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Podcast: The Windup: A show about Baseball
Episode: Starkville | Post-trade deadline debuts and the Rays' Erik Neander takes us inside the war room
Description: The Rays are in the thick of the AL East race, and they were in the middle of a whole lot of trade possibilities before Friday's deadline. Vice President of Baseball Operations and GM Erik Neander visits Starkville for an inside look at how a wild deadline played out. He also explains how growing up near Cooperstown impacted his life and how breaking into a ballpark suite helped him advance his career with the Rays.Strange But True focuses on some trades that started paying off immediately. Add in trivia and this episode has it all.<...