Tampa Bay

  • For the ages: The New York Mets Pete Alonso, a Plant High product, hit his 100th career home run in his 347th game—the second fastest in Major League history. And the Rays’ Nelson Cruz, 41, became the oldest to reach the 30-homer mark.
  • If the Rays wind up in Tampa, the region’s business hub, a likely key component will be rail transit. Orlando would become more than a TV market, and hellish issues with traffic could be mitigated. Ask the Minnesota Twins, who were able to build Target Field in the space-challenged historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis, which was critically complemented by the most accessible public transportation in all of Major League Baseball.
  • We all know about higher education trends and issues over racial and ethnic studies. It comes with America’s demographic mosaic. But since 2013, USF has had an Irish Studies program, and offers multiples classes—devoted to the language, literature and history of Ireland–each semester. It even has an official Irish Culture and Language Club and maintains close ties with the Consulate General of Ireland. BTW, one in 10 Americans trace their ancestry back to Ireland. So, maybe it’s about time. Or just in the Mick of time.

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