The Tampa Bay Rays now have a jersey celebrating Tampa’s skate culture

[Shalom Peterson]

Sorry, don’t know how to embed video, if someone can help with that…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6WbunwMRi0/?igsh=MXRpYTdoN3ZpcHZhNw==



Sick footage of the Bro Bowl, SPoT, ST Pete, and Lakeland park

How do you feel about it? I think it’s sick

[thespacewolf]

Trucks are on backwards

[doomstation55]

Honestly the TB Buccaneers having a full fucking pirate ship in their stadium is cooler than this. But ya it’s cool I guess.

[lilboosie]

Judging by the angle it seems as if the sting ray is goofy?  can anyone confirm this?

[Fartknocker415]

Kinda cool but would be cooler if it was LA, SF or Mets heh

[SatanicPanic]

Pretty sick. TJ Rogers threw out the first pitch the other day here in SD

[Magnolia]

Pretty sick. TJ Rogers threw out the first pitch the other day here in SD

Wes has also thrown out the first pitch at a Padres game. I'd bet sk8mafia has thrown out more first pitches than any other team

[SatanicPanic]

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Pretty sick. TJ Rogers threw out the first pitch the other day here in SD

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Wes has also thrown out the first pitch at a Padres game. I'd bet sk8mafia has thrown out more first pitches than any other team

lol I remember- 4/20 game

[Lou Strux]

I'd bet sk8mafia has thrown out more first pitches than any other team

Respeck!

[ShitLuckSB]

Trucks are on backwards

Nice. You caught that one right off the rip.

[biggums mcgee]

Kinda cool but would be cooler if it was LA, SF or Mets heh

Yup! Would cop if there wasn't major oversight failure with the design, though

[WPG]

trucks seem more abstract don't really seem like they have a direction which is why it looks off

The response to the jerseys and the skateboard logo specifically in the baseball and general uniform community has been very strong. main complaint seems to be the skateboarding ray should be the logo on the hat.

The hats underbrim and jersey numbers will feature "griptape like texture" which made me laugh at how uncomfortable the real thing would be

[thespacewolf]

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Trucks are on backwards

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Nice. You caught that one right off the rip.

I would go as far to say that it looks a lil Ai generated

[fred durst biggest fan]

I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

[Magnolia]

I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

Idk about hate but Trae the tank's baseball jock dad has been throwing him down stair sets for years and that feels less than loving

[mikevsleftlightningtat]

I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

A player on the Reds with socal roots wore a pair of sk8 hi cleats he got custom made, Van Doren caught wind and had more made which he gifted to the pitcher and his family and friends. Also invites the pitcher to events in his area, pretty dope

[WarmUpZone]

100% front truck is backwards.

[rawbertson.]

remember when TNT threw out the opening pitch? 

[Craig Lutzka]

A tribute to the hard work it takes to land a stalefish, or square up a 100 mph fastball.

[PatrickSkateman]

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I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

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A player on the Reds with socal roots wore a pair of sk8 hi cleats he got custom made, Van Doren caught wind and had more made which he gifted to the pitcher and his family and friends. Also invites the pitcher to events in his area, pretty dope

Michael Lorenzen, pitcher. Dude skates.

[PatrickSkateman]

My favorite was the Phillies beating the Rays in the 2008 World Series.

[Hyliannightmare]

Think its sick. Hope they make a hat with it. I assume these will sell like hot cakes in skate shops around there. St oete skatepark is literally directly in front of the rays stadium

[Atiba Applebum]

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I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

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A player on the Reds with socal roots wore a pair of sk8 hi cleats he got custom made, Van Doren caught wind and had more made which he gifted to the pitcher and his family and friends. Also invites the pitcher to events in his area, pretty dope

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Michael Lorenzen, pitcher. Dude skates.

I thought he did that first on the Angels (or maybe that’s when most saw it first)

[PatrickSkateman]

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I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

[close]

A player on the Reds with socal roots wore a pair of sk8 hi cleats he got custom made, Van Doren caught wind and had more made which he gifted to the pitcher and his family and friends. Also invites the pitcher to events in his area, pretty dope

[close]

Michael Lorenzen, pitcher. Dude skates.

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I thought he did that first on the Angels (or maybe that’s when most saw it first)

Yup, he first publicly started rocking Vans on the mound when he played for the Angels.

He pitched a no-hitter on his home debut for the Phillies in Vans too.

[InkkeACAB]

100% front truck is backwards.

"the intrinsic link between skateboarding and baseball"

[fred durst biggest fan]

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I feel like baseball players generally hate/make fun of skateboarders which is pretty ironic

[close]

A player on the Reds with socal roots wore a pair of sk8 hi cleats he got custom made, Van Doren caught wind and had more made which he gifted to the pitcher and his family and friends. Also invites the pitcher to events in his area, pretty dope

[close]

Michael Lorenzen, pitcher. Dude skates.

Tyler Glasnow also said he used to skate and likes it. Not that all baseball players aren’t into skating… just probably most lol.

[ziggy]

I don’t know baseball but I know of a really famous cricketer who skates

[PatrickSkateman]

Jon Jay from St. Louis Cardinals fame skates.

An MLB pitcher owned Skatelab.

There was also a rumor back in the day that Mike Piazza skated.

[PatrickSkateman]

Anybody catch that Rays brawl tonight? Baseball players can’t fight worth 💩.

[prosandcons]

Pros

• idk

Cons

• missed a chance to rename the franchise to Tampa Bay Skates
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_(fish)
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skate_(fish)#Skates_versus_stingrays