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Tampa Bay Rays

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Tampa Bay Rays

By Nate

About the Author:

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This is me in LEGO form. This is me as a M&M morph. Go Steelers!

Name of Project: Tampa Bay Rays

Overview: This project is all about the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team.

Objective: I want to learn more about this baseball team like its history, the team stats, and more.

Links

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=tb

The official Rays website. Almost an overload of information!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/tam;_ylt=AsUlid5M4yRxcIfPhYnAJCERvLYF

A good website if you like stat information and stuff like that.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=tam

A lot like yahoo's site.

MLB

Ben's site. Gives you a background on the MLB. (Thanks Ben!)

This is the Animoto I made about the TB Rays.

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This page is all about the Tampa Bay Rays MLB baseball team (formerly Tampa Bay Devil Rays).

History

The Rays joined the MLB in 1998, when they play their first major league game, losing to the Detroit Tigers 11 to 6 on March 31st, 1998. On April 1st, Tampa Bay defeated Detroit 11 to 8 with their first major league win. On April 19th, the Devil Rays improved to a 10-6 with a 6 to 0 victory vs. the Anaheim Angels, becoming the first expansion team in the MLB ever to be four games over .500 (winning percentage) at any point in their inaugural season. In the opening of the 2002 season for the Rays, they defeated the Tigers in a 3 game sweep, the best start in the team's five-year history. At the end of the 2007 season, the Rays officialy changed their name from the Devil Rays to the Rays, also changing their colors from green and black, to navy and yellow, changing their logo though still keeping the stingray as a mascot.

Major Titles

In 2008, arguably the Rays' best season, they won the American League Eastern Division title, the Division Series title against the Chicago White Sox, and the AL Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox to go on to the 2008 World Series, only to lose to the Philidelphia Phillies.

Logos over the years

The logos below range from 1998 to 2009, just to give you a perspective on the wide spectrum of colors and designs.

1998 2002 2009

Team Statistics

The following charts show the all-time leaders among Rays players, charts with career batting. Roberto Hernandez had the best earned-run average of any Ray, his career ERA being 3.43. In 2009, Tampa's first baseman Carlos Pena, tied for most homeruns in the AL with New York's Mark Teixiera, both with 39.

All-Time Rays Batting Stats

# Name Avg. Hits At-bats Homeruns

Jason Bartlett .304 290 954 15
Carl Crawford .295 1296 4392 85
Delmon Young .293 226 771 16
Fred McGriff .291 603 2074 99
Wade Boggs .289 210 727 9

Current Players

Some current Rays players include the two-time All-star third baseman Evan Longoria, three-time All-star center-fielder Carl Crawford, and the one-time All-star shortstop Jason Bartlett.

Stadium

The Rays play at Tropicana Field, a huge indoor stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida, originally called the Florida Suncoast Dome and then the Thunderdome. One of the stadium's coolest features is the Rays touch tank where anyone can pet real cownose rays.

These are some photos of Tropicana Field.

Managers

The first manager of the Rays was Larry Rothschild from 1998 to 2001. Then Hal McRae took over to 2002, then Lou Piniella to 2005. Today the Rays' manager is Joe Maddon, who took them to the World Series in 2008.

Photos