. Again, those were our thoughts. Now going forward, we’re gonna regroup and see where things are, and we’ll consider a number of things, I’m sure, as time goes by.”

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With all the quirky rule changes baseball tries (like Robot umpires in AAA), one would think that the commissioner would be on board with this. I suspect the CBA negotiations might be part of this, as MLB probably is more concerned with a season in 2022 than returning a team to Montreal. While the name would be most appropriate in Montreal, I hope if the team moves some day they are called the XRays.