Matthew Silverman sent a letter to commissioners standing on the team's position to not clarify if the team will stick to stadium plans.

The President of the Tampa Bay Rays has sent a response letter to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners following the letter to the baseball team last week.

According to the agreement approved by the County Commission and the City Council in separate votes taken in July, there is no deadline for the bonds to be approved. The Rays are responsible for paying $700 million for the stadium, plus all cost overruns for the new stadium and Gas Plant District.

In a sometimes scolding letter, Pinellas County Commission Chair Kathleen Peters flatly asks officials with the Tampa Bay Rays if they are in or out on a $1.3 billion stadium deal the team agreed to four months ago.

As public battles over a potential stadium deal drag on, the Tampa Bay Rays refused to clarify whether they would move forward or back out of a $1.3 billion deal for a new ballpark in St. Petersburg,