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The Tampa Bay Rays are a St. Petersburg, Florida based baseball franchise. They are also members of the Eastern Division of the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) American League. Tampa Bay Rays tickets are on the hot-list this season, because the Rays are presently the defending American League (AL) champions. This team was founded in 1998 and have always played in the Tropicana Field. They finished out of last place two times – one time in 2004 and again in 2008, when they won their very first division title and entered the playoffs for the very first time, eventually qualifying for the World Series. This obviously made holders of Tampa Bay tickets very pleased and proud.
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About The Tampa Bay Rays
On the 31st of March 1998, the Rays played their first game against the Detroit Tigers at the Tropicana Field in front of 45,369 spectators. Although the team lost their opening game 11-6, they performed pretty well and ticket holders felt that with time, the team would perform better. The Rays were at 11-8 after 19 games before finally losing six games straight and falling below 500. They could not regain their status that season. The team lost 99 games that year, making Tampa Bay Ray ticket holders quite dissatisfied.
Tampa Bay Ray ticket holders noticed that Jose Conseco was signed to the Tampa Bay Rays before the 1999 season and they hoped that he would make a huge impact. On the 7th of August 1999, the club recorded a memorable moment in the history of the franchise when Wade Boggs tallied his 3000th career hit on a home run – making him the Wade Boggs only player to ever do so. He retired after the season and became the only member of team Ray to have his number retired. In 2005, Boggs became a Hall of Famer.
Fans who bought Tampa Bay Ray tickets were pleased to learn that the Rays acquired sluggers Greg Vaughn, Vinny Castilla on the 13th of December 1999 and nicknamed these players the “Hit Show”. Unfortunately these players were way past their prime and the Rays continued to struggle in the 2000 season. Tampa Bay Rays ticket holders were very disappointed at this outcome but still kept hoping.
Most Tampa Bay Rays ticket holding fans had low expectations for the team entering the 2004 season, but the Rays surprised everyone by finishing with the best record in the team’s history, 70 – 91. This was the very first time that the Rays won 70 games in a season. Not only that, but they also finished fourth in the American League (AL) East, coming out of last place for the first time. This gave everyone with Tampa Bay Rays tickets something to cheer about.
The team’s record was 10 – 28 coming into the month of May when they made their run; they won 30 out 40 games, including setting a team record 12 games in a row. The team also had a 42 – 41 record after playing 83 games, within 5 games of the AL Wild Card. Every fan with Tampa Bay Rays tickets was pleased to know that the team had it in them all this time.
But the jubilation of the Tampa Bay Rays ticket holding fans was short lived when the team returned to its losing ways again, leading to a final record of 21 games below 500.
In 2008 the team finished spring training with 18 wins, a club record. The Rays also finished with highest in the Grapefruit League, and tied for the highest of all teams in spring training with the Oakland Athletics. Tampa Bay Rays ticket holding fans were pleased that the team started their regular season with a win on the road to Baltimore.
In the first month of the 2009 season, the Rays went 9 – 14 and finished the month at fourth place in the American League East. The American League was led by Evan Longoria with 28 RBI’s, along with seven home runs and a 368 batting average, this is sure to make all Tampa Bay Ray ticket holding fans supportive.
The team scored 16 – 14 in May and finished the month with an overall record of 25 -28 and half a game out of last place. The team lost starting baseman Akinori Iwamura for the rest of the season due to a leg injury while he was attempting a double play. But there is good news for Tampa Bay Rays ticket holders, since Iwamura could return in a couple of weeks.
