{"id":338607,"date":"2026-07-13T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338607\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:10:13","slug":"tampa-bay-rays-retire-evan-longorias-no-3-jersey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338607\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays retire Evan Longoria’s No. 3 jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tampa Bay Rays retire Evan Longoria’s No. 3 jersey<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWIN IT IN THE PAST DECADE. HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. THAT IS PRETTY COOL. ALSO A CELEBRATION AT THE TROP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE RAYS WELCOME BACK. ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DON THE TEAM\u2019S UNIFORM. OF COURSE WE\u2019RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBER THREE FOREVER, EVAN LONGORIA. HE HAD 261 HOME RUNS AND 892 RBIS DURING HIS TEN YEARS AS THE FACE OF THE RAYS. THAT\u2019S THE BEST IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. THE TEAM RETIRED HIS NUMBER THREE JERSEY YESTERDAY. I NEVER THOUGHT LIKE, OH, I DON\u2019T WANT SOMEBODY TO WEAR IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY ASKED ME, I DON\u2019T I COULDN\u2019T TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL ABOUT ME LOVING THE NUMBER AND IT BEING SPECIAL TO ME TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT IT\u2019S, IT\u2019S A, IT\u2019S UP THERE AND IT\u2019S, IT\u2019S NOT GOING TO BE WORN AGAIN. IT, IT\u2019S, IT\u2019S JUST, IT\u2019S PRETTY COOL. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FOURTH NUMBER RETIRED IN T\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend officially retired Evan Longoria\u2019s No. 3 jersey during a pregame ceremony before a game against the Mariners on Sunday afternoon,When he was called up to join the Rays in 2008, Longoria wanted to wear No. 6, like he did at Long Beach State and at various stops in the Minor Leagues, the MLB says. But the number wasn’t available. The franchise icon was inducted into the Rays Hall of Fame on Saturday and previously had a statue installed outside Tropicana Field of him celebrating his famous \u201cGame 162\u201d home run.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend officially retired Evan Longoria\u2019s No. 3 jersey during a pregame ceremony before a game against the Mariners<\/a> on Sunday afternoon,<\/p>\n

When he was called up to join the Rays in 2008, Longoria wanted to wear No. 6, like he did at Long Beach State and at various stops in the Minor Leagues, the MLB <\/a>says. But the number wasn’t available. <\/p>\n

The franchise icon was inducted into the Rays Hall of Fame<\/a> on Saturday and previously had a statue installed outside Tropicana Field of him celebrating his famous \u201cGame 162\u201d home run.<\/p>\n

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