@markkatches

Editor @TB_Times, a newsroom that won back-to-back Pulitzer Prizes in 2021-2022. Former: @oregonian @cironline @journalsentinel @ocregister

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Pretty much everyone who predicted the Rays to finish last in their division are predicting them to lose the #WorldSeries #Raysup I like it.
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We could have demanded Kopps frozen custard or Usinger Brats or cheese curds or Miller Genuine Draft. Maybe a Harley. Sure. But @TB_Times wants @RealChili1931 when the TB Rays win the #WorldSeries #friendlywager @journalsentinel @GregJBorowski tampabay.com/food/2026/10/23…

Editors wager Cuban sandwiches and chili over World Series victory

In a longstanding tradition newsrooms place food bets when their cities battle it out for championships.

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Junior has three days to incorporate some of these moves into his next HR trot. youtu.be/VWY9S-uKU-4?is=o2jG… via @YouTube #Raysup

Umpire Strike Call

Leslie Nielsen's famous outburst from the 80's movie Naked Gun

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I don’t care if he never gets another hit in his life. #raysup
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Complain all you want about Walls’ hitting. But it’s time to shut up now and forever. The dude is a magician on defense. #raysup
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Informal research at the Trop: based strictly on what fans are wearing so far this crowd is 99% Rays fans. #Raysup #ALCS26 #ALCS
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I hand counted 13 tickets available for tonight’s Game 6 on the @MLB ticket site as of 30 seconds ago. #RaysUp
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Tampa Bay Times
@TB_TimesOct 11
Readers raised money to get public records from the Attorney General’s Office | Link in bio
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And Yankees fans have the audacity to whine about C rings. #Raysup
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Christian Blauvelt@ctblauveltOct 6
The moment Schlittler left the game. Def more Rays fans here than Yankees. But the Yankees fan to the left of me and two in front me have already left. And another one has turned to smoking pot. #Rays #Yankees #RaysUp
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Yankees Twitter already losing their minds. #Raysup
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You’d think @MLB would have their best umpires calling balls and strikes at this stage, but seeing all these calls overturned — and by a lot — makes me think otherwise. #mlb
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No one has mentioned this yet that I’ve seen but note how #Raysup SS @dt_walls reacts before and after Wells approaches second base. Pure brilliance decoying the runner. And both throws were insane. Walls catches it just a few steps from second base and delivers a pea to third.
Talkin' Yanks
@TalkinYanksOct 4
Luis Rojas was holding up Austin Wells the entire time. A terrible decision Wells will have to live with forever
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Will Sammon
@WillSammonOct 3
“I don’t think I’ve personally ever seen a packed house,” Kevin Cash said. Well, he has now. And, contrary to Cam Schlittler's expectations, they weren’t just Yankees fans. Three years after sparse crowds in playoffs, Rays draw packed house vs. NYY: nytimes.com/athletic/7656597…

Three years after sparse crowds in playoffs, Rays draw packed house vs. Yankees (Gift Article)

"I've never seen it like this," Florida resident and Rays fan Ray Crawford, 43, said Saturday at Tropicana Field. "This is crazy."

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Marc Topkin
@TBTimes_RaysOct 4
Our @TB_Times e-edition sports front page on #Rays-#Yankees:
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I’m bookmarking this tweet forever …
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@mike_daddinoOct 4
One of the worst baserunning mistake you’ll see this year
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I’ll say this: it’s a heckuva lot easier to get out of the Trop parking lot when there’s just 10,000 fans.. #Raysup
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We’ll see about that. … #RaysUp
Chris Kirschner
@ChrisKirschnerOct 3
Cam Schlittler on Tropicana Field: “I wouldn't say there's really too much of a (home) crowd here. I expect there to be a lot of Yankees fans. In some ways, you are, to an extent, kind of playing at home. I feel like the guys are excited to have that atmosphere here.”
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Regular season Rays fans are like Labrador puppies. Postseason fans are like rabid wolves. Not sure Yankees fans grasp what Drew Rasmussen means calling the Trop the loudest place he’s ever seen. But that’s it in a nutshell. The Trop will be wild tonight. #Raysup
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Yankees players are already dismissing the Rays crowd based on the regular season when Yankee fans are split 50-50 here. But an hour before first pitch I’m counting 90% Rays fans based on what people are wearing. Unless all the Yankee fans are stuck on the 275. #Raysup
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