**SPOILER ALERT** Multiple sites are reporting that Shannon Magrane, the daughter of former Rays television analyst’ Joe Magrane, will be one of the 24 finalists on “American Idol.” If you missed it, here is a link to a video of her initial audition for Idol. And below is video of [...]
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DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Despite earlier reports that Trever Miller had signed with the Cardinals, the deal is not yet finalized but is expected to get done eventually. [MLB Trade Rumors] U.S.S. Mariner takes a look at some of the better players left available for the Rule 5 draft including Eddie [...]
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DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Joe Magrane is leaving the Rays TV booth and will join the new MLB Network. [The Heater] The Rays have raised ticket prices for the 2009 season. [St. Pete Times] Bobby Fenton of 1010 Sports pointed out that all the changes to ticket and parking prices (ie. [...]
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THE GOOD: Jason Bartlett’s first home run with the Rays. We honestly wondered if he would ever hit an over-the-fence home run with the Rays. We have seen players with “warning track power” and Jason doesn’t even have that. And we wonder if Bartlett actually enjoyed getting plunked his next [...]
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We still have several of these to go through, but thought we would show how the various Rays media members are faring so far… In general, Rays fans are happy with the on-air media with all scoring above 90%. As for the print media, the fans are more supportive of [...]
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C’mon, you guys knew this was coming eventually…There is a general sense amongst some of our readers that all we do is bash the Rays media coverage. The truth is we actually admire most of the working media and respect most of their work. We just get a sense that [...]
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THE GOOD: Getting on base in the bottom of the 7th inning. The inning started with 2 walks and a hit-by-pitch. Another HBP with Aki Iwamura at the plate drove in a run. That was followed by Carl Crawford’s second career grand slam, making it 6-3 and effectively killing the [...]
Team USA 3, Peo Saguaros 0.Evan Longoria was 0-3 and is now hitting .308 in the Arizona Fall League. Justin Ruggiano did not play. On Wednesday, Longoria went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in Team USA’s 5-3 win over Surprise. Ruggiano went 1-4 with a triple and [...]
Team USA 3, Peo Saguaros 0.Evan Longoria was 0-3 and is now hitting .308 in the Arizona Fall League. Justin Ruggiano did not play. On Wednesday, Longoria went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored in Team USA’s 5-3 win over Surprise. Ruggiano went 1-4 with a triple and [...]
