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2013 Hurricane Guide

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    The Heater

    Maddon: Umps were wrong, it's 'baseball anarchy' to 'make stuff up'

    2:27PM

    Rays manager Joe Maddon insisted Monday he was right — and the umpires were wrong — in their interpretation of the replay rules on Sunday and called it "baseball anarchy" and "sandlot" for crew chief Gerry Davis to "make stuff up on the field."...

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    Bucs Beat

    Bucs kick off OTAs and Schiano again affirms Freeman is his starter

    1:11PM

     

    The Bucs kicked off OTAs today with their first full-squad practice of the offseason, and there was no shortage of news to report....

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    The Buzz

    Gov candidate Nan Rich faults Fla Dem senators on Medicaid expansion

    2:29PM

    Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich is campaigning in Pinellas County today, where she caught up with The Buzz at the Safety Harbor Library. It's time Democrats nominate a south Floridian for governor, she said, and whether Bill Nelson or Charlie Crist runs, she's staying in the race.

    The former Florida Senate Democratic Leader also suggested that Democratic senators this year misplayed their hand on Medicaid expansion. Rather than immediately embracing the Senate GOP's proposed alternative to Medicaid expansion, Rich said, Democratic senator may have been better off calling for straight Medicaid Expansion. That could have helped persuade the Florida House to view the Senate Medicaid alternative as a more palatable compromise....

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