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Article: Devil Rays still bottom-feeders
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2002
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Devil Rays still bottom-feeders
Tampa Bay heads for last place again
By ROCH KUBATKO The Baltimore Sun
Sunday, August 4, 2002
St. Petersburg, Fla. -- And now, here are your Tampa Bay Devil
Rays.
The words echo through Tropicana Field, bouncing off empty seats
and the heads of people who barely take notice. Soon, another first
pitch will be thrown to begin another game inside a building with so
many catwalks, wires and girders, it looks like the blueprints came
from an erector set.
The paid attendance is announced at 10,566, 226 more than series
opener Monday against the Baltimore Orioles. Minutes pass before foul
balls are retrieved in the upper deck. The only wave occurs when
another fan ...