 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tampa Bay yakaita kutanga kwayo muMajor League muna 1998, apo yakanga iri chikwata chokuwedzera. Kwemakore avo gumi ekutanga, Tampa Bay yakatambura, haina kumbobvira yawana rekodhi yekukunda, uye yaigara ichipedza yechishanu muAmerican League Eastern Division, kunze kwekupedzisa nzvimbo yechina mumwaka wa2004. Zvisinei, Tampa Bay yakava nemwaka wavo wakanakisisa muna 2008, pavakakunda zita ravo rokutanga reAmerican League East Division, vakakunda Chicago White Sox muALDS, vakakunda Boston Red Sox muALCS, asi vakarasikirwa nePhiladelphia Phillies muWorld Series. 