This is not a drill, folks.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reported today that all other 29 MLB owners have officially approved the sale of the Tampa Bay Rays to the Patrick Zalupski-led ownership group as the formal sale of the team is expected to be finalized later this week.

The Steinbrenner Field Era has ended, the Rays won both the home opener and home finale, they finished above .500 at home and now, new ownership will be put in place by season's end as a new era of the Rays has dawned upon us.

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It's almost over for the Rays, in large part due to lose five of sevela games over the last few weeks to the Cleveland Guardians.

A seven-game winning streak was sandwiched in the middle, but sitting around .500, losing 3 of 4 to a team with 20 games left does NOT help a team's playoff chances.

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As the title says, we've officially hit our five-year anniversary. Rays The Roof began as a way for us to talk about the Rays and have fun back in 2020 and we had no clue it would turn into this.

Plus, the Rays are playing pretty damn well right now, so that's always fun to see, especially as September is now here.

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At least the boys are showing out at the plate because despite four series wins in their last six series overall, the Rays are currently playing .500 baseball and need to make quite the push to be anywhere close to the playoff hunt.

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Away, away, away!

The Rays have embarked on a two-week West Coast road trip that could very well make or break the rest of the season.

How will they do? That's for us to find out.

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You get a trade! You get a trade! Everyone gets a trade!!

The Tampa Bay Rays were incredibly busy this trade deadline, acquiring and dealing pieces to replenish their big league roster, as well as add some depth at the top of the minor league system.

We discussed that and more on this latest episode of the podcast!

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Oh boy, do we have a flurry of interviews for you in this episode, some backlogged interviews from the last two Rays Sunday home games in June and just this past weekend against the Orioles, plus a number of interviews with Rays prospects and players down with the Durham Bulls earlier this week.

8:06 - Rays 6/22 Postgame (Cash, Littell, Cleavinger, Caminero, Whitley)

17:43 - Rays 7/20 Postgame (Cash, Pepiot, Jansen, Walls)

30:02 - Tre’ Morgan

33:18 - Carson Williams

35:29 - Jonny Deluca

37:47 - Richie Palacios

40:11 - Ben Rortvedt

43:48 - Tristan Peters

46:54 - Morgan Ensberg

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The All-Star break is officially over. The unofficial 2nd half of the season has begun and the Rays are in the midst of their most important stretch of the season, a six-game homestand in Tampa before a grueling two-week road trip on the West Coast.

We talk about that, look back to the All-Star festivities in Atlanta and more on this latest episode of the podcast!

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From what was a red hot May and June, the Rays have cratered back to Earth in one of the worst ways we could've anticipated, falling from 0.5 games out of 1st place to 4th in the AL East after what's been a horrid stretch of baseball, mostly on the road.

We talk about that and more on this latest episode of the pod.

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This podcast completes our interviews done during both our series down in Tampa and this past weekend in Baltimore as we added a few special guests to the mix.

More than 40 minutes of interview content for you from some of the best personalities in Rays and baseball media coming your way!

Interview Time Stamps

3:16 - Steve Kinsella (Sports Talk Florida)

9:38 - Ethan Penn (Running From The OPS)

15:02 - Andy Freed & Neil Solondz (Rays Radio)

27:08 - Carlos Pena (Former Rays INF/DH & current Tigers analyst)

30:25 - Tricia Whitaker (Apple TV+)

35:05 - Ryan Bass (FanDuel Sports Network Sun)

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