It appears the "Tampa Bay way" is:
Get expansion team
Finish near the bottom for 10-30 years
Change ownership
Get new stadium and uniforms
Good Draft Picks and Free Agency
Win a championship.
We are loving the Rays here in Tampa, sad to only see 15,000 last week for the Yanks but if they continue to play hard, people will come. The stadium being in St Pete hurts the attendance, esp with gas prices the way they are. That and the fans aren't completely sold and with good reason, they've only played 42 games. Long way to go, but I think we finish .500 or better and top 2-3 in the AL East. As well as the pitching and defense has been, their batting will only improve.
Great nucleus, guys who wanna be out there, giving their all. (Did you see Riggans interview postgame Thursday?)
Haters can say what they'd like, but 42 games in no one saw the Rays with the best record in the AL and its been great to see this group day in and out.
Go Rays, keep on rolling.
The new ownership was really the 1st step in the right direction.
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