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Happy Thanksgiving from BaseballBiz On Deck

• All primed up for the Rays Prospects List
• Mat's conversation with Baseball America, J.J. Cooper
• Blake Snell - $185 million 5-year contract with the Dodgers
• MLB - 10 teams that can afford to compete remaining 20 must struggle
• Ohtani timeline of wealth
• Billionaires who seek funding for stadium
• Rays Stadium challenges with Brian Auld, Pinellas County & Cisty of St. Pete
• Yankees Steinbre...

• USAWNT Baseball Player – Beth Greenwood - Women in Baseball
• Player Development Coach 
• Won the Championship with the Comets at the AmericanGirlsBaseball.org
• Path to the USAWNT Baseball team
• Making the 40 player team with Ila Borders, Meggie Meidlinger, Tamara Holmes
• Competition to make it to the final roster becomes more challenging year after year
• Catchers the Managers of tomorrow
• Al Lopez, historic catcher/manager at Tampa Baseball M...

• Hurricane Brain in Tampa Bay
• Pinellas County Commission vote to not vote on Rays stadium bond
• Where does the county funds come from to build a new stadium
• Timeline of approval of Rays deal with both the City of St Pete & Pinellas county
• County Bed Tax – can only be used for tourism – cannot be used for renourishing the beaches
• Timelines & Delays are not helped by Stu’s antagonistic communications
• Commissioner Brian Scott – sh...

 World Series Game 5 Expectations

•  Dodgers’ unexpected struggle to close out the series, 
• Freddie Freeman's impact: Mat highlights Freeman’s impressive streak with six home runs across six World Series games, 
• Yankees’ Comeback Attempt: Anthony Volpe energized the Yankees, k
• Ohtani's Injury and Resilience with arm  - Mat reflects on Ohtani’s ability to play while injured, likening his resilience to legends like Vlad Guerr...

Milton debris and cleanup in Tampa Bay continues

#RaysUp - Tampa Bay Rays offering support to local community

Avoid burning debris

What happens to the TB Rays without a roof 

Rays not moving to the big O in Montreal – potential for MLB expansion team

Canadian Baseball History – Montreal Expos most HOF’ers  per season

Evan Longoria & Kevin Kiermaier franchise players

Effective Defense players are not being weighed enough for HOF’ers

Aut...

Randy Sullivan CEO of Randy Sullivan’s Florida Baseball ARMory (FBA) has made a positive difference in several players’ lives. The FBA provides full individual assessment of all players and tailors a strategy that will increase their personal performance. Randy develops players that can combine Velocity & Command in their pitches.

• Randy began his path in Division 1 Baseball at the Citadel to now being a Pitching Guru. His ca...

Canadian Thanksgiving

Thank you to our Canadian friends and those who came from across the U.S. to aid and help from Canada to the Florida area post-Milton

Halifax Explosion

Tropicana Field – shredding of the roof

The rays in the aqua tank survived  and have been moved to the Aquarium

Revisit the Tampa Bay Rays timeline on when & where they could have moved

If the City of St. Pete had not signed with the Rays, It would have given MLB...

Get Ready for the Third Annual All-American Women’s Baseball Classic 

Blackout Baseball to watch with MLB.tv & Bally subscriptions
How to not successfully market baseball

Once 35 million viewers for each game of the World Series. Now down to 9 million viewers per game. Why are the fans leaving and where are they going

Diamond Bankruptcy– Bally Sports & Amazon Prime Monday Night Baseball

How many services do you need or can ...

• Women's Baseball World Cup: 6 elite women's baseball teams (Mexico, Venezuela, Canada, Japan, China Taipei, USA) competed at the World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario, August 2024.
• USA vs Japan: Japan's 39-game winning streak (since 2012) ended when Team USA defeated them in extra innings, with Meggie Meidlinger pitching the final 2 1/3 innings to seal the victory.
• Meggie's Experience: Meggie shares her pride in r...

Mat_Germain_ & Mark at BaseballBiz On Deck take a look at the closing of 2024 season and the future of the Rays.
Tampa Bay facing hurricane Helene strong winds, storm surges – stay safe
2019 Rays won 96 games and spent 60 million
2024 Rays exceed $100 million and they don’t make the playoffs
Rays strategy to spend less and perform better has been proven
Winning streak was needed
Missing LH Bats
Jonat...

• Philip Wrigley, Cubs executive, begins a Women’s Softball League. 
• Wrigley would be 1 of 3 executives, including Branch Rickey, to launch the AAGPBL
• Joe Boland, South Bend Tribune Sports Editor & AAGPBL legendary pitcher Jean Faut
• Arthur Meyerhoff invites Merrie to dig through the basement files & letters in the Wrigley Building for her research.
• Merrie completes AAGPBL thesis after 4 years of research in 1976
• June “Lefty” P...

Guests: Leslie Heaphy & Kat Williams  from the International Women’s Baseball Center share their stories and the mission of the IWBC
MLB Develops - Trailblazer Series event at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex. Young girls learned from national champion players, followed by an engaging presentation by Leslie and Kat on the history and future of women in baseball.

IWBC’s Vision & Mission

• Kat Williams: The IWBC, foun...

9/11 – Thank you to all of the first responders who have given of themselves daily then & now

RaysUp Wild Card Standings is there any reason to look at these – No

Jonny DeLuca showing his stuff, shining & outmuscling Rays teammates Christopher Morel & Dylan Carlson. DeLuca’s numbers batting .435 (10-for-23) over a six-game on-base streak and is slashing .368/.410/.596 (21-for-57) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR and 7 RBI in his las...

Lake Mary Little League World Championship:

The Lake Mary team from Florida has won the Little League World Series, overcoming both U.S. and international teams. If you missed the action, it’s worth catching a replay.

Rays Road Trip Recap:

The Tampa Bay Rays return home after a challenging 10-game road trip on the East Coast.

Series breakdown:

Oakland A’s: Split the 4-game series.

LA Dodgers: Lost the series, taking 1 out of 3 games.

Seat...

 Rays' Current Performance:

The team continues to hover around.500 mark

Low attendance figures in Oakland

2020 season with cardboard cutouts in the stands.

Oakland A’s, and how they manage to stay afloat despite low attendance, largely through revenue sharing and TV deals.

Rays’ New Stadium Prospects:

Discussion on the upcoming new stadium for the Rays and its potential economic impact, including year-round restaurants and businesse...

• Orioles first team to hit 70 game wins
• AL East – would you prefer to go into the season as Wild Card or division winner
• Momentum v Time-Off before post-season
• Since 1990 – MLB’s winningest team has only won World Series 7 times
• Dodgers 106 wins went 1 in 9 in post-season
• Restructure the post-season?
• O’s had 101 wins in regular season last year
• Teams that have to battle it out with more games seem to work harder 
• Gerritt Cole – pissed w...

• Happy Birthday to Matt Joyce
• Chicago White Sox broke 21 game losing streak – need an “Angels in the Outfield” solution
• WSBC Women’s Baseball World Cup teams, Canada, Japan, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, China Tapei
• USA defeats Japan in the Round Robin breaking a 39-game winning streak going back to 2012
• Japan won Gold championship game against USA 2 days later – winning 7th consecutive gold in this tournament
• RaysUp!
•  Taylor Walls – needs ...

• Educator, historian, baseball enthusiast, and advocate of the game
• Highly respected in Tampa's baseball community and known for his contributions, including the Tony Saladino Senior Tournament.
• Tony's Baseball Beginnings:
• Tony fell in love with baseball in Ybor City, inspired by Al Lopez.
•  He played in a recreational league before Little Leagues existed, directed by Andrew Espolita, who also influenced Lou Piniella and To...

From a Canadian campfire, Mat Germain and Mark are still on the team they have not been traded to another sports show.

Blue Jays to Dodgers - Kevin Kiermaier anFd Andrew Freeman meet again in L.A.

Put the tents away the Rays have a home thanks to the Piniellas County Commissioners & 300 million dollars.

Rays & the city of St Pete look to flourish with the new stadium and business development

The intense & fiery Tommy Pham r...