The Tampa Bay Devil Rays completed a successful unsuccessful first season of major league baseball in 1998, finishomg in last place in the American League East with a record of 63-99.
Now, they looked to turn the page with the last year of the 20th century set to begin.
During the off-season, Devil Rays GM, Chuck LaMar, wanted to make a splash to keep the fans coming in, so he went out and signed one of the biggest starts of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, veteran slugger, Jose Canseco. The man who made history as the first player to homer 40 times and steal 40 bags in a season.