Orlando politician talking MLB - Could it be the Rays?

Armando Gutierrez, a candidate for Congress in 2010 in Orlando, is talking about getting together investors to build a privately-funded stadium and move an MLB team to Orlando. Local ABC affiliate WFTV has a video report on it. Gutierrez plans to meet with his possible investors this week to solidify his plans.

WFTV named the Brewers as a possible team, but that's ludacrious. Whoever wrote the copy for the article probably saw the baseball stock footage assembled for the report, which happened to largely feature the Brewers. For his part, Gutierrez did not name a possible team in his first interview on the subject.

There really is only one possible team to come to Orlando: the Rays. The Rays cannot co-exist with any team placed in Orlando. If Gutierrez is serious about this, he is probably looking at the Rays, who are having difficulties getting a new stadium

What would really be interesting is if Gutierrez held his press conference this coming week and presented Stu Sternberg as one of them.

For now, I choose to take this as a pipe dream. But if he's serious, this would be a credible threat to St. Pete. As much as I'd hate to see you guys lose the Rays, I would not turn them away as an Orlando resident.