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It is their name because every team has to have a name. It was shortened to The Rays from the Devil Rays because the Devil Rays really were not at all winning games.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, now known as the Tampa Bay Rays, began playing baseball in 1998.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays first year in the American League was 1998. In 2008 the name was changed to Rays.
They used to be the Tampa Bay "Devil Rays", which is a large type of stingray. They dropped the devil part years back and lost the stingray. The uniforms now feature a sun. Hence a inference to sun beams or sun "rays".
The Manta Rays are plentiful in the Gulf coast area.