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We are just over two weeks away from the start of the Tokyo Olympics, and Tampa Bay Rays fans will have plenty of reasons to watch the summer games.
If you didn’t know, baseball will return to the summer Olympics for the first time since 2008. In 2008, the United States won the bronze medal in Beijing. However, that team didn’t have any major Tampa Bay Rays connections. In 2021, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
Current and former Tampa Bay Rays players will decide who will win the gold in Tokyo, as four of team USA’s pitchers have serious connections to the Tampa Bay Rays.