There may be no more team-first player in professional sports than Jonny Gomes. In that made-up dictionary people often cite (you know, the one with the pictures), next to “Team Player” is a picture of Gomes. But the Boston media, in a way only they can do, have planted the [...]
As the winter meetings crank up, here are a few odds and ends… Marc Topkin reports that the Rays have had “some good discussions” about re-signing Kyle Farnsworth. [TampaBay.com] There has been some discussion of a trade with the Nationals for Danny Espinosa and Michael Morse with the Rays giving [...]
On the one hand, it is nice to see Jonny Gomes finally cash-in and sign a 2-year, $10 million. It just would have been nicer if it wasn’t with the Red Sox. [NESN]
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It’s clear that Gary Sheffield blames the Rays for his career ending earlier than he would have liked. And that bitterness shines through in an interview with Sports On Earth, in which Sheffield talks about his post-playing career as an agent… Other Tampa natives, like Tino Martinez and Fred McGriff, [...]
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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. A’s 4, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Carlos Pena. Pena had 2 hits (should have been 3) and a walk, including his 5th home run of [...]
Here is our old friend Jonny Gomes arriving in Japan with his Oakland A’s teammates and sporting a mohawk (via MLB.com)…
Joe was simply galled at the play of the Rays tonight. First, there was Dirtbag playing like he had his head in a trendy Fourth Street hotspot filled with nubile, scantily clad young lasses and not a baseball game at the Fruitdome. But Longo was hardly alone. Still with the game [...]
Where did the rest of Jonny Gomes go?
The Princeton Rays have a great gallery of former players. Below are a few of those pictures. You can find the rest of the images on their Facebook page. [Princeton Rays Facebook]
The image at right is from the celebration in the Cincinnati locker room after the Reds clinched the NL Central division title. That is Jonny Gomes rocking the personalized Reds bathrobe while smoking a cigar and drinking a Bud Light. Jamie Ramsey of Better off Red recently interviewed Jonny, and [...]
