ST. PETERSBURG - APRIL 02: An outside view of Tropicana Field just before the Opening Day game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles on April 2, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
Here at Rays Colored Glasses, you know we love looking back at Tampa Bay Rays history. Today we look back 19 years ago on this date, June 11th, 2002. On that date, Jared Sandberg accomplished something only 16 American League players had done, at the time.
Let’s set the scene, shall we? The first-ever series between the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers started on June 10th, 2002 at Tropicana Field.