The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998 and formally dropped the Devil and became the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008. Since their inception, the Rays have played home games at Tropicana Field, originally named the Florida Suncoast Dome and then the ThunderDome. The club has not won a World Series.
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The Tampa Bay Rays, based in St. Petersburg, Fla., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League East Division. The Rays were founded as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998.