Bob Buckhorn throwing out first pitch at Rays game for second time; Bill Foster not on-deck

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According to his public calendar, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will throw out the first pitch during Friday night’s Rays/Yankees game at The Trop, reports Noah Pransky of the Shadow of the Stadium blog.  This will be the second time Buckhorn has received the honor in the last 24 months.

St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster has yet to throw out a first pitch, despite the Rays, you know being in St. Pete and the City holding the lease for the Rays to play at Tropicana Field.

Foster was invited to throw out a first pitch at a game scheduled for June 8th, but “that day is set aside for my lovely wife who turns 50,” Foster told me via text. “I’m sure there will be other opportunities over the next four years.”

In case you missed what Foster was saying, he’s not only positive the Rays will be playing at the Trop for the foreseeable future, but he, of course, believes he will be re-elected this November to another four-year term as mayor.

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