As baseball season approaches and the MLB lockout officially hit two months, there is definitely concern over whether spring training will start on time. Spring training is expected to begin on Feb. 16, with the first Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues set to start ten days later. Opening Day is set …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Dual-City Plan with Montreal Shutdown by MLB
In 2020, the Tampa Bay Rays won the AL East and AL Pennant. Fans were either held to a limited capacity or not allowed to attend games as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, they won 100 games, and repeated as AL East Champions. Even then, with star …
Read More »Lockout, Work Stoppage Looms for MLB
The MLB season may be over, but battles are far from it. The league and the Major League Baseball Players Association have a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which expires Wednesday night at 11:59 p.m. If the two sides don’t agree (which seems likely at this point), team owners will force …
Read More »Kapler and Cash honored as Manager of the Year
Managers Kevin Cash and Gabe Kapler took home the Major League Baseball Manager of the Year award on Tuesday. Both managed their teams to the best record in their respected leagues. In the National League, this marks the first award Kapler has won as a manager for the San Francisco …
Read More »Rays RF Randy Arozarena named AL Rookie of the Year
The Tampa Bay Rays right fielder, Randy Arozarena, celebrated being named the 2021 American League Rookie of the Year with excitement on Monday night. Going into this season, Arozarena still qualified as a rookie following playing for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2019 and the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. …
Read More »NHL Season Outlook
Is it possible? Could they really do it? Heading into 2021-2022 NHL season, the talk around the league has been whether or not the Tampa Bay Lightning can complete the three peat. They would be the first team since the 1980-1982 Islanders to do so. Teams in Florida The little …
Read More »‘Champa’ Bay No More: Rays Eliminated by Red Sox in ALDS
The Tampa Bay Rays season is over. After a 100 win season, the Rays were in the midst of a special accomplishment in 2021. Notably, Tampa has seen two championships this calendar year with the Lightning and the Buccaneers. Ideally, the Rays were to continue that trend, winning their second …
Read More »Rays Face Elimination in ALDS Game Four
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 at Fenway Park to win game three. Boston leads the series 2-1 and a decisive game four will be played tonight at Fenway at 7 p.m. Boston looks to make their first ALCS since 2018 when they won the World …
Read More »ALDS Preview: Who Will Prevail?
Both of the ALDS series get started on Thursday. The Houston Astros (95-67) host the Chicago White Sox (93-69), and the Tampa Bay Rays (100-62) host the Boston Red Sox (92-70). Boston sealed their spot in the divisional series with a 6-2 win in the AL Wild Card against the …
Read More »October is Here: MLB Postseason is Set
It is that time of year: October. Leaves begin to change colors, wind chill starts to pick up and baseball’s best turn into legends. Rivalries will be both reignited and forged in the fires of October postseason baseball. But each team remaining has the same goal: winning a World Series. …
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