Mike Mazzeo(@MazzNYC):Rays CEO Ken Babby found this battered baseball in the upper deck on his first visit to the damaged Trop, and keeps it in his office. "To me, it was sort of episodic of the entire adventure. This baseball survived two hurricanes. The first time I was in the building, it was hard to imagine that baseball would've ever been played there again." On how the team and city rebuilt their home ballpark on the eve of World Series Game 3:

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2026.10.26 17:29

Rays CEO Ken Babby found this battered baseball in the upper deck on his first visit to the damaged Trop, and keeps it in his office. "To me, it was sort of episodic of the entire adventure. This baseball survived two hurricanes. The first time I was in the building, it was hard to imagine that baseball would've ever been played there again." On how the team and city rebuilt their home ballpark on the eve of World Series Game 3: