Gossip Corner: Tampa Bay Rays
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For the first time in franchise history, the Tampa Bay Rays are AL East champs, and you can shop for all the authentic gear to get ready for the postseason.
Evan Longoria twice came up big to lead Thursday’s 6-4 Game 1 win over the White Sox to make the Rays’ first taste of the postseason sweet with success.
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Civic leader and St. Petersburg Times publisher, Jack Lake, first suggested St. Petersburg pursue a Major League baseball team.
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Carlos Pena is the Rays’ nominee for the Hank Aaron Award, which recognizes the best offensive performer in each league, and you can help him win.
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With the New York Yankees win over the Boston Red Sox on September 26 that same year, the Rays also clinched their first American League East title in franchise history.
From their inception in 1998 through November 2007, the organization was named the “Devil Rays”, a common nickname for the manta ray.
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The Florida Suncoast Dome was built in St. Petersburg in 1990 with the purpose of luring a major league team.
In December 2005, Joe Maddon, the former bench coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, was named the new manager of the Devil Rays, the fourth in team history, replacing Lou Piniella in that role.
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The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Photo: Evan Longoria went 3-for-3 with two homers and a single in Game 1.
The Devil Rays began to build their organization shortly after the franchise was awarded in 1995 by naming former Atlanta Braves assistant general manager Chuck LaMar the senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager.
They were 11–8 after 19 games before losing six straight, falling below.500, never to recover to that level again in their inaugural season.
It’s the Rays’ first and well-earned trip to the postseason, and manager Joe Maddon has some advice as the ride of a lifetime begins on Thursday.
The new name “Rays” is described by principal owner Stuart Sternberg as the team representing, “A beacon that radiates throughout Tampa Bay and across the entire state of Florida.”
Trailing the Red Sox for the division lead by ½ game, they still led the Wild Card.
Before the 1998 season, star players Wade Boggs, Fred McGriff, and Wilson Alvarez were acquired.
Morris had the ability to repeatedly throw the baseball at 98 miles per hour, a feat that less than ten professional baseball players at the time could accomplish.
Matthew Silverman was named the team president, and Andrew Friedman took the role of Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations.
The new team logo features a bright yellow sunburst that represents the Sunshine State of Florida.
In an effort to court the Orlando, Florida, market, the Devil Rays played a series at The Ballpark at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in the 2007 season.
One of the most memorable moments in franchise history occurred on August 7, 1999 when Wade Boggs tallied his 3000th career hit on a home run, the only player to ever do so.
Don’t miss your chance to see the Rays this October at Tropicana Field.
