Along with the normal pomp and circumstance that comes with the first home game of the season, the Tampa Bay Rays also had a pair of new additions to show off: the two championship banners for winning the American League East division and the American League pennant.
The team unveiled the banners in a ceremony before Friday’s game against the New York Yankees, and if you missed seeing it live, we have a perspective from being inside Tropicana Field.
In case you missed it, the unveiling of the AL East and American League championship banners. #Rays pic.twitter.com/qHOLDItjrd
— Steve Carney (@stevecarney) April 9, 2021
Steve Carney is the founder and publisher of St. Pete Nine. One of the people most associated with baseball coverage in Tampa Bay, he spent 13 seasons covering the Rays for flagship radio station WDAE, first as producer of Rays Radio broadcasts, then as beat reporter beginning in 2011. He likes new analytics and aged bourbon, and is the owner of one of the ugliest knuckleballs ever witnessed by baseball scouts.
