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The Tampa Bay Rays are listed among the American League teams in Major League Baseball. The Rays directly compete in the AL East Division against their primary rivals the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and Baltimore Orioles. Tampa plays its home games in Tropicana Field located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Rays Stadium has a seating capacity of 36, 048. Manager Joe Maddon completed his 2^nd full season in 2007 finishing the 07 MLB Schedule with a 66-96 record and a 5^th place finish in the American League East. Despite having the worst record in MLB, the Rays GM Andrew Friedman extended Maddon's contract, encouraged by the play of young stars BJ Upton, All-Star Carl Crawford, James Shields, and top prospect turned starter Evan Longoria.

The Rays Franchise was established in 1998, and Principle Owner Stuart Sternberg took over the leadership in 2004. Tampa Bay is one of 4 MLB teams to have never made the playoffs; consequently they have no World Series Championships. The Rays have taken small steps, finishing over .500 at home for the first time in franchise history. They also have drafted great young talent, talent which is beginning to produce at the major league level. The Rays have retired one jersey, which is Number 12, Wade Boggs. Boggs hit the first home run in Tampa Bay history.

Led by young pitcher Kazmir and Shields, the Rays are hopeful to make great strides over the course of the 2008 MLB Schedule. They increased their payroll significantly from a league worst $24 million to over $43 million. Further cementing their approach of holding on to their top talent, the Rays signed 3B Evan Longoria to a six year contract extension after Longoria played 6 major league games. History has already been made as the Rays won more games during Spring Training than ever before; they won an opening road game for the first time in their history, beating the Orioles in Camden Yards on their opening night.

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