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underpants

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Tue Aug 29, 2017, 05:42 PM Aug 2017

Baseball - Houston Astros & Texas Rangers to play in Tampa. It's complicated.

Texas (basically Dallas) was willing to host the scheduled games and split revenue with Houston's team but Houston said NO because it will mess up their schedule at the end of the year sooooo since it's their game they decided to play in Tampa Bay. Both teams look stupid for this. Both teams and the Tampa team are donating to the rescue efforts and for survivors.

Rays to Donate Revenue from Astros Series in Tampa to Hurricane Harvey Relief

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2730307-rays-to-donate-revenue-from-astros-series-in-tampa-to-hurricane-harvey-relief

The Tampa Bay Rays announced Tuesday that all revenues generated from a three-game series between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers will be donated to the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.

The Astros were originally set to host the Rangers in Minute Maid Park beginning Tuesday and through to Wednesday. Flooding in and around Houston resulting from Harvey forced the two teams to instead play at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reid Ryan, Astros president of baseball operations, said the team had tried to reach an agreement with the Rangers to move the series to Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, per Fox 26's Mark Berman. In doing so, the Astros would've then hosted a three-game series beginning Sept. 25 that's scheduled to be in Arlington.

According to the Dallas Morning News' Evan Grant, the Rangers balked because they didn't want to embark on a four-city road trip that would've begun in Anaheim, California, and ended in Houston with less than a week left in the regular season.

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Baseball - Houston Astros & Texas Rangers to play in Tampa. It's complicated. (Original Post) underpants Aug 2017 OP
They're switching orange juice. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2017 #1
bastids trof Aug 2017 #2
Does anyone know game times? n/t rzemanfl Aug 2017 #3
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