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A Tribute to “Happy Feet”

There’s an old saying that “there’s no crying in baseball,” which was said by Tom Hanks’ character, Jimmy Dugan, in the movie “A League of Their Own.” While this phrase may ring true for some, I think the baseball gods were perfectly ok with me and my mom shedding some …

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Ben Acker

Ben Acker posing with "DJ Kitty," one of the mascots for the Rays.

Hello everyone! My name is Ben Acker, and I am a senior at the University of Florida majoring in Journalism with a concentration in Sports and Media. Although I am from Elkridge, Maryland, I became a Tampa Bay Rays fan at a very young age after watching Evan Longoria make …

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