With the acquisitions of Luke Scott and Carlos Pena, many baseball analysts have ranked the Rays second, just behind the Yankees, in their power rankings for the upcoming season. As can be expected, the Rays will consider numerous batting orders this year, predicated on the righty vs. lefty pitching match-ups. TBT Rays beat writer, Marc …
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St. Petersburg mayor, Bill Foster, has made his first official statement with Bay News 9 regarding yesterdays two hour meeting with Rays principal owner, Stu Sternberg. Foster said he “came out of the meeting confident that Sternberg and the Rays organization are prepared to honor their current contract through 2027.” Foster also said he “tried …
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In news of the absurd, MLBTradeRumers.com posted Monday, that the Yankees and the Red Sox are having a hard time, financially, finding pivotal players to firm up their rosters. The Yankees and their $212 MM payroll, have limited funds to spend in their search for an affordable DH. Call me crazy, but maybe, just maybe, …
So far, we’ve explored some of the reasons why the Trop is inadequate and why it might just be an enormous waste of money to renovate the aging facility. Today, we’ll explore the option of building a new facility. We’ll also explore some of the sites in St. Petersburg/Pinellaswhere a new stadium could be built. …
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I remember in college learning about parents that aren’t willing to acknowledge challenging behavior that their children may be creating in any given classroom. Their child may bully another student or toilet paper the bathroom, and then deny that their son of daughter could possibly do something like that when confronted with the reality that …
