Jon Heyman has this nugget buried at the bottom of his most recent column… The Rays are looking or a DH and seem to like Vladimir Guerrero best, followed by Manny Ramirez. This is interesting because Manny is represented by Scott Boras and it is well-known that Heyman is Boras’ [...]
Craig Calcaterra translates a Tweet from Enrique Rojas about Manny Ramirez… “In the previous days, 2 people in Manny’s inner circle have mentioned that Rays have shown some interest in him. This could be completely unfounded, but it is an interesting possibility.” Yes, please. But let’s temper our excitement for [...]
The Rays today announced they signed Brad Hawpe to a minor league deal. The 2009 All-Star with the Rockies will report to single-A Charlotte for a few days until rosters expand on Sept. 1. Technically, a player must be on the 25-man roster on August 31 in order to be [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Dub’s Return, Dirtbag’s Best And JoeMa With Something To Prove](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/357100815672_Orioles_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Wade Davis. You worry about a pitcher being rusty in their first start off the DL, especially if there was no rehab stint. Davis [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Garza’s Dominance, Zobrist’s Struggles And Manny Ramirez’ Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AQA10082115_Rays_at_Athletics-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Matt Garza continues to roll, holding the A’s to 1 run in 7.2 innings. It was the the 5th time in his last 8 [...]
Peter Gammons weighs in on the possibility of the Dodgers placing Manny Ramirez on waivers and how the Red Sox might react to the possibility of the Rays putting in a claim… …if [Ramirez] gets back on the active roster and they put him on waivers, do the Red Sox [...]
![[CARLOS PENA] The Curious Case Of Carlos Pena’s Lucky Wristband](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/3045520405_abf9bd5611_o.jpg)
Earlier today we linked to a video of several Rays receiving their Mohawks during the World Series from a stylist named LMontro. While looking around LMontro’s website, we came across another Rays-related item. On Montro99′s website is this photo of Carlos Pena wearing a “Montro 99″ wristband. According to this [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Tampa Bay And Philidelphia, Again](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2961597859_901ea146b3_o.jpg)
Just the links this morning. We should have more later. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Just in case you missed all the links in our “Happy Hour” edition yesterday afternoon, here is the link. [Rays Index] Joe Maddon still hasn’t announced the rotation for the World Series, but look for Scott Kazmir [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Rays Drop Second Straight; Magic Number For Wild Card Now 26](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2802376029_2233f1cbdf_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: After all that has happened in the past 3 days the Rays still lead the Red Sox by 4 games in the loss column with the hapless O’s coming to town next and the Red Sox still have 2 more games in Yankee Stadium and then have to [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Rays Pay Price For Playing Game The Right Way](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/2555391523_8fcfa861e4_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: Playing the game the right way. The Rays did everything right in the last two games. Coocoo Crisp did everything wrong. If Crisp walks to first base the situation is over. THE BAD: Giving Coocoo Crisp an opportunity to win the game by getting James Shields ejected in [...]
