For two decades new ballpark initiatives have been on the docket for the A's and Rays. The matter now seems solved in Vegas and Tampa.

The Rays’ plan for a new $2.36 billion ballpark took a big step forward Thursday as the City of Tampa council approved public funding.

The biggest overarching storyline for the Tampa Bay Rays over the last few years was whether they would ever be able to build a ballpark in the city that the fa