whfowle wrote:
Tampa has sure had a great year for pro sports with the Rays, Lightning, and now the Bucs all doing well. I grew up in Tampa back in the 40's and 50's and the only highlight I had was watching Pete Rose win the batting title while playing for the Tampa Tarpons farm team. Never thought Tampa would ever have even one pro team. We had the White Sox and the Red Legs at Al Lopez field while the Yanks were at Al Lang field in St Petersburg for spring training.
Pete Rose gets treated awful IMHO... Al Lang was a going place back in the day when I lived in St. Pete. Just as a sidebar Babe Ruth used to drink beer at my Grandfathers when we lived in St. Louis and the Yankees played the St.Louis browns. Had an autographed ball but can't find it.