John Romano | It does no one any good for the team to remain in baseball purgatory while the owner and politicians snipe at each other.

It is not easy to wade through this sentence without whiplash: “As he considers walking away from a stadium deal in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tampa Bay Rays owner Stu Sternberg is being pressured to sell his team by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and some other owners.

With the Rays ballpark deal still in flux, some owners, and the commissioner, are trying to get the Rays to change hands.