Below is a breakdown of the attendance (or lack thereof) for the Devil Rays for the past few years. - TBGR

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS 

Year	Record	Place	Average Home Attn.	Attendance Rank in AL
1998	63-99	5th	30,942	7/14
1999	69-93	5th	19,294	10/14
2000	69-92	5th	18,121	13/14
2001	62-100	5th	16,029	14/14

A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived."
- Ted Williams

I can't explain why the Marlins have had the decline in attendance they've had for as long as they've been in existence, but Tampa Bay's problems are easy to see. Put a better product on the field and watch what happens.

Numbers don't lie. People do.
Beware of the Silver & Black attack

Well I can tell you that the pitching is not a problem for the DRays... Rube is something else. They picked apart my Mariners with ease. I think a lot of this has to do with getting beat up by the Yankees all season long. And it doesn't help that they also have to duke it out with the Red Sox as well, although I hold in reserve the right to get my hopes up on my Red Sox's as they have the All-Star break coming up. No team loves to Crash and Burn like the Red Sox after the break.

Tampa Bay has got some seriously good, young talent. If they can hang on they'll be right up there in a season or two.

A man has to have goals- for a day, for a lifetime- that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived."
- Ted Williams