Rays Colored Glasses » Tampa Krewes http://rayscoloredglasses.com A Tampa Bay Rays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 17:47:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Remembering our Roots: Looking at Pro Baseball in Tampa Prior to the Rays (Part 2) http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/01/29/remembering-our-roots-looking-at-pro-baseball-in-tampa-prior-to-the-rays-part-2/ http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2012/01/29/remembering-our-roots-looking-at-pro-baseball-in-tampa-prior-to-the-rays-part-2/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:30:12 +0000 Robbie Knopf http://rayscoloredglasses.com/?p=4334 Today we continue with Part 2 of our series on the professional players and teams who played in the Tampa area prior to the creation of the Tampa Bay Rays. Even before the advent of the Rays, baseball has always been part of the landscape of the Tampa area, even as early as the 1890′s. [...]

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]]> Today we continue with Part 2 of our series on the professional players and teams who played in the Tampa area prior to the creation of the Tampa Bay Rays. Even before the advent of the Rays, baseball has always been part of the landscape of the Tampa area, even as early as the 1890′s. Thousands of players passed through the area on their way to the major leagues, or to join just another minor league franchise as they hoped for an opportunity that they never received. Failure is rampant in professional baseball, and we’ll hear about plenty of that. But there are also the stories of perseverance and success that not only interest us, but inspire us and motivate us. We’ll also learn some baseball history along the way. Today we’ll talk about the players and teams who played in the city of Tampa from 1928 through 1930.
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