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 [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Another Injury, BJ’s PT And Sonny Being Sonny](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/357110303024_Yankees_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. THE GOOD: Starting Pitching. About the only good thing yesterday was knowing that Andy Sonnanstine won’t be in the starting rotation unless something bad happens. THE [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Lots Of Home Runs, The First Base Job And Scrap-Heap Targets](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/357110217004_Rays_Spring_Training-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. THE GOOD: Long Balls. The baseballs were flying out of the Orioles renovated Spring Training home. Still, it was nice to see Manny Ramirez get his first [...]
According to Rays Renegade, Andy Sonnanstine considers himself a “professional gentleman of leisure sports” (foosball, darts, pool, bowling, bocce ball, archery, skeet, & table tennis). In fact, The Duke joined a Table Tennis league this off-season (here is their website). If you have been around these parts for a while, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Longo’s Trade Value, The Duke’s New Deal And The Mad Australian](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/357100813022_Orioles_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
Want to know just how valuable Evan Longoria and his contract are to the Rays, then read THIS PIECE from The Orange County Register. Sam Miller takes an even-handed look at what it might take for the Angels to trade for Longoria. The conclusion: “Mike Trout, Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The End Of The Navi-Era And Free Agency For Howell And Aybar](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1-150x150.jpg)
More donuts for the rest of the Rays! We have known for a while that Dioner Navarro would not be back in 2011. But yesterday the door hit him in the ass. There is probably a repair man fixing the door as you read this. Yesterday was the deadline to [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Crawford As A Tiger, Money For A New Park And Sonny’s Induction](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/7491109_Rays_v_Orioles-150x150.jpg)
Somebody else speculated on this last week and now Ken Rosenthal confirms that the Detroit Tigers have “big interest” in Carl Crawford. We have said this before, but Crawford in a Tigers uniform makes almost too much sense. With that huge outfield, Crawford’s defense is worth far more than it [...]
Before we jump into the 25-man and 40-man roster projections, let’s take a look at the one area where we can expect the most change, the bullpen. But before we start thinking about who the Rays may add to the mix, let’s take a look at who might be back [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Niemann’s Rust, Sonny’s Demotion And Surgery For Matt Bush](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/7601009_As_v_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. THE GOOD: Magic Numbers. The Rays lost, and looked bad doing it. But the good news is, the Red Sox lost also, lowering the Rays’ magic [...]
Back in the day, in the prehistoric pre-Devil Raysian era of 1991, aspiring hip-hop producer Robert Diggs (aka the RZA) brought together nine rappers under the banner of the Wu-Tang Clan and revolutionized the hip-hop genre. In his book “The Wu-Tang Manual”, Diggs discussed his method of utilizing each individual [...]
