Stephen Reed – SportsTravel

The grounds crew for the Tampa Bay Rays puts on the tarp during an early June game against the Texas Rangers, the first rain delay the team had encountered this season in its one season playing outside at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training home of the Yankees. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

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In Tampa, Teamwork Keeps Rays in Town

The crowd started to stir on this early June night in Florida as dark clouds gathered over the field. Rain started, slowly and then more steadily and harder, as those in the crowd began to take shelter under the concourses. There was also a nervous energy for when — not if in this case — […]