Chuck LaMar

However, fans approved the name in a telephone poll set up by Naimoli, who had offered to change the name to the Manta Rays if the public chose the alternative.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays named Chuck Lamar, the former assistant general manager of the Atlanta Braves, as its first general manager.

Larry Rothschild, a former pitching coach for the Marlins and Cincinnati Reds, was named the team's first manager on November 7, 1997.

In the expansion draft on November 18, 1997, the Devil Rays acquired their first player and pitcher, Tony Saunders.

It was an incredible entry-level position working in baseball operations, That was Lou Piniella's first year as a manager.

Some of you may be familiar with Chuck Lamar, who was a general manager for a couple teams.

He was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays when I was there.

The Rays of 2003 were not a really great team.