07/26/2010: First No-Hitter in Rays History - After being no-hit three times in 12 months, the Tampa Bay Rays were in danger of being held hitless yet again Monday night as the resurgent Max Scherzer took a no-hitter into the sixth against them. Matt Joyce broke up that no-no with a grand slam after Scherzer had walked the bases loaded, and the no-hit bid that Rays starter Matt Garza had going lasted all nine innings.

This was the fifth no-hitter of 2010 (or sixth if you count the Armando Galarraga game) and the second time this year that a franchise authored its first ever no-hitter. The record for most no-hitters in a season came in 1991, when seven were tossed, but only six went for the full nine innings.

In the Beginning - The Tampa Bay Devil Rays joined the American League East as the AL counterpart to the NL's Arizona Diamondbacks. Unlike the D'Backs, who have experienced immediate success, the D'Rays have been annual cellar dwellers, having suffered by being in the same division as the mighty New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

A Throwback, But to What Era? - In an era in which teams are turning back the clock with old school stadiums, the D'Rays play in Tropicana Field, which is a brilliant homage to the cookie cutter stadiums of the 1960s and 1970s. It has all the charm of the Kingdome and all the character of Riverfront Stadium.

Expel the Devil! - In November of 2007, principal owner Stuart Sternberg dropped the "Devil" from the team nickname, and they are now known only as the "Rays." Ostensibly, this was done to make the team more Disney-friendly, but the name change also co-incided with a World Series appearance for a franchise that had only once finished better than 5th place and never finished with more than 70 wins.

Best Trade in Team History - Late in 2004, the D'Rays shipped overrated walk machine Victor Zambrano to the Mets along with with Bartolome Fortunato in exchange for hotshot youngster Scott Kazmir and Jose Diaz.

Worst Trade in Team History - In 2002, the Devil Rays sent Randy Winn to the Seattle Mariners for Antonio Perez.