{"id":438854,"date":"2026-10-27T00:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438854\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T00:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:29:17","slug":"debunked-construction-sparks-world-series-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/438854\/","title":{"rendered":"DEBUNKED: Construction sparks World Series conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pat<\/a>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

WORLD SERIES GUIDE<\/a> | SCHEDULE<\/a> | MERCH <\/a>| WATCH PARTIES<\/a> | TICKETS <\/a>| FORECAST <\/a>| UECKER’S LEGACY<\/a> | POP CULTURE IN 1982<\/a> | VIRAL SONG<\/a> | PAINTING THE FIELD<\/a> | AVOIDING SCAMS<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s construction going on near the Brewers’ hotel in St. Petersburg. <\/p>\n

The conspiracy: Florida is trying to mess with the players’ sleep to help them win.<\/p>\n

12 Sports’ Pat Timlin went to check it out…and debunked it before Game 3 of the World Series.<\/p>\n

Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers said he slept a full 13 hours without any issues.<\/p>\n

The City of St. Petersburg said the project has been in the works since 2025.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above to see Timlin debunk it all.<\/p>\n

October baseball is back in Milwaukee, and WISN 12 News is covering every inning, in the stands and across the community. We’re following the Brewers\u2019 postseason run to the World Series, bringing you the biggest moments, the players driving the story and the traditions that unite fans. From tailgates to watch parties, see how the excitement is playing out across southeast Wisconsin. Follow along on air, at WISN.com<\/a> and on the WISN 12 app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 WORLD SERIES GUIDE | SCHEDULE | MERCH | WATCH PARTIES | TICKETS | FORECAST…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[171487,171484,3033,53643,5256,171485,28470,5854,202,204,203,199,171483,201,200,4182,171486,171488,52320,108808,171482],"class_list":["post-438854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-brewer","tag-debunked","tag-hotel","tag-legacy","tag-merch","tag-pat-timlin","tag-pop-culture","tag-scams","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-construction","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-ticket","tag-uecker","tag-viral-song","tag-watch-party","tag-wisn","tag-world-series-conspiracy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}