The City of St. Petersburg, I'm sure, strongly begs to differ on the idea that the Rays "represent" the City of Tampa. (In fact, I note that the special "1979 throwback" uniforms they'll be wearing for Saturday night's game have the St. Petersburg city seal on one sleeve.)alamble wrote:Actually, it's technically more accurate, because Tampa is the city they represent; (though they play in an abomination of a facility in St. Pete) Tampa Bay refers to the area as a whole.
I assume what Alex's answer sheet said was "Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays," showing that it would have been acceptable with or without "Devil," and he just read the entire thing in giving "the answer we were really going for" after the "Tampa Rays" response was ruled correct.