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RSS FeedOpening day is here. The Tampa Bay Rays will open the season against the Baltimore Orioles at Tropicana field on Tuesday at 3:10 p.m. in St. Petersburg. Opening day starter David Price won the American League Cy Young in 2012. Sophomore Jimmy Krueger thinks Price has a competitor for the 2013 Cy Young award on
Not even two steps inside the entrance to Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay Rays fans were greeted with “Welcome back!” Fans and employees piled into the stadium, returning to the old swing of things for Fan Fest 2013 on Feb. 16. “It’s so good to see you,” a security guard said, hugging a Rays Girl. “Don’t
Mark your calendars, Bulls. USF and the Tampa Bay Rays have teamed up for the sixth year in a row to put on a special event for current students and alumni. The USF Alumni Association has confirmed the sixth annual “USF Night at the Rays” will take place on Saturday, Aug.. 3 at Tropicana Field.
Here we go again. On Tuesday, Stuart Sternberg, the principal shareholder of the Tampa Bay Rays’ ownership group, revamped his effort to get the Rays out of Tropicana Field and into a new stadium. Speaking in front of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, Sternberg and a group of Rays’ executives presented their case
On April 6, the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays squared off against the New York Yankees on Opening Day. (The first Major League game I remember that I attended was when the D-Rays played against the Seattle Mariners, back when Tampa Bay still wore purple. Plus I played on the D-Rays in Babe Ruth—they will always
It is common knowledge that Evan Longoria is the Tampa Bay Rays’ best player, but he is about to get even better. That might be difficult to believe considering Longoria is coming off a 31-homerun, 98-RBI 2011 season, which he memorably capped with a walk-off homerun on the final day of the regular season to
The Tampa Bay Rays held their annual Fan Fest at Tropicana Field, raising money for a number of causes while allowing fans to interact with their favorite Rays players. The event raised between $15,000 and $20,000 for the ALS Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Rays coaches conducted baseball clinics for
For die-hard fans, it’s just another night at the ballpark. For a college student on a budget looking for somewhere to go with friends, it’s an option for a night out. Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, is within walking distance of USF St. Petersburg, located at 1 Tropicana Drive in St. Petersburg.
The Tampa Bay Rays have a reputation for skillfully developing minor-league talent and replacing their big-name stars that become too expensive to retain. They’ve eschewed the immediate gratification of splashy free-agent signings, choosing instead to invest in draft picks whose limited team contributions could span a number of years, if ever. This strategy has paid
