ST. PETERSBURG — The first light of dawn peaked over the cold, eastern horizon in the Rays’ (née Devil Rays) long-standing quest to find a home in the Tampa Bay area. Just two days after unveiling 20th anniversary wares, the organization announced plans to relocate the club’s home to a site in Ybor City, a site which is described in detail by someone who has presumably been fortunate enough to have visited Tampa here.
Much has been made of the unfortunate location of the Rays’ present-day ballpark. Complaints of travel and environs recalling oppressive architectural principals from the 1970s that felt anachronistic from the moment the team first took the field have long rendered Tropicana Field a relic.