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Mat Germain returns to BaseballBiz On Deck to give a dive into the Rays as they enter the final months of the season 

• Mat working has been working on Rescues in Nova Scotia & Halifax
• Fred McGriff’s & Scott Rolen trek to the Hall of Fame – a respected player
• Pete Rose should be allowed in with a disclaimer
• “American Gladiators” – steroids & muscle v marketing – shades of Mark McGwire
• HOF made it work for Roberto Malomar – museum should chronicle history with achievements & failings
• Tampa Bay Rays have “Blown Up” – What Gives?
• Roberto Malomar spit and Hall of Fame
• The Writers have a fine line on who they can select for the Hall of Fame
• Celebrate Pete Rose inducted into the Hall of Fame with 
• 5 starter pitchers are solid but Rays could add 1 more 
• Expectations for return of Andrew Kittredge
• Perhaps Padres – Josh Hader & Seth Lugo
• Lackadaisical lineup 
• Randyland & the Benching of Franco – what gives?
• Leadership is needed with the Rays – remember Charlie Morton
• Avengers Assemble - Rays Assemble - find some unity
• Lance Lynn is a good example of leadership and never say die attitude
• Rays prospects, players, potential trades & churn
• Jonathan Aranda, Vidal Brujan, Osleivis Basabe
• Is Shohei Ohtani an option – what would Arte Moreno want
• Mark is unhappy to see Pete Fairbanks pitch 3 games straight
• Andrew Kittredge & Colby White could be the answer
• Trop sells out – Mariners & Orioles games
• At 2022 it looked like losing was acceptable to Kevin Cash
• Plea to Kevin Cash – put your instinct before the analytics
• Looking for some Grit & Fire from the Rays
• Mat & Mark are adjusting their Win Loss projections for the Rays 
• RaysUp

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MLB Awards : Cy Young:  Justin Verlander & Sandy Alcantara
MVPs: Aaron Judge & Paul Goldschmidt
Managers of the Year  brief history
AL 3X Winner: Tony "Tito" Francona, Guardians
NL 4X Winner: Buck Showalter 4 decades & 4 teams

Goofy Gobbler Awards
Grandpa Politics: Colin Cowherd:
Announcing he knows someone that’s in the know that MLB is going to ban the shift. Only problem was it was announced many months ago 

Druncle Award: Michael Kay:   Compared Aaron Boone showing the Yankees showing the 04 collapse to the Red Sox to showing Lincolns assassination to his family to prevent theater shootings. 

Leaky Stove Award:  MLB Sponsorship with FTX. Ohtani, Ortiz, promoting a company filing for bankruptcy. Other  near the Leaky Stove when it blew up, Tom Brady & Stephen Curry

“You brought them?” Award: ESPN & Aaron Judge Look-ins during college football - Getting live look-ins during his at bats in pursuit of the AL home run record, during college football games. If I wanted to watch the Yankees I would, but I don’t. Let me watch Houston-Tulane on a Friday night, by myself, in peace.

Green Bean Award: SD Padres Fans - having to accept something you may like not the taste of or something difficult than they like. Fernando Tatis Jr.

Dry Turkey: It fell flat with no real exciting games. Maybe over time it’ll get better but after year one as randy Jackson would say “it’s a no from me dawg”

Back Porch Seat:
Pete Rose was not invited inside for the Thanksgiving Feast – Pete Rose sits outside Cooperstown this Thanksgiving
Shouldn't Pete Rose be forgiven and receive the HOF in face of his gambling. 
Rose’s most recent letter to Manfred/MLB

All American Award:
 Phil Kessel  - NHLs new Iron man with now 1000 consecutive games played. As a Maple Leaf was called out by Toronto media for his “love for hotdogs”. When he won a cup as a penguin, his day with the cup he filled it with hot dogs in celebration. 

Turkey of the Year: Detroit Tigers - Many thought they could be a wild card threat. Went onto be one of the worst teams in baseball. They went onto fire their GM, Al Avila, after letting him run a trade deadline, which is bad enough on its own.

Special Thanks to Brandon Now, creator & presenter of the Goofy Gobbler Awards
Apologies to Chris Rock for not being invited as potential host for 2024 awards.
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Phillies have had enough with Joe Giardi but is he just the scapegoat? Astros extended their huge slugger, Nestor Cortes has a new nickname. Robinson Cano is looking for a new team (Again) Paul Goldschmidt is on a 25 game hitting streak, can he reach 56? Is he the frontrunner for MVP?