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Tampa Bay sports attendance and the Tampa Bay Lightning
I read the op-ed letters to the editor at the St. Pete Tampa Bay Times on a daily basis. It's part of my morning routine, and has been for quite a while. One of the things about letters to the editor, however, is that opinion is often stated as fact. Sometimes, those perceived facts are just...
Love, or at least a high level of mutual respect is in the air
It's been interesting to watch the interaction between the three men who lead the major league sports franchises in the Tampa Bay area and the relationships between the teams that are developing as a result. Back in February, Lightning coach Guy Boucher, Rays manager Joe Maddon and Buccaneers...
Rays, Bosox and Bolts
Just a quick off-season happenings note for readers who are interested in the baseball thing: Tampa Bay Lightning stars Steven Stamkos, Nate Thompson, Teddy Purcell and Mike Smith will be participating in batting practice at Tropicana Field before Thursday, June 16th's game against the Boston Red...
Can't touch this; Rangers at Lightning preview
WHERE: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FloridaWHEN: 7:30 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio) OPPONENT COVERAGE: Blueshirt Banter A late November home game against the New York Rangers, right around Thanksgiving... I'm getting deja vu here, because I remember seeing this before...
Tuesday night link dump and open thread (offseason finale)
Rookie camps are in full swing, training camps open this weekend. It's hockey time, ladies and gents. And that means the summer is done. This is the final Tuesday night link dump and open thread. We hope to keep up the Tuesday link dumps through the season. Lightning links Recapping the...
Off Season fun: Zeke's Day Out
Some of you may have missed the news from last week. Zenon Konopka, proudly known as Zeke around these parts, threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cleveland Indians game from last Tuesday. Well, the Lightning have a full clip of what happened with Zeke's experience at...
Tuesday night link dump and open thread
Before we begin, major thanks are due to the Raw Charge staff. I'm not the only one contributing links to these stories, it's an accumulation of findings from around the net by Cassie McClellan, Meredith Qualls, Nolan Whyte, Dani Toth, Tina Robinson, and myself. The byline of this (and other link...
Off Topic: Goodbye Tampa Bay Storm and the AFL
One of the bright spots of the 1990's in Tampa Bay sports (while the Buccaneers were mired in sub-mediocrity, while the Lightning were still a new commodity in Tampa Bay (and still an expansion caliber team), before the Devil Rays were awarded to Vince Naimoli... Before Raymond James Stadium was...
So when will they show?
The Tampa Bay area seems to be in disbelief right now with the team that resides in St. Petersburg performing in a certainly non sub-mediocre level that the area is so accustomed to. Yes, the mighty Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Mighty? MIGHTY? They aren't world beaters (as the series in Boston...
10 reasons to hate the...Tampa Bay Rays
Recently St. Pete Times writer Tom Jones (disappointingly not the crooner) wrote a column entitled "10 reasons to hate the Red Sox". I will pick up where Mr. Jones left off and give you reasons to hate every team in Major League Baseball (or maybe just the American League), starting with Jones'...
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