A pitch that started 22 years ago finally will cross home plate today. Here's to Ira and big-league dreams My father's father, Ira Lee Troxler, was exactly as old as this century, having been born in 1900 in North Carolina.
Rays are looking bright already For a beginner, Tampa Bay's talent is quite impressive.
The move was rejected by National League owners, but was just the beginning for Naimoli. He invested thousands of hours and millions of dollars in the cause, and celebrated when the Devil Rays franchise was awarded March 9, 1995. Since then he has personally overseen the building of the organization, the hiring of a staff, the renovation of Tropicana Field and the development of the team. He looked back, and ahead, in a recent conversation with Times baseball writer Marc Topkin. Counterfeiters, take note.