A near-Tampa trifecta: The underdog city of champions

Tampa’s only three major league teams are now the cream of the crop. This raises the question: How exactly did the “Big Guava” become such a great sports town?
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Tampa’s only three major league teams are now the cream of the crop. This raises the question: How exactly did the “Big Guava” become such a great sports town?
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In the most fitting finale for the 2020 baseball season, Justin Turner defied isolation recommendations to celebrate with his team after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Big money versus small-market. Household names versus hidden gems. The World Series is finally here, and it should be a good one.
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As the decade ends, there are new stories to tell on both sides of the pond — and they were not the tragedies of yesteryear.
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Simply put, the Rays need to switch it up. They currently receive the second-worst attendance in all of baseball, with the lowest payroll.
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The World Series trophy seems to be getting quite accustomed to its home in Fenway — maybe it’s time for a change of scenery.
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If you would have told me a month ago that by halfway through the League Championship Series, the Red Sox would be only one game away from going to the World Series and the Brewers would not only be in the NLCS but be down just one game to the Dodgers, I would have called you crazy.
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I don’t know why I love the Cubs so much. They are consistent losers. Despite the historical mysticism, Wrigley Field is an outdated dump — my first seat at the park was directly behind a large support pole. But I do know that I love my family. I love being in Chicago. I love sitting in my grandfather’s den and watching him angrily storm out. I love Portillos, and I love laughing with my family.
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2016 was a completely unpredictable year. The Cubs won the World Series. Creepy clowns roamed the streets at night. Snapchat took someone else’s face and put it on your face. Although everyone is relieved that 2016 is finally behind us, we’ve no reason to believe that 2017 will be any
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I was scrolling through the MLB section of “Sporting News,” pleased with the multitude of headlines that praised the Chicago Cubs for their performance on the road to the playoffs so far, when a less attractive article regarding my home team caught my eye. The headline read “Joe Ricketts plans
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