Author: Joe Birkett
Forever in History: What Being in the WBC Means for British Baseball
When Great Britain started their qualifier against France last year, few would have expected them to qualify for the World Baseball Classic, let alone win a game if they ever made it. Yet here we are. For a country that has but a few baseball fields, no professional teams, and little history to speak of […]
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Exorcising the Devil: When the Tampa Bay Rays Became the Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays are celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2023, with the team playing its first game back in 1998. As such, the team unveiled a new commemorative logo for the upcoming season, featuring both the burst of sunshine synonymous with the team today and the classic ray logo that the franchise started with (that is […]
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St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has picked Rays/Hines group for Tropicana Redevelopment
Earlier today, St. Pete mayor Ken Welch announced that he chose the joint-fronted Hines and Tampa Bay Rays redevelopment on the current site of Tropicana Field. The overall proposal is to redevelop the Gas Plant district in which the Trop is located. As per Yahoo Sports, the proposal will include 23% of the housing on […]
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Taylor Walls is the most underrated player on the Rays roster
June 7th, 2022. It is the 10th inning. The Cardinals have managed to take the lead, and now the Rays face a sticky situation. At the start of the inning, Paredes managed to draw a walk off Drew VerHagen. In the second at-bat, Brett Phillips bunted toward third base. Arenado duly picked the ball up […]
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Jason Adam can continue to be key for the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023 – here’s why
In 2022, right handed reliever Jason Adam emerged, seemingly out of nowhere, as one of the most dominant pitchers in Major League Baseball. He’d toiled away for four seasons at three different ballclubs, bouncing up and down between Triple-A and the show. When he was first signed, it was foreseen as being a signing to […]
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