She's fallen in love with the Rays
Today, It's Your Times -- the St. Petersburg Times' community journalism site -- published a sweet letter from new Rays fan Celeste Spoon of Brooksville.
Spoon had surgery for a torn Achilles tendon and has been in a cast ever since April. She joined her husband to watch the Rays one night and has been hooked ever since. "That night I fell in love with the Rays, and I want them to know they've made my injury bearable," Spoon wrote.
She later explained to me on the phone that her husband has cancer and the Rays' winning ways "have saved my sanity."
She says she's looking forward to walking again so that she can attend a game.
Photo submitted by Sara Currier, Spoon's granddaughter
Bless her heart! With the high number of games, radio and TV coverage and a generally slow pace, baseball is a great sport for the infirmed and those with limited income. Another reason why spending $450+ million to replace a perfectly good stadium makes no economic sense at all.
Posted by: Karl | July 05, 2008 at 11:38 AM
You're a jerk Karl
Posted by: jm | July 05, 2008 at 01:47 PM
So nice to receive this article all the way in Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada. We are Canadian snowbirds, and I am a client at the Fitness Center that Celeste's daughter owns and operates in Brooksville, Florida. Celeste has told me how very much of a Rays fan that she has become since her surgery. Here's to Celeste... A loyal friend....a loyal fan!
Posted by: Betty Beatty-Powers | July 05, 2008 at 08:24 PM
I, too, have learnd to love the Rays! This is my first time to live in a city with a major league team, and the Rays are MY TEAM!! They should be everybody's too. So much fun!!
Thanks Rays!! Go Rays!!
Posted by: Kathleen | July 05, 2008 at 08:59 PM
me too! It really didn't take too much ... well, I waited until they were 20+ games over .500 and I just FELL IN LOVE!
I AM A DIEHARD BABY!
Posted by: Bobby Bandwagon | July 07, 2008 at 02:14 PM
You know I moved down here from NEW YORK and still cheer for the Giants but ever since the Rays started doing good (and Yanks and Mets faltered) I am now in full support of the Rays as long as they stay in first place!
GO WINGS!
GO CELTS!
Posted by: Franky Frontrunner | July 08, 2008 at 09:15 AM