Here are a few links to get our day started. And oh yeah…HAPPY PITCHERS AND CATCHERS DAY! THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Dane De La Rosa cleared waivers and has been outrighted to triple-A Durham. He will be in big league camp to start the spring. [Marc Topkin] The Rays stadium [...]
![Evan Longoria Helps Recreate Famous Album Cover For ESPN The Magazine [VIDEO]](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/BCWWOAfCYAAZgBw-160x120.jpg)
For reasons that are not entirely clear, ESPN the Magazine has an upcoming music issue. And as part of the issue, athletes were used to recreate iconic album covers. Among those were Josh Freeman recreating Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and the Rays’ own Evan Longoria recreating Devo’s “Freedom of Choice” along [...]
A few links to get the week started… Marc Topkin has some good news on Evan Longoria’s hamstring. Longoria says “the leg is ready.” Of course, we have been burned before when we got our hopes up. And the Rays are still expected to “hold him out of early spring [...]
![[HAPPY HOUR] The One Where We Discuss Longoria’s New Camo Spikes, A Half-Naked Zobrist, And Miss Florida’s New Beau](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8435371565_2be5918364_b.jpg)
Evan Longoria spoke to KicksOnFire.com about shoes and revealed this little nugget about what he will where on the field in 2013… “I’m trying to get crazy this year. I’m going to do type of camo [on the new shoe], whether it be regular camo or digi camo on the [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Lil’ Longo, A New Knuckleballer, And Developing Hitters](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/703213110-150x150.jpg)
I guess the big news this weekend in the land of Raysheads is that Evan Longoria and Jaime Edmondson are expecting a baby. Edmondson sent out the picture at right via her Twitter account. And apparently there was some sort of revelation during one of the Sunday morning NFL preview shows. We [...]
When we first heard that Evan Longoria had surgery on his hamstring to clear up scar tissue, he said that he would be ready by the time players report to Spring Training in mid-February. Joe Maddon sounds less optimistic. Buried at the bottom of a column by Roger Mooney of [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss How The TV Contract Stacks Up, Longo’s Surgery, And A New Stadium Is Coming To Tampa](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/hangover18-300x199.jpg)
One of the biggest factors in the Rays’ payroll is their television contract which pays them a paltry $20 million per year through the 2016 season. And based on the growth of television deals in recent years as well as strong local ratings, it is reasonable to expect that the [...]
Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that Jeff Keppinger broke a bone in his leg but says he will be ready by the start of spring training. But more importantly, Heyman says in the same report that it is a strong off-season for part-time, yet productive players like Keppinger. Heyman points [...]
Once we get past the excitement of Rays fans over Evan Longoria’s new contract, and the jokes from other fans (“I was wondering who would be playing third base for the Brooklyn Rays in 2020″), the big question is: How can the Rays afford to give Longoria a $100 million [...]
The Rays have announced a contract extension for Evan Longoria that will keep him with the Rays through at least the 2022 season. The six-year extension is worth $100 million and will be added on to his existing contract and includes an option for 2023. The total value of Longoria’s [...]
