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Rays senior advisor Dick Crippen announces retirement

December 22, 2020 - Bay area sports legend Dick Crippen has announced his retirement from the Tampa Bay Rays, where he has worked for 21 years, first as executive director of community development, and since 2005 as Senior Advisor. Crippen joined WLCY-TV (now WTSP) as sportscaster in 1965, before transitioning to WFLA 16 years later, where he worked on-air for another 19 years. Crippen, whose retirement is effective Dec. 31, worked on various projects, including the establishment of MacDillville at Tropicana Field - a section dedicated to personnel returning from deployment, families of deployed personnel and staff stationed at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base.

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