Cal Ripken a Ray?
It's been expected that the Rays would seek to move their Class A Florida State League team from Vero Beach to their new spring training facility in Port Charlotte as soon as next season.
But it would come with an interesting twist: Under a deal in the works, the team would be purchased by a group led by Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, with the Rays as a minority partner.
The sale and move have to be approved by major- and minor-league baseball and the Florida State League, but all are expected to be on board.
Ripken Baseball owns several other teams, including the Abeerden IronBirds and Augusta GreenJackets, and also operates instructional camps that feature the Hall of Famer.
The story was first reported by WZVN TV station.
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that is a great lead in. it got me to read a useless story. well done. kudos.
Posted by: frank | February 20, 2008 at 01:46 PM