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The Tampa Bay area has a long association with amateur and professional baseball. Tampa and St. Petersburg were among the first hosts of Major League Baseball spring training in the 1910s, the Tampa Smokers and St. Petersburg Saints were two of the founding members of the minor league Florida State League (FSL) in 1919, and several other communities in the area also hosted FSL teams in the ...
The 2008 season saw the Tampa Bay Rays post their first winning season, their first AL East championship, and their first American League pennant (defeating the rival Boston Red Sox in the ALCS), though they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies in that year's World Series. Since then, the Rays have played in the postseason in 2010, 2011, 2013 ...
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Tampa Bay Rays ownership has yet to decide whether it will proceed with the development of a $1.3 billion baseball stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla., principal owner Stuart Sternberg said. The plan ...
(The Center Square) — The Tampa Bay Rays said in a letter released Tuesday that the team has suspended work on a new $1.2 billion stadium in St. Petersburg, but say they'll "work with any ...
In October 2014, it was reported that Sternberg frustrated with efforts to build a new stadium in the Tampa Bay area, had discussions with Wall Street associates about moving the Rays to Montreal, which has not had an MLB franchise since the Montreal Expos moved to Washington, D.C. in 2005 to become the Washington Nationals. [11] [12]
The Tampa Bay Rays aren't going far to play their home games in 2025 as Tropicana Field undergoes hurricane repairs – though they will be inhabiting the longtime spring home of their division ...
Tampa Bay was rumored to be a front-runner when MLB expanded by two teams in 1991, but Miami and Denver were chosen instead. [13] Finally, in March 1995, St. Petersburg was awarded a major league expansion franchise along with Phoenix. [14] The Tampa Bay Rays began play as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in newly renamed Tropicana Field in 1998.