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The baseball architect that built championships in Boston and for the Chicago Cubs is unemployed. Theo Epstein stepped down from the position with the Chicago Cubs earlier this month after a nine year stint. Epstein was able to bring a World Series to the longest suffering fans in sports, the Cubs of Chicago, after a […]
The 2020 Covid shortened baseball season came to an end last night as the Dodgers dealt the Rays a death blow. The Dodgers won the series 4-2. A questionable decision by the Rays manager seemed to hasten the series and all but doomed the Rays. The Dodgers were able to take the lead late in […]
The Rays are backed into a 3-2 corner with the Dodgers threatening to ruin their dreams of winning their first World Series in franchise history. The Dodgers seem to be much too much for Rays at times but the team from Tampa has a lot of grit and keeps battling back. Can they force game […]
Its a seesaw battle and currently the seesaw is currently tilted toward the Dodgers side of the playground. They lead 2-1 and are favored to win tonight’s game. In fact, you can pretty much bet that they will be favored in every game simply because of their star power as well as many more people […]
The World Series has been an exciting one for those die hard fans of baseball and sports bettors alike. Even though World Series ratings are suffering their lowest point in the modern era, action for the series has been quite steady at sportsbooks. Sportsbooks were relieved to see The Rays come back to life and […]
In three hours time the Tampa Bay Rays and their $23M payroll will take on the second most spendy team in the league, LA Dodgers ($77M). Odds are favoring the Dodgers at about 2/1 in this series. Game one sees the two aces square off (Glasnow vs Kershaw). The Dodgers are -165 and Rays are […]
The Dodgers are clear favorites in this years World Series, which starts tomorrow evening. In fact they are about a 2/1 favorite to win the series. But in my humble opinion the odds are inflated. This is probably due to several factors: Market size (LA vs TB) Popularity and history of the team People’s perception […]
The Rays and Dodgers have not played one another this year because of the Covid restricted season. So there is no data to study head to head. This will be the first time they meet up all year. Both teams needed 7 games to win their respective pennants. As you probably know, the Rays jumped […]
Baseball always seems to take a hit when it comes to attention spans this time of year. Football is in full swing and lets face it, football is a much more action-packed sport. But for fans of the eight teams still in contention, the luster of Major League Baseball hasn’t waned at all. Even with […]
The Covid shortened regular season is in the books. With that the MLB playoffs are expanded to include 16 of the 30 teams. So, almost everyone gets a participation trophy. It definitely makes things a little more interesting. The first round sees 8 series of best-out-of-three. Tampa Bay being the number one overall seed of […]
