RaysUp - Rays Opening Day - Josh Weaver & Tampa Baseball Museum

Josh Weaver, Managing Coordinator for the Tampa Bay Museum &
Fan Host with the Tampa Bay Rays shares his experiences on
Opening Day at the Trop and a visit to the Tampa Baseball Museum


Opening Day with the Tampa Bay Rays

 Start with dropping the banner for the 2022 AL Wild
Card

 “Big Game” James Shields – throwing out the opening
pitch

 Shields, Carl Crawford & Joe Maddon were pivotal to
the franchise turnaround

 Opening Day talent brought the excitement - Wander
Franco, Jose Siri, Manuel Margot & World Baseball Classic
star, Randy Arozarena

 Rays Talent continues & Kevin Cash keeps the engine
running

 Cash visited Siri at home during off-season

 Principal owner, Stu Sternberg visited with the Fan
Host pre-game to share his appreciation

 "Baseball is Back" All smiles on Opening Day - Josh
tells the story of both Detroit & Rays Fans enjoying the game

 Young fan shares an Opening Day ball from a Detroit
Tiger player on the field

 Baseball bridges all languages with fans

 Creating a safe and memorable experience for a first
time visit to a ball field

 Former Tampa Bay Ray, Austin Meadows – a fan favorite
who has become an advocate for mental health

Former Ray, Ben Zobrist, might work on a project for young
athletes and mental health

Don (ZimBear) Zimmer will be inducted into the Ray's Hall of
Fame

Carl “The Catch” Crawford’s speed can be seen in Wander
Franco & Siri


Tampa Baseball Museum (TBM) teams up with East Bay Youth
Athletics Little League & Malcolm Sweat 

Florida Sports Hall of Fame & TBM threw a special event
 

Baseball, Bourbon & Cigars - Fans had 1 on 1 experiences
with sports legends,  Johnny Damon, Mike Heath, Buc’s Super
Bowl champions & NHL Hockey legend – Phil Esposito

A walk through the Tampa Baseball Museum and the home of Al
Lopez

Tampa is full of World Series champions and great players
like Gary Sheffield, Tino Martinez, Pete Alonso, Doc Gooden,
Lance McCullers Jr. to name a few.

Great and unexpected guests that visit the museum and share
their stories

2 Tampa Bay area players, Lance McCullers & Kyle Tucker
from 2022 Astros World Series champions 

25 Yeas Ago – Tampa natives, Luis Gonzales & Wade Boggs
broke in the first Tampa Bay Rays games

Josh invites everyone to visit the Tampa Baseball
Museum  to play Trivia games and see “Pete’s Cleats” plus
the Wall of Legendary autographed balls  



Tampa Baseball Museum is open Thursday, Friday & Saturdays
from 10 AM to 4 PM 


For more information on the museum visit
https://www.tampabaseballmuseum.org/

For more information on Mental Health you may reach out to the
National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

Thanks to Malcolm Sweat for all that he and his team does for
baseball youth at East Bay Youth Athletics Little League


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