* The Rays will be in Havana later this month. It’s an important, historic occasion. It’s about geopolitics, and it’s about good will. It’s a big deal. A dozen U.S. senators and the president of the United States will be there. So will the mayor of St. Petersburg. But not the mayor of Tampa.
We know the reason: It’s personal. It’s also unfortunate–and wrong for Tampa.
* Last Friday’s Rays-Red Sox game drew nearly 9,800 in Fort Myers for a spring training exhibition. For context, the crowd surpassed attendance at nine Trop games last season–or about 10 percent of Rays home games.