Archive for January, 2008

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  [EVAN LONGORIA] The Evan Longoria/Eva Longoria Jokes Have Commenced

  January 28, 2008 at 10:47 am 2 comments

  We have professed our love for The Dugout on this site before. And today they are back with another chatroom featuring the Tampa Bay Rays top prospect, Evan Longoria and his alter-ego, Eva Longoria, who gives young Evan some investment advice. As Rays fans the Eva/Evan Longoria name-similaritiness seems like [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Edwin Jackson Now More Likely To Be On Rays Opening-Day Roster

  January 28, 2008 at 1:46 am 1 comment

  Tampa Bay Rays (17 days until pitchers and catchers report)We hope you didn’t forget to add blueberries to your pancakes this morning. It is National Blueberry Pancake Day. But don’t worry. If you screwed that up, Joe Maddon will point out how well you tied your shoes this morning. DEVIL [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] New Deals For Shields And Pena May Keep Both From Being Traded During Arbitration Years

  January 27, 2008 at 11:24 am 3 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (18 days until pitchers and catchers report)Just the links today as we mourn the 15th anniversary of the passing of one of our childhood faves, Andre the Giant, and wish a happy birthday to another one of our childhood faves, Keith Olbermann. What better way to celebrate [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays Claim To Be Losing Money Despite Revenue Sharing That Exceeds Payroll

  January 26, 2008 at 9:02 am 5 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (19 days until pitchers and catchers report)Just links today on Bob Eucker’s birthday, the 10th anniversary of “I did not have sexual relations with that woman“, Australia Day, and National Peanut Brittle Day. We will celebrate by cooking some peanut brittle with our grandmother, and then hooking [...]

   
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  [BLOGGING IS NOT JOURNALISM] Please Do Not Accuse Us Of Trying To Be Journalists

  January 25, 2008 at 12:48 pm 19 comments

  Yesterday Big Daddy Drew at Deadspin addressed the subject of Blogging as Journalism. It is an excellent read and I highly recommend for anybody that spends time reading blogs, to take five minutes and read it. It is my feeling that this debate is at the core of much of [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Brett Grandstrand Leads Rays March To Top Organization

  January 25, 2008 at 9:12 am 4 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (20 days until pitchers and catchers report)As you may have noticed, we are in the process of playing with the layout and design of this website. Most of the changes will be subtle, so don’t expect any grand redevelopment. Most of the changes will be to the [...]

   
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  [PROJECTING STATS] Right Field and DH To Be Much Improved In 2008

  January 24, 2008 at 2:26 pm 6 comments

  Bill Chastain has his latest installment of “Around the Horn” in which he previews the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays “positions”. This time it is the outfielders. The most telling statement in the piece is a quote from Joe Maddon in which he states that he would prefer to not use [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Tampa Bay Rays Reward James Shields With Long-Term Deal

  January 24, 2008 at 9:38 am 5 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (21 days until pitchers and catchers report)Yesterday the Tampa Bay Rays announced that they had reached an agreement with James Shields on a contract that could be for as long as seven years and worth just under $38 million. With incentives the deal could reach as much [...]

   
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  [2008 ROSTER] 2008 25-Man Roster And Starting Lineup Projections

  January 23, 2008 at 3:09 pm 5 comments

  The 2008 25-man roster prediction is based only on players currently within the organization and will be updated when trades are consummated and free agents are signed. We are now less than a month away from Spring Training and after the recent flurry of contracts signings with the Rays arbitration-eligible [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Don’t Expect A Let Down, BJ Upton Is That Good

  January 23, 2008 at 9:46 am 2 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (22 days until pitchers and catchers report)Rays Anatomy is up with their next installment of “The Great Debates”. This time it is BJ Upton versus Robinson Cano. Before we get to Upton, let us say that we would take either on our team. In fact, for those [...]