Tampa welcome mat is rolled out for Rays, who expect ‘a weird year’
The unique experience of playing on the Yankees' turf, outside in unforgiving Florida summers, across the bridge from their home base isn’t lost on the Rays.
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Tue, Mar 25
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Rays announce opening day sellout vs. Rockies at Steinbrenner Field
The team has said capacity for regular season games will be 10,046, a big drop from Tropicana Field’s 25,025.
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Rays' Ryan Pepiot aims to be himself Friday, which should be good enough
Stepping in for Shane McClanahan on opening day isn’t that big of a challenge given some past events.
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St. Petersburg to vote on $22.7M for Trop roof repairs. Is FEMA paying?
The City Council is banking on federal aid to reimburse repair costs.
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Ownership group partner comes to defense of Rays' Stuart Sternberg
Randy Frankel, a 30-plus year associate, says the team owner is being unfairly bashed.
Mon, Mar 24
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For the Rays, replacing a Shane McClanahan is what they do best
John Romano | At their best, the Rays are a team greater than the sum of its parts.
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ERA was not pretty, but Zack Littell says he’s good to go for Rays
The Windup | Arguably Tampa Bay’s most consistent starter in 2024, Littell has struggled at times this spring.
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His fate could have been worse, but Shane McClanahan still bummed over injury
Notes | Coming back from elbow surgery, the pitcher was excited about starting opening day but now needs to let a nerve issue in his arm settle down.
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Vote on Tropicana Field roof repairs delayed to April 3
St. Petersburg’s City Administrator said it would not impact the current timeline to fix the Trop.
