Archive for February 24th, 2012

Our New Favorite Picture Of Joe Maddon

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Here is Joe Maddon with a Zim Bear on his shoulder, which seems oddly appropriate. We just aren’t sure if that is the Devil-shoulder or the Angel-shoulder.

On a side-note, what do you think Zim would have said if you told him in 1954 as a rookie for the Brooklyn Dodgers that he would someday have a Teddy Bear with his face and a Tampa Bay Rays jersey on it? Crazy…

Clearwater Brain Injury Attorney Matt Dolman

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Clearwater brain injury attorney Matt Dolman of Dolman Law Group

Clearwater brain injury attorney Matt Dolman shares some of his in-depth knowledge of brain imaging studies in an excellent blog entry on MyTraumaticBrainInjury.com. Click here to learn about PET scans, SPECT scans, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI).

Joe loves to learn about this fascinating aspect of medicine, whether it’s car accident brain injuries or ones on the football field.

Dolman Law Group is a Pinellas County and Manatee County personal injury law firm that routinely handles claims and litigates cases involving closed head injuries as a result of an automobile accident. Dolman Law Group actively litigates auto accident and motorcycle accident related cases in Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, Manatee County and Pasco County. From its Clearwater office, Dolman Law Group is easily accessible to injury victims in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, New Port Richey, Pinellas Park, Largo and Kenneth City. Their satellite office in Bradenton is easily accessible to all consumers located in both Manatee and Sarasota County.

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Policemanship, An Absent Zorilla, And Moore’s Expectations

Ben Zobrist, Joe Maddon, Matt Moore 2 Comments »

Joe Maddon had a pretty cool comment that we think shows just how mature this Rays roster is even though they are very young…

“For a young guy to come into this camp with bad work habits, I promise you they will be rectified within the day, and not by me or any of the coaches. The ‘inter-policemanship,’ if that’s a phrase, among the players is so good. A young guy can’t get away with anything right now and it’s outstanding.”

Many fans like to point to the importance of veteran players like Cliff Floyd or Johnny Damon. And to a certain extent you like to have a player or two around that has been through the battles. But now that the Rays have been in the playoffs three out of the last four years, several of the Rays youngins have the experience to assume the rolls of veteran leaders.

We don’t know if the Rays are going to win it all this year. But be sure you stop every once in a while and take it all in. This is a special group. And we have a feeling they are going to do special things.

THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA

  • The only player that is likely to be on the opening day roster that is not yet in camp is Ben Zobrist.
  • David Brown of Yahoo! Sports spoke with Matt Moore about the upcoming season. [Big League Stew]
  • Matt Moore is “expecting to struggle” in 2012. [The Raysor's Edge]
  • Here is a fun read on the Rays “embarrassment of riches” (starting pitching) written by Ken Rosenthal. [Fox Sports]
  • Here is an entire column asking whether or not players dating playmates is really news. Of course, by writing the column, the writer inadvertently proved that it is. [Examiner]
  • Carl Crawford admits he wasn’t happy with Red Sox owner John Henry’s comments after CC signed with the Sox. [USA Today]