Tampa Bay Rays

There's no place like home. St. Petersburg's love affair with baseball dates back over a century. The development of a new ballpark for the Rays represents the next chapter of the City's baseball history, ensuring it remains one of the unique communities with an MLB team. 

A force is with us tonight 💙 Star Wars lover and Tuesday's Champion, Connor, joined us from Children's Dream Fund. He battles Evans and Nephrotic Syndrome but was nothing short of a ‘trooper’ when it came to throwing out the first pitch. Rumor has it the ball even went at light speed! 🫣

In celebration of tonight’s Black Legacy game, we’re taking a look back at last week when our AA-Montgomery Biscuits had the honor of playing at Rickwood Field as the Montgomery Gray Sox. Many of our Rays staff and community leaders made the trip to Birmingham and were moved by both the MLB Negro League tribute game and their trip to the Civil Rights Institute.

This Magic Monday, our players had a great time welcoming the St. Petersburg Challenger League!

An inspirational player with a larger-than-life legacy. Some of our Rays staff had the honor of visiting The Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh last night. Thank you for the tour, Duane!

This week's podcast episode features Dr. Sandra Braham of Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, who also served as a former chair of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce. She shares her hopes and dreams for St. Petersburg and how the development fits in. Listen now: https://bit.ly/HTS_Ep22

Juneteenth is a day for celebration and reflection; a day to listen and to learn. The Rays and Rowdies remain committed to upholding equity and inclusion for all in the Tampa Bay community. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eM4psEKG

Welcome, Gavin! This week's Tuesday's Champion joins us from Children's Dream Fund and our players had a great time showing him around. Gavin battles common variable immunodeficiency, but that hasn’t slowed him down when it comes to training service dogs for post-9/11 vets.

This Magic Monday, our players had a great time welcoming the Buddy Baseball Tigers!

An organization that provides a safe space for the LGBT+ community to fall in love with baseball and softball? We couldn’t be more proud of this group. Thank you to the Suncoast Softball League for joining us for a very special end-of-year celebration. You are always welcome!