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Column: Rays, we have a problem
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (207+ words) Rays games are now streaming on a special platform that columnist Chris Core is not a fan of. Add this to the difficult process of buying tickets. Basically, if you don't have a smartphone, you can't get tickets. OK, maybe…...
Tampa Bay Rowdies request 1-year extension in St. Petersburg
1+ week, 6+ day ago (529+ words) The Rowdies, which are owned by the Tampa Bay Rays, have asked St. Petersburg for a one-year extension. If approved by City Council, the team would stay at Al Lang Stadium through 2027. The Tampa Bay Rowdies would like one more…...
Hit or error? Ask Rays official scorer Bill Mathews
2+ week, 3+ day ago (729+ words) Former Eckerd College manager Bill Mathews with former Rays manager Lou Pinella at a Rays Fantasy Camp. This month, Bill Mathews will serve as the official scorer at World Baseball Classic games in Miami. This is his third WBC assignment....
This popular St. Petersburg softball league is for Kids & Kubs & Ethel
3+ week, 5+ day ago (580+ words) Ethel Lehmann stretches while she clutches her bat as she prepares to leave the on-deck circle to make her way to the plate for her first at-bat of a Kids & Kubs game at North Shore Park on Feb. 10 in St....
FEMA to reimburse $16.5 million toward Tropicana Field repairs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) The Federal Emergency Management Agency has earmarked $16.5 million for repairs to the hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field. St. Petersburg Assistant City Administrator Tom Greene let City Council members know in an email Feb. 10 about the expected reimbursement, calling it "an extremely promising…...
Rays stadium at Tampa’s Hillsborough College could cost $2.3 billion
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (676+ words) Tampa Sports Authority board members, meeting as its finance committee, unanimously voted Jan. 27 to recommend asking Tampa and Hillsborough County to conduct their own economic study before considering any public subsidies on a proposal to build a new Rays stadium…...
Rays to hold Fan Fest near Trop, add all-inclusive SkyDeck area at games
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (732+ words) The Rays will stage their annual Fan Fest just outside Tropicana Field, where they will return to play home games this season after spending last season at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. A rendering of the redesigned SkyDeck area above leftfield…...
Hopeful Tropicana Field developers are adding to their teams
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (842+ words) An aerial drone view of Tropicana Field as roof repairs are complete on Nov. 21 in St. Petersburg. With the 24th and final panel installed this week, the Rays and the city look forward to reopening, targeting the season home opener on…...
Former coach's trolley tour offers history lesson in local pro baseball
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (817+ words) Ken Clawson conducts a trolley tour through St. Petersburg, sharing stories about the nine major league franchises that used the city for spring training over the past century. The monthly tours, presented through the St. Petersburg Museum of History, have…...
Rays returning to Trop as St. Pete weighs stadium site's future
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (856+ words) The Tampa Bay Rays are headed back to a repaired Tropicana Field in April while their new owners hunt for a permanent home " and St. Petersburg scrambles to reimagine the 86-acre site that could soon be up for grabs. Mayor…...