The bottom line for baseball in Tampa Bay hasn’t changed. In an asymmetrical market, sans meaningful mass transit and long-embedded corporate headquarters, the one variable–location–had to be spot on. Since the get-go, St. Petersburg wasn’t. Plans for a modern stadium in the market hub of Tampa Bay address that. No, it was never a zero-sum deal. Subsidized help for the wealthy never looks good. Then factor in community-benefits commitments, infrastructure subplots, land-use code changes, a DeSantis connection and transparency. However it happened, go Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa.