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• Cork Gaines Previews The Rays-Yankees Series On SNY.tv [VIDEO]

  June 5, 2012 at 2:51 pm 0 comments

  The folks over at SNY asked me to come on today and discuss the Rays who start at 3-game series against the Yankees tonight. Here’s the video…

   
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  Rays Index Turns Six Today

  April 3, 2012 at 11:09 am 3 comments

  On this date six years ago, a biology professor that was hiding from his students during office hours on opening day of the baseball season, started a blog. That Professor had little idea what he was doing as is clearly evident in his first-ever post, a post that included a [...]

   
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  Fortune Favors The Bald T-Shirts

  March 23, 2012 at 9:37 am 0 comments

  Last week, many of the Rays players, coaches, and staff shaved their heads in support of pediatric cancer research. And starting today, the same “Fortune Favors the Bald” t-shirts seen in the image below (click on image for a larger version) will go on sale at both Tropicana Field and [...]

   
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  Rays Index Turns Five Today

  April 3, 2011 at 9:00 am 4 comments

  On this date four years ago, a biology professor that was hiding from his students during office hours on opening day of the baseball season, started a blog. That Professor had little idea what he was doing as is clearly evident in his first-ever post, a post that included a [...]

   
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  Rays Index Turns Four

  April 3, 2010 at 3:00 pm 6 comments

  On this date four years ago, a biology professor that was hiding from his students during office hours on opening day of the baseball season, started a blog. That Professor had little idea what he was doing as is clearly evident in his first-ever post, a post that included a [...]

   
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  One Last Image From 2008

  February 26, 2009 at 12:00 pm 0 comments

  The Professor We just received this image from a reader…Yes, that is me in the Rays dugout prior to game 2 of the ALCS. And yes, I do owe the Rays a bag of seeds…Hard to believe that guy is a molder of young minds. The other funny thing about [...]

   
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  [THE PROFESSOR] Yes, We Will Be Appearing In The Season Premiere Of ‘Friday Night Lights’

  January 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm 17 comments

  The Tampa Bay Rays came a long way in one year, and now their fan base is everywhere. The above image is a screen capture from next week’s season premier of “Friday Night Lights” (here is a slightly larger version). That handsome fella on the right side of the screen [...]

   
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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: Boston Red Sox

  June 3, 2008 at 1:45 pm 0 comments

  We decided to mix things up a little bit today. We have been running our “Shower-Shoe Fungus” feature for a few weeks now, on the first day of every series. One problem with the series is we always have more content than we are willing to type out. You will [...]

   
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  [LIVE BLOGS] Rays Index PSA: Live Blogs Back By Popular Demand

  April 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm 2 comments

  Last week we presented the “Second Annual Rays Index Opening Day Live Blog-A-Balloo“. It was fun, raw, unadulterated, foul-mouthed, emotional, naked, drunken, bliss…No, really…we were naked the whole time… Originally the plan called for Opening Day to be the only guaranteed Live Blog-A-Ballo, with the option for others later in [...]

   
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  [THE PROFESSOR] Cork Gaines Has Joined The Staff At MLB Trade Rumors

  January 28, 2008 at 1:01 pm 3 comments

  Ricky Henderson would be so proud… Just wanted to take a moment and let you guys know that I have accepted an invitation to write a regular feature at MLB Trade Rumors. We have long been fans of Tim Dierkes’ site and have watched it grow into one of the [...]