Devil Rays

NL West Champions

AL Wild Card

## Overview

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are an MLB team in the AL East division that are available to play as in Backyard Baseball. Since the release of Backyard Baseball 2003, they have changed their name to the Tampa Bay Rays.

## Season 1

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were coached by crazyei8hts in Season 1. They had a 10-4 regular season record. They lost to the Atlanta Braves in the S1 World Series, 3-1.

The Devil Rays set the BBL Record with 68 team home runs.

## Season 2

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were coached again by crazyei8hts in Season 2. They had a 7-7 regular season record. They lost to the Houston Astros in the S2 World Series, 3-1.

The Devil Rays broke their own BBL Record by hitting 95 home runs.

## Season 3

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were coached by areyoutyler in Season 3. They had a 5-9 regular season record. They lost to the Athletics in the Tier 3 ALDS, 2-0.

## Season 5

### Lulu League

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays were coached by T-Boz in the Season 5 Lulu League. In T-Boz's inaugural season, the Devil Rays finished with a disappointing 3-11 record, tied for last in the American League.

## Season 6

The Devil Rays were once again chosen by T-Boz for Season 6. Leah Wayne, Ronny Dobbs, Chucky Flinder, and Tatiana Jackson all returned for coach T-Boz.

In the newly-formed Frontyard League, the Devil Rays won their first 4 games, surpassing the 3 games they won the entire previous season. However, they went on a cold streak, and finished the season with a record of 5-9. Incredibly, in the worst division in the history of the BBL, that 5-9 record was enough to finish atop the standings and earned the Devil Rays the #3 seed in the Frontyard League playoffs.
In the first round of the playoffs, they were matched up against the Astros in a three-game series. The Devil Rays' season came to an abrupt end after getting swept by scores of 15-3 and 39-8.

## Season 7

T-Boz took control of the Devil Rays for the third straight season. They played in the Frontyard League, a division for the least-experienced players. However, T-Boz was one of the two most experienced coaches in the group. Facing a theoretically easier schedule, T-Boz finished with his best record as a coach at 7-7. However, he tied for fourth in the league and missed out on the two playoff spots granted to the Frontyard League.

## Season 8

T-Boz returned for his fourth straight season as Devil Rays head coach. The Devil Rays played in the American League East. T-Boz improved even further upon last year's success, taking his team to an 8-6 record, his first winning record as head coach.

In Week 14, the Devil Rays and Melonheads were tied at 8-5 atop the division, and they had a head-to-head matchup to decide the title. This game was featured on Match of the Week. Unfortunately, the Devil Rays lost by a score of 20-17, thus eliminating them from the playoffs.

T-Boz issued a statement after the game saying he would not return as Devil Rays coach next season, but would like to explore other teams.

## Season 9

The Devil Rays came back in Season 9 and had one of their strangest seasons yet. The team was originally set to be owned by BBL veteran aesnop, but he did not have a working computer at the time. In the meantime, he was going to have some substitute coaches, MelloMathTeacher and aesnop's IRL friend Big\_DAWG. Aesnop drafted the team, naming them the San Diego Devil Rays, and they ended up in the AL Central with a home field of Dirt Yards. Aesnop planned to return around Week 8 or 9 with a working computer.

MelloMathTeacher quickly went 3-0 with the Devil Rays, but gave them up after that, citing a heavy work schedule. Newcomer Big\_DAWG took over and also won his first three games. As suspicion grew, it was revealed during Week 7 that Big\_DAWG was actually BBL veteran JibboDaHibbo. The gig was up as Jibbo expected aesnop to take over the team after the all-star break.

However, amidst some dissatisfaction of the league, and perhaps some other factors, aesnop left the server and did not participate in Season 9. Jibbo took over the team for the remainder of the season. Despite the turmoil, the Devil Rays played very well, finishing 9-5 and claiming the AL Wild Card, winning the tiebreaker over the Rangers.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Devil Rays were swept in two games by the Royals. Notably, the Devil Rays were the one team the Royals did not want to face, due to their strong defense. Nevertheless, the Royals prevailed, and the Devil Rays' wacky season concluded.

## Season 10

### 2001

The Devil Rays returned in Season 10, named the Super-Duper Devil Rays and coached by rBBL rookie AnjouPays. The Devil Rays were nicknamed the "Evil Rays" and had a custom logo featuring the Spongebob character Man Ray. The Devil Rays played at Cement Gardens in the AL East. After some ups and downs to their season, the Devil Rays finished 5-9 and missed the playoffs. One notable result for the Devil Rays came against the Pirates, when this blunder by the computer allowed the Devil Rays to continue their 6th inning rally and it ultimately proved to cost the Pirates the game.

The Devil Rays accepted an invitation to the Consolation Tournament, where they lost two straight games to the Bombers and Pirates.