For the first time in six years, Tampa Bay heads to the Bronx while leading the division. Things haven’t always gone smoothly.
Former Rays third baseman Evan Longoria has played a pivotal role in some of the games that featured a first-place Tampa Bay team taking on the Yankees 7-1. [Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images]
It’s not exactly pennant fever — we haven’t even reached Memorial Day, for crying out loud — but the Rays are about to embark on an important three-game series in the Bronx against the Yankees.