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For Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg Just Won’t Do
Posted: 21st June 2010 by kyle koletic in MLB
Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg called for a press conference on Monday without revealing his intentions to the public. After meeting with St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster, Sternberg stepped up to the podium to tell us what we already knew: Tropicana Field isn't good enough.
Though for the past two seasons the Rays have had the best home record in all of baseball, the Trop is quickly becoming a relic ...
Sitting in a doctor's office waiting room in mid-2007, I grabbed a magazine whose headline article read:
2010: The Devil Rays Are the Best Team in Baseball
I read the article, and the only thing I could think of was "yea, right, like that'll ever happen." Three years later, here we are, April 19, 2010, and the Rays (10-3) have the best record in the majors. Sure, only 13 games have been ...
After the conclusion of the 2008 World Series, Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon went on his honeymoon with his new wife. Before he left, he told reporters that he was really hoping to see someone, somewhere in Europe wearing Rays gear. Most know the story; he ran into a vacationing fan from the Bay area wearing a new Rays hat.
This signified to Maddon, as well as the team and ...