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The Tampa Bay Rays averaged 9,713 fans at Steinbrenner Field this season and sold out 61 of 81 games. Capacity was 10,046. They did not have any rainouts. Tom Layberger The Tampa Bay Rays made their way through the 81-game schedule at Steinbrenner Field without a single rainout. That is saying something considering, for example, a tropical depression that merely brushes the region could wash away a couple of playing dates. Fortunately, there were no such issues for a storm-fatigued area. Perhaps, in what was thankfully an average summer as far as Mother Nature, there is a reason for having been spared of the need to reschedule games. “You don’t get like a full day of rain here,” said closer Pete Fairbanks. “It happens to storm really hard between 45 minutes and two hours instead of all day. I think (no rainouts) makes sense the more that I think about it.” There were 12 rain delays totaling 12 hours and 48 minutes. Incredibly, there were only three in-game delays with the other nine prior to first pitch. Five delays were 20 minutes or less with the shortest June 19 against the Orioles when first pitch was pushed back 10 minutes. The longest delay was a yawning four hours and 25 minutes for an August 24 game against the Cardinals, which turned a 12:10 start into 4:35. The culprit, for the most part, was lightning that lingered within a few miles of the ballpark. Ryan Pepiot often felt like he got soaked in a rainstorm, even when there was not a drop of rain on the radar. He once went through four jerseys, two pairs of pants and two pairs of cleats thanks to perspiring profusely in the relentless combination of heat and humidity that routinely had the heat index in…

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