Over on the right side of the page, you will see a link to “Organizational Depth Chart” also known as the “Tampa Bay Rays Cork-Board.” We recently made a few changes which we think will make the page more useful. Now, if you click on a player’s name you will [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Blast’s Big Night, And Super Sammy](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/357100525036_Red_Sox_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: James Shields. You gotta love what we are seeing from Big Blast James early in the season. Last night [...]
Joe loves the finer points of baseball, and Casey Kotchman’s tag out of Paul Konerko from Kelly Shoppach’s pickoff throw in the seventh inning was perfection. Dan Johnson doesn’t make that play at first base. And Kotchman, per the magic of April baseball, is now a .313 hitter. Of course, James Shields is [...]
Yesterday, Tampa Bay Lightning CEO Todd Leiweke went on “Happy Hour with JP Peterson.” Among the topics discussed was the strong attendance figures for the Lightning at The St. Pete Times Forum which were up 12 percent this season. And how are the Bolts able to sell tickets in this economic climate? Leiweke [...]
Last week we wrote that BJ Upton might be a strong candidate to be traded at some point this summer. And now comes word from Ken Rosenthal and Peter Gammons that the Washington Nationals might be interested. In Rosenthal’s latest column, he says Upton is the Nats’ ideal trade target, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Golden D, Flip Fourth, And Booing Crawford](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/357100529094_White_Sox_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Defense. Reid Brignac made a spectacular play when he ranged towards the third base line in shallow left field, [...]
Wow, what a game. Joe suspects the Rays 5-0 win over the White Sox was exactly what Rays fans had hoped for before the season, much less Merlot Joe Maddon. The Rays would need solid starting pitching. And they got just that. David Price, easily his best start of the [...]
Here is a cool stat for you via Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal. The Rays have not used a starting pitcher over the age of 30 since June 25, 2006, a stretch of 749 games. That is the longest such streak since at least 1919. It also easily [...]
Michael Sasso writes about a recent meeting with the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, in which Rays team president Matt Silverman urged Tampa business leaders to be the public voice pushing for a new stadium east of the bay. Of course, this is necessary because the Rays are not allowed [...]
Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is reportedly close to selling the team to Houston businessman Jim Crane. And according to Phil Rgoers, if Crane does complete the purchase, one of his first moves will be to try to lure Andrew Friedman away from the Rays (via Chicago Tribune)… Assuming he succeeds in [...]
