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In an effort to court the Orlando, Florida, market, the Devil Rays played a series at The Ballpark (now called Champion Stadium) at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in the 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season. The series selected was the May 15–17 series versus the Texas Rangers. The Devil Rays swept the Rangers in that series. [9]
Starting in 2023, the rainbow Devil Rays uniforms were added to the official uniform rotation. [90] From 2012 to 2017, the Rays sported specially designed 1980 Tampa Bay Rays "faux-back" uniforms that represented what the team might have worn had the franchise existed during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
For example, though the Tampa Bay Rays first took the field in 1998, they have worn 1979-style uniforms on several occasions since introducing them in 2012, and have also worn pre-1998 jerseys of several defunct local minor league teams, including the Tampa Tarpons and Tampa Smokers. [1] [2]
The Rays’ City Connect uniform, called the “Grit and Glow” uniform, features the words “Tampa Bay” spelled out in neon green and blue, with “Thrasher”-style flames coming off the top ...
With that in mind, the Tampa Bay Rays made the right call in allowing players to decide for themselves whether to display LGBTQ+ logos and colors on their uniforms for recent Pride Night celebrations.
On June 23, 2007, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays wore 1955 St. Petersburg Saints uniforms in a turn back the clock game against the Dodgers. Rays coach Don Zimmer had played on the 1955 World Series champion Brooklyn Dodgers and the Rays honored the 1955 team and Zimmer.
The Rays decided to make their Pride Night uniforms optional, and several players elected not to wear the rainbow hat and sleeve decal.
Don Zimmer's number 66 was retired by the Tampa Bay Rays in 2015. Zimmer was a senior advisor for the Tampa Bay Rays from 2004 to 2014. His role included assisting the team during spring training and during home games. [27] Every year, Zimmer incremented his uniform number by one to match the number of years he has worked in baseball.