We apologize to you if we don’t seem real eager to jump into a forced awkward intimate situation that people like to call promoting a product. We don’t like the feeling. You’re sitting there, you’re wondering should we do it, what will our readers think, do we have food on our face, are we eating, are we writing too much, are they paying attention enough, are we interested, we’re not really interested, should we play like we’re interested but we’re not that interested but we think the readers might be interested, but do we want to be interested, but now the readers are not interested? So all of the sudden we’re getting, we’re starting to get interested… And when are we supposed to post it? Do we have to wait for the evening, cause then it’s awkward, it’s like well goodnight. Do you do like that embedded video without any commentary? Where you like, you just post it and go back to watching Jon Stewart and your ass sticks out cause you’re trying not to get too close or do you just go right in and post it during The Hangover or don’t post it at all? It’s very difficult trying to read the situation. And all the while you’re just really wondering are we gonna get hopped up enough to make some crazy decisions? Perhaps play a little game called “MLB 2K10″. Just for a second, just to see how it feels. Or, ouch, ouch, the wife is making us watch “Celebrity Rehab” again.
Archive for January 25th, 2010
Reason #341 That The Tampa Bay Rays Failed To Repeat In 2009
Things that should have never happened 3 Comments »It is not easy being a Rays fan and taking the constant pounding and jabbing from fans of other teams. But before watching the video below, we had never been more embarassed to be a Rays fan.
Nothing says street cred like a rap video that includes the lyrics, “we puttin’ on a show like Hannah Montana.” And is the guy on the right trying to look like Humpty Hump, or was he born that way?
Yes, Tampa Bay Rays, these are your fans.
[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Moving The Rays, An Extension For Garza And Kazmir’s New Body
Jake McGee, Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza, Scott Kazmir 9 Comments »
Well, it is slow time for baseball news, and of course that means, more and more columns on whether Florida can support big league baseball and whether the Rays might move.
Florida has Ramirez, Johnson, Maybin, Longoria, Crawford, Price, Zobrist, Upton and two of the best front offices. Still, there are times when one thinks that maybe they should move a couple of Interleague games to Yeehaw Junction, because if Major League Baseball can’t succeed in Florida with these players, these organizations and a real stadium with a retractable roof in Miami, then maybe Florida should stick to Spring Training and Kevin O’Sullivan’s Gators and let the big leagues move to where the snowbirds came from, in the first place.
Gammons also wonders if the Rays could move to New Jersey or Connecticut.
Marc Topkin adds a local Orlando news report that local investors are beginning the process of attracting a big league team to Orlando, a process that will include a privately funded stadium and almost certainly will target the Rays.
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
- Marc Topkin reports that Matt Garza and the Rays briefly discussed a multi-year deal before settling on a one-year contract, and agreed to explore the possibility again in the future. Also, Bartlett seems open to a multi-year deal, but Topkin says the Rays are not at this point. [St. Pete Times]
- Nick Cafardo writes that Carl Crawford could be traded before the deadline if “the Rays’ financial picture gets any gloomier.” [Boston Globe]
- Bill Chastain writes about Jake McGee’s struggles during his return from Tommy John surgery. [MLB]
- Scott Kazmir has spent the off-season working with the same trainer that works with Carl Crawford and will throw a more traditional slider this season. [ESPN]
