![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Hudson Valley And New Media, King David’s Stalkers And The Bat’s New Shape](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover4-150x150.jpg)
The Rays short-season affiliate, the Hudson Valley Renegades have introduced a new blog, The Renegades Rundown… Here you’ll get a glimpse into what the Renegades are doing on and off the field. By keeping up with the blog you’ll get the latest news regarding players, schedules, promotions, events, and more! [...]
Two years ago on Rays Index we learned that Willy Aybar had been jailed in the Dominican Republic on Domestic Abuse charges. Of course, those charges disappeared about as fast as a pizza in the same room as Dioner Navarro and Pat Burrell. Willy Aybar Jailed In D.R.; Longoria’s Fate [...]
Let’s take a moment and update the 40-man roster and the opening day payroll. 40-Man Roster Projection (notes and explanations on the projection can be found following the roster)… Notes on the 40-man roster projection Ages are as of today. Shaded players are projected to be on the 40-man roster, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Longo’s Off-Field Power, A Pre-Owned Reliever And Freed’s Journey](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover3-150x150.jpg)
Business Week ranked the “Power 100″ athletes. This list is based on achievements on the field as well as ability to promote products and services off the field. The Rays very own Evan Longoria comes in at #57… Longoria is one of just two male athletes on the list not [...]
Evan Longoria may be the most valuable player in baseball. A lot of that has to do with the contract he signed two weeks into his big league career. A contract that will pay him less in the next six years (~$28 million) than Alex Rodriguez will make in 2010 [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The AL East Emulating The Rays, Townsend’s New Home And The Quest For The Elusive Catching Prospect](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover1-150x150.jpg)
The Red Sox have made a concerted effort this off-season to improve their run prevention. John Tomase of the Boston Herald says the Red Sox philosophical change can be traced back to a 14-5 loss to the Rays back in May. The 14-5 defeat that afternoon against the Rays was [...]
In the science community, a meta-analysis is what we do when we don’t want to do any work ourselves and instead want to take the work of a bunch of other people, tease the data a little, draw some conclusions that nobody had noticed before, and then pawn it off [...]
The Professor plays with his Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford dolls during bathtime… Carl Crawford doll: Carl Crawford is better. I get on base first and score lots of runs. Evan Longoria doll: Evan Longoria is better. I hit home runs and drive in lots of runs. Carl Crawford doll: [...]
BJ Upton and Justin Upton have started a website (theuptonbrothers.com) and they are running a contest for somebody to design their new logo. Register and upload your logo below and show us what you got. The winning logo will be on everything Upton, including our new website. Plus the winner [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Tampa As A Baseball Market, What Stu Wants And Upton Versus McCutchen](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hangover-150x150.jpg)
Portfolio.com looked at 82 different US and Canadian markets to determine which cities are best suited to support professional sports franchises. Tampa did not fare so well (thanks Jordi)… Nineteen areas are overextended, with Denver, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Tampa facing the worst problems. The income bases of these overextended markets [...]
