The big topic recently in the Rays quest for a new stadium has been the debate over Tampa versus St. Pete. But the bigger problem is how would either city pay for a new stadium. Everybody agrees that in this economy, it will take some creative financing to get funding [...]
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In one of my recent pieces at Business Insider, I examine the possibility of the Rays signing Derek Jeter. While the Rays usually shy away from players like Jeter, this is a special circumstance. He represents the one player that could help convert some of the local Yankees fans. The [...]
via Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports… Red Sox source: They’re serious about Carl Crawford; they’ve been in Houston meeting with Crawford and his reps. Crawford with the Red Sox for the next seven or eight years? Remember how painful it was to see Rocco in a Sox uniform for 62 [...]
We have heard before that the Red Sox are interested in signing Carl Crawford, but now we get a better idea of the level of interest. A lot… By all accounts, the Red Sox are working hard behind the scenes to sign one of the two elite free agent outfielders, [...]
With the Rule 5 draft just around the corner, Baseball America says Rays prospect Aneriy Rodriguez is “the most likely player to be picked.” Rodriguez is a starting pitcher that the Rays received from the Rockies for Jason Hammel prior to the 2009 season. Last year he went 6-5 with [...]
The Giants yesterday signed Miguel Tejada to a one-year deal for $6.5 million. Does that take San Francisco out of the Jason Bartlett stakes? Maybe. Jon Paul Morosi was still reporting yesterday that not only were the Giants still looking at Bartlett, but that they had become “the most serious [...]
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Ken Rosenthal suggests it is in Carl Crawford’s best interest to wait until after Cliff Lee finds a new home before signing a contract.. The Red Sox are interested. The big loser in the Lee sweepstakes — the Yankees or Rangers — could be, too…Thus, it’s in Crawford’s interest to [...]
