Jim Bowden is reporting (via MLB Trade Rumors) that the Rangers have reached an agreement with AJ Pierzynski, a player a number of Rays fans had high on their free agency wishlist. Details of the contract have not been reported. Pierzynski never seemed like a good fit for the Rays [...]
After AJ Pierzynski spiked Ben Zobrist earlier in the series, Alex Cobb exacted a bit of revenge when he hit Piehead with a pitch early in today’s game. All even? Apparently not. The White Sox then threw behind Zobrist and Jose Quintana was ejected (notice Pierzynski doesn’t even move his [...]
Here are the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…
![[THE HANGOVER] Happy Birthday To Grant Balfour And Sandy Koufax; AJ Pierzynski, No So Much](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/3148430418_dd62a9ba84_o.jpg)
Happy Birthday to Grant Balfour, who is 31 years old today. We are not sure what that is in Australian years since toilets flush backwards down under*. He shares a birthday with arguably the greatest pitcher to ever live, Sandy Koufax, 73, who went 27-9 with a 190 ERA+ in [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Barring Last-Second Appeal By Hank Steinbrenner, Rays Open Playoffs Today](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2906108664_6a4d637704_o.jpg)
Click on above images to be taken to full standings, boxscores or schedule… We wrote an ALDS preview for the fine folks over at The Hardball Times. As usual, we like to call these guest spots “Rays Index on amphetamines” as they tend to be a little longer than what [...]
![[DOUG EDDINGS] Umpires Refuse To Admit Mistake; Sound Even Dumber](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2797098190_a920de0db4.jpg)
Click on above image for a larger version… It has been close to 20 hours and we feel no better now than when AJ Pierzynski created a phantom interference call supported by Doug Eddings. OBSTRUCTION (from MLB official rules): Obstruction is the act of a fielder who, while not in [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Doug Eddings Made-Up Call In 10th Costs Rays Series Finale](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2796274498_e07b4b63d7_o.jpg)
PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AHEAD. We have our editors bound and gagged in their office, so some explicatives might not get deleted… THE BAD: Shawn Riggans. This is just one reason why if (and that is a big IF), the Rays make the playoffs, we feel Mike DiFelice should be [...]
