Dirk Hayhurst, a former Rays minor league pitcher, made some waves last week when he accused Clay Buchholz of using an illegal substance while pitching against the Blue Jays. Hayhurst, a Blue Jays announcer who is also writing a book about his time in the Rays organization, stuck by his [...]
Welcome to seventh grade, folks. I am not even sure where to begin. In fact, I probably shouldn’t begin at all. But when a person of some importance unleashes a personal attack on me, I should at least take a moment to explain my side of the story for the [...]
[UPDATE] Hayhurst has responded to this post. You can see his comments at the end. Looking through some more excerpts from Dirk Hayhurst’s upcoming book about his time in the Rays organization, we get an interesting, if not very flattering look at Joe Maddon. We also are starting to get [...]
Former Rays minor leaguer pitcher Dirk Hayhurst, who is also a best-selling author, is currently writing a book about his one season in the Rays’ organization. And while he is still working on the book, he is posting rough draft out-takes on his blog, DirkHayhurst.com. The fourth excerpt to make [...]
Dirk Hayhurst Takes A None-Too-Subtle Jab At Manny Ramirez
Our correspondent Jordi Scrubbings is back with his latest installment…
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The One Where We Discuss Hitting Them Where They Are, September Call-ups, And The End Of Garfoosian Era
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The One Where We Discuss More Flash, A Quiet Zorilla, And Another Bullpen Implosion
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 [...]
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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: Bow To BJ. Our number 5 jersey has been retired for a no. 2, and Bossman responds with 2 [...]
