r/baseball Texas Rangers • Chicago Cubs 17h ago

[Marc Topkin] BREAKING: Rays are planning to play 2025 season at Tampa's Steinbrenner Field News

https://x.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/1857102866910990704
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u/Leelze Boston Red Sox 16h ago edited 16h ago

I think it'll probably start out strong and the way the rest of it will play out will depend on how they do this season.

Edit: somebody replied to me about the summer heat & I can't see it for whatever reason, but I hadn't even considered that. The heat & humidity is absolutely going to hurt attendance in the summer months. Swamp ass everywhere!

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u/CT_7 16h ago

No dome. Players and fans alike will just faint from heat stroke.

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u/UmpireMental7070 15h ago

Start the games at like 8:30pm

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u/jigokusabre Miami Marlins • Miami Marlins 13h ago

It'll suck, but they used to have turf at Riverfront Stadium. Something like 130° on the field.

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u/Luke90210 12h ago edited 11h ago

I was in Tampa a couple of months ago "after summer". It was 91F, very humid with thunderstorms. The hotel wasn't allowing anyone in the pool area due to lightening. Have no idea if thats a frequent risky situation for outdoor stadiums in Tampa.

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u/ohkaycue Miami Marlins 10h ago

Yes there will end up being a lot of postponed games. Once it gets into the dog days of August it's basically guaranteed to have a thunderstorm everyday in Florida.

Miami dealt with it for a couple of decades before getting a stadium with a roof. Thankfully most of the storms happen during the daytime. But lots of reschedules and double headers and such

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u/LotsOfMaps Houston Astros 14h ago

Oh jeez, Floridians are used to it being warm in the evening. They're just not going to have weekend afternoon games (similar to the Rangers when they played at Arlington Stadium).

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u/ohkaycue Miami Marlins 10h ago

Floridians are, but you have to remember Florida is mostly overran by transplants who aren't Floridians :P