Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Pat Davenport…| Being a Rays fan has been pretty easy as of late. Three playoff appearances in a row, back-to-back division titles and a trip to the World Series have done more than enough
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Tag: Kevin Kiermaier
All doubles are equal, but some are more equal than others
There was a lot of furore about a couple of bizarre plays in this postseason, the one which probably drew the most ire and, therefore the most tweets, was the Kevin Kiermaier’s “rule double” off the hip of Hunter Renfroe.
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Toronto Blue Jays: Crushed at the Trop
As is now sadly tradition, the Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Tampa Bay Rays in their recent series at Tropicana Stadium in Florida. In a manner painfully reminiscent of last season’s pitching horrors, the Blue Jays bullpen flopped in
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Trading Away Your Best
The ‘Hot Stove’ that is free agency has been rather cold this year, with neither of the top 2 players (Harper & Machado) having signed at the time of writing. But there have been numerous trades and plenty of trade
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The MLB Draft is Daft
Rob Noverraz returns, bearing graphs… The Major League Draft can seem like a strange beast to those who grew up with European Sports; whilst some will disregard it as ludicrous or daft it certainly has its benefits. Let’s take football
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Twins v Rays? Who Cares? Well, Maybe You Should…
Welcome podcast contributor and Rays fanatic Rob Noverraz to the B&N blog… A couple of nights ago I watched the Rays and the Twins grind into a 15th inning after 6 and a half hours of play and I had
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