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Letter to the editor

Loyalty has its price

By RON SAAR, Times Staff Writer
Published September 22, 2007

Most sports fans like to show their loyalty to their favorite team by decking themselves out, from head to toe, in logo-specific clothing. Now that the Tampa Bay Lightning has unveiled its new look and, apparently, the soon-to-be-named Tampa Bay Rays are also opting for new duds, updating those allegiances could cost a tidy sum. Here's a quick look at the prices, culled from visits to the teams' stores and Web sites, that Lightning and Rays fans would pay to keep up with the times:

Practice:

$80

Replica:

$130

Authentic:

$250

$20-$25

Replica:

$20

Authentic:

$35

$50-$65

$5-$25

$50-$100

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