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Rays Fan Fest Takes Over the Trop Saturday
The 2012 Rays Fan Fest is at Tropicana Field on Saturday fro 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
From 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday at Tropicana Field, baseball season in St. Petersburg unofficially kicks off with the 2012 Rays Fan Fest.Â
The day-long event is for diehard fans and families. Parking and entrance to the Fan Fest are free.Â
Activities include: coaching clinics, yard sale, kids run the bases, panel discussion, clubhouse tours, batting cages, speed pitch and even wiffle ball home run derby.Â
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Augotgraph Schedule:
10:30 - 11:30 Ryan Reid Tim Beckham Jeff Keppinger Ricky Orta Kyle Farnsworth  11:30 - 12:30  Brandon Guyer Burke Badenhop  Robinson Chirinos Brandon Gomes Matt Mangini 12:30 - 1:15 J.P. Howell Matt Joyce Wade Davis Sean Rodriguez  Jose Molina 1:15 - 1:45 Evan Longoria  Don Zimmer Jeremy Hellickson (open) (open) 1:45 - 2:30 Chris Archer Carlos Peña Desmond Jennings  Alex Cobb Matt Moore 2:30 - 3:00 B.J. Upton (open) (open) James Shields David Price 3:00 - 4:00 Luke Scott Fernando Rodney Cesar Ramos Jose Lobaton Josh Lueke 4:00 - 4:45 (open) Nevin Ashley Romulo Sanchez Stephen Vogt Craig AlbernazIt's a busy baseball weekend in St. Petersburg. On top of the Fan Fest, multiple NCAA Division I baseball games will be played in St. Petersburg this weekend during the Big Ten/Big East Baseball Challenge. The college tournament games will also be played in Clearwater and Dunedin.Â
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