Many teams allow fans to bring their own food into the stadiums. But the Rays continue to search fans' handbags and coats lest someone dare bring in a bottle of water. Other teams do a great job of bringing in and recognizing groups on the message board. The Rays must not feel groups are important because even when they have groups, they keep it a secret to the rest of the fans. The Rays never announce the attendance unless it is above 30,000.
Most teams announce the good crowds with the bad.
These are little things individually, but they add up collectively to give an impression of aloofness that the public can perceive and use as reasons to reject the team. He couldn't keep his job with the Rays, so he is with the Marlins throwing stones. He thinks if the Rays were in Tampa, they would draw 2.5-million. Both teams set attendance records while they were in St. Petersburg. Drop us a line and we'll publish selected comments.