Price Outpitched by Guthrie

St.Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) –Opening Day in MLB… something like a rite of passage; spring is in full swing  and the boys of summer are ready to put on the show.  Tonight at Tropicana Field was a pre-game to remember.  In what I thought was an early ceremonial first pitch, uh 25 minutes before game time? […]

Dress Rehearsal Final: Jays 5- Rays 3

St.Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) –Jeff Niemann took the hill for the Rays in their final spring fling yesterday at Tropicana Field. In the top of the first Niemann expires  the first two Blue Jay hitters,  then Jose Bautista dribbles a single past Rays SS Elliott Johnson.  Adam Lind hits a lazy fly ball to BJ Upton, […]

RAYS WILL HOST BUDWEISER HAPPY HOUR BEFORE HOME GAMES, FEATURING $3 DRAFTS

Immediate Release   — courtsey of the Tampa Bay Rays March 28, 2011    ST. PETERSBURG, FL—The defending American League East Champion Tampa Bay Rays will host the Budweiser Happy Hour prior to all home games at Tropicana Field during the 2011 regular season.   The Budweiser Happy Hour will take place two hours before the […]

2011 MLB Preseason Season/Award Predictions

The offseason brought Cliff Lee to the Philadelphia Phillies to have the makings of an historic pitching staff with Halladay, Hamels, and Oswalt that reminds some of the Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and Steve Avery staff in Atlanta back in the early 90s. Is it enough for the fighting Phillies to get back to the World Series, and if not them, then who will challenge their dominance in the Senior circuit.

RAYS ANNOUNCE THREE MORE ACTS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, PRESENTED BY HESS EXPRESS

courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rays Miranda Lambert, REO Speedwagon, Goo Goo Dolls Will Play Postgame Concerts at Tropicana Field   ST. PETERSBURG, FL—Miranda Lambert, REO Speedwagon and the Goo Goo Dolls will be among the acts performing at Tropicana Field this summer as part of the Rays popular Summer Concert Series presented by Hess […]

TROPICANA FIELD’S GROUND RULES WILL CHANGE FOR 2011

COURTESY OF THE TAMPA BAY RAYS ST. PETERSBURG, FL—At the request of Major League Baseball, the 2011 regular season ground rules pertaining to the catwalks at Tropicana Field will revert back to the language that was used during 2010 regular season.  Tropicana Field’s ground rules were changed prior to the 2010 American League Division Series. […]

Damon and Upton Showcase for Rays, still Drop Game to Jays 9-3

Dunedin, Fl. (RSEN)– It did not take Johnny Damon long to make an impact this 13th day of March 2011 at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin.   In the top of the first stanza Damon lined a 2-2 Brandon Marrow pitch down the left field line past Blue Jays 3B Jose Bautista for a one […]

Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Questions at Outfield/DH for 2011

Key Additions: Johnny Damon (sgnd as FA fm Det), Manny Ramirez (sgnd as FA fm CHW)

Key Subtractions: Carl Crawford (sgnd w/Boston FA)

Jays Post Shutout vs. Bucs

  BRADENTON, Fl.(RSEN) –Jose Bautista went 3-3 and Ricky Romano tossed four shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0.      The game was viewed by the US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack and his wife Chrissy who are big Pirates fans.      The Blue Jays are off Monday but will […]

RAYS SINGLE GAME TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY

 ST. PETERSBURG, FL—The American League East Champion Tampa Bay Rays will put 2011 regular season single game tickets on sale beginning this Saturday, February 26 at 10 a.m. exclusively through raysbaseball.com.  The Rays begin the regular season at Tropicana Field on Friday, April 1 against the Baltimore Orioles at 7:10 p.m.   On Monday, February […]