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Naimoli was known for running the Rays very cheaply. He refused to purchase internet access and an email system for the Rays to keep costs down, as he felt email was a fad. His thriftiness also manifested itself via a strict ban on outside food at
Tropicana Field. This caused a furor when an elderly
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On March 20, 1995, Naimoli became the owner of a new expansion team granted by Major League
Baseball for play in the 1998 season, which became christened as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after originally thinking about naming them the Sting Rays before finding out a winter league team had the name. He
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As a long-time resident of Tampa, Naimoli received the very first "Bridging the Bay" award in 1996, recognizing him as the individual who has done the most to unite the citizens of
Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. He also received similar community service awards from the
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to a failed push for the 1991 expansion bids. In 1990, the
Florida Suncoast Dome opened. As such, Naimoli, leader of the Tampa Bay Baseball Group, had originally tried to bring baseball to the region by buying the
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Naimoli was a member of the
Fairleigh Dickinson University Board of Trustees. The Naimoli Family Baseball Complex on the Metropolitan Campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University was dedicated on October 5, 2011.
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was added before the start of the 2000 season. The team was a perpetual failure on the field, never winning 80 games in any season with
Naimoli as owner. He owned the team until he sold it to a group led by
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Fighting Irish athletic events regularly. Naimoli has three daughters from his first marriage, and one daughter from his second marriage.
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He once charged a high school band admission to play the national anthem, and went so far as to not do business with companies that did not buy season tickets.
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