Marc Topkin

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  Will Rays New Reliever Be Bitter Towards Rays Media For His 2009 Suspension?

  January 4, 2012 at 9:58 am 4 comments

  Rodney was suspended in 2009 in part because of an email sent by a Rays beat writer.

   
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  Is Peter Gammons Planting B.J. Upton Rumors?

  July 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm 9 comments

  Interesting nugget of information from Marc Topkin prior to the Rays game Tuesday with the Red Sux. Speaking on the Rays Radio Network, Topkin, a Rays beat writer for the St. Petersburg Times, was asked about the rumors of embattled Rays centerfielder B.J. Upton being swapped to Seattle for southpaw [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Ill-Tempered Sea Bass, An Ill-Reasoned Tigers GM And The Help Wanted Sign In Durham

  September 9, 2009 at 7:12 am 11 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE TELLING: You know, We had one simple request. And that was to have relief pitchers with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently [...]

   

• MVP! MVP! MVP! Marc Topkin Once Again Stirs The Pot

  March 19, 2009 at 9:00 am 12 comments

  The local basbeall writers took a lot of heat when Jason Bartlett was voted the team MVP last season (we actually kinda supported the idea). And Marc Topkin took a lot of grief when he wrote Jason Bartlett’s name on his AL MVP ballot as the fifth most valuable American [...]

   
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  [TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA] Media Approval Ratings: Results

  August 27, 2008 at 1:15 pm 8 comments

  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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  [TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA] Media Approval Ratings: Marc Topkin

  August 8, 2008 at 12:39 pm 7 comments

  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 HANGOVER] Dirtbag Home Run In 13th Gets Rays Back On Winning Track

  May 20, 2008 at 9:33 am 3 comments

  THE GOOD: Evan Longoria. The kid was the man last night going 3-6, driving in 3, including 2 on a go-ahead home run in the top of the 13th. We may have seen a different side to the Dirtbag in that 13th inning at bat. With Carlos Pena on first [...]

   
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  [RAYS INDEX] Sweet Fancy Moses! Rays Index Turns Two Today

  April 3, 2008 at 10:56 am 8 comments

  Today Rays Index turns two years old, having somehow survived two complete revolutions around the Sun. And my, how things have changed in those two years. HERE is our first-ever post. It was a title we loved so much we brought it back on our One-Year Anniversary, which was actually [...]

   
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  [RAYS MEDIA] Why The Rays Columnists Suck: Marc Topkin

  February 26, 2008 at 1:14 pm 17 comments

  Two in two days? It just wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t honor Marc Topkin after his performance yesterday… Marc Topkin sucks because of THIS GOOGLE WEB SEARCH…THIS GOOGLE BLOG SEARCH…and THIS GOOGLE NEWS SEARCH. And he especially sucks for those “Barry Bonds Ringtone” ads that now litter this site. [...]

   
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  [BARRY BONDS] Marc Topkin Wants You To Believe That It Is Possible For Barry Bonds To Sign With The Rays

  February 25, 2008 at 11:36 am 12 comments

  We will throw a tiny little party during office-hours when Barry Bonds signs someplace, even if it is Japan. Because, when he does finally sign-on to play in 2008, we can stop bringing up the absolutely ludicrous possibility of Bonds playing for the Tampa Bay Rays. This morning Marc Topkin [...]