wade boggs had the first hit in tampa bay rays history.
wade boggs had the first hit in tampa bay rays history.
who had the first hit in tampa bay rays history?
wade boggs
boggs signed with the tampa bay devil rays for the final two seasons of his career. he hit the first home run in devil rays history in the 6th inning of the inaugural game on march 31, 1998. on august 7, 1999, he collected his 3,000th hit with a home run. despite his reputation for lacking home-run power, he is one of only three players whose 3,000th hit was a home run, followed by derek jeter on july 9, 2011, and alex rodriguez on june 19, 2015. boggs retired in 1999 after sustaining a knee injury, leaving with a career batting average of .328 and 3,010 hits. his last game was on august 27, 1999; he went 0-for-3 with a walk against the cleveland indians. two yellow seats among the rest of the tropicana's blue seats mark where both historic balls landed in right field, each with a small metal plate noting it as the area that the ball landed. due to the fact that he signed with the 1st year expansion team devil rays so late in his career, he holds the distinction of being the oldest former devil ray in team history. (this only includes the time where they were called the devil rays) he was also the 1st tampa bay area native to play for the team.
wade boggs
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the tampa bay rays radio network is a 21-station radio network (19 a.m, 2 f.m. plus 2 f.m. translators) in the southeastern united states and pennsylvania that broadcasts baseball games and related programming for the tampa bay rays of major league baseball. additionally, there is a 2-station spanish language network which brings the number of radio stations carrying the tampa bay rays to 23. since 2009, wdae/620 in st. petersburg, florida, has served as the flagship station for the network.
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