The Baseball History of Tampa Bay Rays Orlando Sentinel Edition

THE RAYS HAVE BATTLED the Red Sox pitch by pitch. Iwamura fields the ball … safe at second! The crowd erupts, knowing history is being made. After years of futility and nine last-place finishes in a decade, it’s finally ours! The final out is recorded … the Tampa Bay Rays have defeated the Red Sox and are heading to the World Series! 

Follow the story of the Tampa Bay Rays through a book of authentic newspaper articles, curated from original reports in the Orlando Sentinel. This edition charts the team’s history — exactly as it was reported at the time.

Featuring:

– The early years as the Devil Rays and struggles through the 1990s
– The breakthrough 2008 season and defeat of the Red Sox
– East Division titles and playoff runs
– Iconic plays, including Akinori Iwamura’s World Series‑clinching moment
– Highlights from the latest seasons

Choose from a range of book covers and personalize your copy with a name and message to transform it into a unique keepsake. Whether for a Rays fan, a baseball historian, or someone who remembers it all first-hand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of Tampa Bay Rays history ready to be passed on.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.