NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tensions are rising between the Nashville Sounds and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean.

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The AAA baseball team still wants a new ballpark, but their move at the state Legislature on Wednesday may have jeopardized any future agreement with the city.

The team went before the state Legislature to ask for a tax break to help pay for a new stadium.

"It was an act of bad faith on the Sounds," said city of Nashville lobbyist Eddie Davidson.

Davidson said the same thing to a Senate subcommittee in response to the Sounds proposal to the Legislature.

"We've done this before for the Predators, Titans and other entities around the state," said Sen. Diane Black, R-Gallatin.

Dean responded by saying, "The conversation about a new baseball stadium doesn't begin by asking taxpayers to pay for it."

The banter between the Sounds and the city of Nashville has been going on for years. The team said it needs a new stadium but lacks the funds to build one on its own.

The Sounds said its ideal location for a new ballpark is south of downtown on First Avenue on the riverfront. But another possible location at the old Sulpher Dell location on the north side of downtown was ruled out on Wednesday morning.

The bill that the team proposed on Wednesday was passed on to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee meeting next week.

Sounds officials did not return phone calls requesting comment.