FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2020, file photo, the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees play in Game 2 of a baseball AL Division Series in an empty Petco Park in San Diego. The suit, filed in October in California Superior Court in Alameda County, was obtained Friday, Dec. 4, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)TAMPA, Fla. – A 24-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to threatening several Tampa Bay Rays baseball players. On that day, four players, and a White Sox player, received threatening direct messages on the social media platform Instagram. AdIn messages to the Tampa Bay Ray players, Patz said he would violently kill them and their families.