I've been accused of not paying enough attention to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the blog (no, not really). But when I just found out that the team has recently exorcised the devil from the club with a new name (just "Rays"), new uniform (just "Rays"), and a new color ("blue"), I couldn't help but chuckle. For a team that went 66-96 this past season, why not give it a chance? And if running the devil out of town can do the trick, why not? According to Stuart Sternberg, the team's principal owner:"I think this gives us as an organization and identity. It was something where we were tied to the past, and the past wasn't something we necessarily wanted to be known for. Nobody's running from it, or hiding from it, and we're proud of certain aspects of it. This is something the organization has really been able to put their arms around, and I'm hoping the fans will see it as a new beginning."
So good luck to the new "Rays." Though in all honesty, it probably makes more sense spending time and money on player development and recruitment rather than slapping new uniforms on a weak team. It makes me feel that maybe the Red Sox managment should have eliminated the "Red" from the team's name to vanquish any negative Communist influence that may have been preventing them from winning the World Series. Maybe it wouldn't have taken until 2004...
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