Archive for May 13th, 2010

  • Jeff Bennett Released

    Jeff Bennett Released

    May 13, 2010 at 3:00 pm 4 comments

    Jeff Bennett, who made 11 appearances for the Rays last year, has been released by the club. Bennett made three starts with Durham this year including Tuesday in which he walked 7 in 4.2 innings. Bennett was originally designated for assignment and removed from the 40-man roster when the Rays […]

     
  • Matt Bush, Yes That Matt Bush, Could Be In A Rays Uniform Later This Summer

    Matt Bush, Yes That Matt Bush, Could Be In A Rays Uniform Later This Summer

    May 13, 2010 at 2:20 pm 13 comments

    File this one under “things we didn’t see coming.” Fanhouse  spoke with members of the Rays organization that think former #1 pick Matt Bush could be promoted to the Rays later this summer… After bouncing around for several years, Matt Bush may have found a home within Tampa Bay’s farm […]

     
  • The Rays Index Confidence Graph

    The Rays Index Confidence Graph

    May 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm 4 comments

    The Rays Confidence Graph is a look at how much confidence Rays fans have in the Tampa Bay Rays. The graph is designed to give us a look at how our emotional bias as Rays fans fluctuates through time. The “confidence” in the team is an inexact measure of how […]

     
  • Wade Davis’ Wife: “I remind him he looks like Sasquatch”

    Wade Davis’ Wife: “I remind him he looks like Sasquatch”

    May 13, 2010 at 10:00 am 6 comments

    We can’t get enough of The Life of the Baseball Wife, a blog written by the wives of several current and former Rays players and prospects. The star of the blog is clearly Katelyn Davis, Wade’s wife. You guys remember her, right? She’s the “Marlboro Girl,” and as we painfully […]

     
  • What It’s Like When Joe Maddon Tears Your Heart Out

    What It’s Like When Joe Maddon Tears Your Heart Out

    May 13, 2010 at 9:00 am 6 comments

    If you are a baseball fan, we can’t recommend Morgan Ensberg’s blog enough. And while Ensberg never played a regular season game with the Rays he was briefly a member of the organization during spring training in 2009. That stint was over earlier than Ensberg would have liked, and in […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Pena’s Funk, Burrell’s Role And Jaso’s Future

    [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Pena’s Funk, Burrell’s Role And Jaso’s Future

    May 13, 2010 at 7:13 am 15 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Carlos Pena. Yes he has been in a funk (a realllly bad funk) but he has always been streaky and the defense will always […]