The Curious Case Of Rocco Baldelli

Posted on March 12, 2025 by davidbloom

The year was 2002, I was attending my first Devil Rays Spring Training in St. Petersburg, Florida . I was watching the Devil Ray players come through the gate from the players area. At the time I barely knew any of these young players. An older gentleman I met that day was from New […]

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Beyond the Boxscore Visits Baseball Happenings

Posted on January 25, 2026 by davidbloom

It’s preview season at Beyond the Boxscore and people are taking notice . I had the opportunity to ask R.J. Anderson, Columnist at Beyond the Boxscore and DRaysBay a bunch of questions. Anderson has also appeared at Deadspin and just completed a book on the Tampa Rays called Lamar-itis.
With the loss of 40 year […]

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Cooperstown’s Big Day

Posted on July 30, 2025 by davidbloom

Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken

2007 Inductions

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Voting Travesty

Posted on January 15, 2026 by davidbloom

The 2007 Hall of Fame voting has come and gone with the selections of Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn as first ballot Cooperstown Hall Of Famers as expected. While these two players are a breed of players we won’t see much of in the future as players who played for the same […]

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