Maybe it’s the self-satisfying pleasure that comes with saying ‘I told you so’ that spurred it, but I have always had an obsession with looking back at old baseball transactions and seeing how much of an effect that they actually
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Tag: rays
The best Rays breakout of 2021 wasn’t Wander Franco…
2021 was a fantastic year for the Tampa Bay Rays – A franchise-best 100 wins, a Rookie of the Year campaign from Randy Arozarena and back-to-back AL East titles for the first time in the team’s young history. For such
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Outlaw Out? Should the Rays Move On From Kiermaier
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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Who to support in September if your team has been eliminated
Games matter more in September. They don’t of course. But they also do. As chances to make up deficits grow thinner and the magic numbers trickle down into single digits, the spotlight shines bright on teams on the precipice –
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Rays the roof for a new stadium
So, the Rays have finally announced plans to ditch the stadium that regularly only competes with the A’s Coloseum as the worst in Baseball. We’ve been shown some glittering pictures of a jewel like creation sitting in a built up
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Running up the score in baseball is okay. Seriously
Running the score up in baseball is an unwritten rule that has many different interpretations across the league. When should or shouldn’t a team be attempting aggressive plays to try and score more runs, when leading by a significant amount?
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If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League
A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK
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Tanking is Stupid, Think of the Fans!
Here with a hard-hitting polemic is our new Thunderer, Chris Brown… Residents of Florida this year must be hoping that Spring Training gets extended, because it seems at the moment that March is the only time they’ll get to see
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Baseball Is Coming (in 2019/2020)
Yesterday Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2017-2021 was draft complete and released. Included within the weighty tome, was information we in the UK have been waiting for. A series of games will be coming to the British
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MLB UK Community – Manchester Fan Meet Up, 13 August
In case you’ve missed it on Twitter and Facebook, we’re following hot on the heels of the London meet up by holding our own get together for Northern souls in magical Manchester. Tickets are free and available on Skiddle right
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