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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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  [ROCCO BALDELLI] Separated At Birth?

  February 26, 2008 at 11:59 am 7 comments

  Rays’ Rocco Baldelli……..actor Ethan Embry Likes(0)Dislikes(0)

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Signing Barry Bonds Would Go Against Everything The Rays Have Done In Past Two Years

  February 26, 2008 at 9:15 am 0 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (34 days until Opening Day) For those that do not follow the comments sections, let us clarify our point on Barry Bonds. There are reasons to sign Bonds and there are reasons not to sign Bonds. We understand both sides of the argument. In fact, we believe […]

   
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  [MEDIA COVERAGE] 10 Questions We Wish The Media Would Ask The Rays

  February 25, 2008 at 3:58 pm 7 comments

  Journalists are afraid to ask a “yes or no” question. This is not meant as a knock on the media. They are trained to only ever ask open-ended questions (questions that require more than a one-word answer), as it is difficult to generate quotes for a story if all the […]

   
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  [PAPA JOE MADDON] Joe Maddon Keeps Promising To Tighten The Leash On His Players

  February 25, 2008 at 3:29 pm 2 comments

  Marc Topkin of the St. Pete Times recently wrote a piece entitled “Maddon shortens his leash” discussing how Joe Maddon would hold players more accountable in 2008. Accountability is already manager Joe Maddon’s favorite word of the spring…And it’s going to become more prevalent, and more apparent, Maddon says, in […]

   
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  [RAYS MEDIA] Why The Rays Columnists Suck: David Whitley

  February 25, 2008 at 1:41 pm 1 comment

  Not really a Rays columnist, but we haven’t done one of these in a while so let’s fire up the burner… David Whitley writes for the Orlando Sentinel. Apparently Mr. Whitley’s idea of journalism is to send emails to The Church of Satan, asking Satan himself how he feels about […]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Tampa Bay Rays Confidence Survey

  February 25, 2008 at 12:28 pm 0 comments

  Last week’s Rays Confidence Graph results. Below you will see two polls that ask about your confidence in the Tampa Bay Rays. Please take a moment to answer each question. We will present these same polls every Monday. The results will be presented in graphical form on Wednesday, and will […]

   
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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 […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays May Keep Evan Longoria In Minors To See Him Struggle

  February 25, 2008 at 9:40 am 0 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (35 days until Opening Day) Over the weekend, Marc Topkin of the St. Pete Times explored the Evan Longoria situation and asked whether he is ready for to be on the Rays opening day roster. “I worked hard in the offseason, and I really do feel I […]

   
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  [MADDON DEATH WATCH] Let’s Fire Up The Maddon Death Watch

  February 24, 2008 at 2:45 pm 12 comments

  The Tampa Bay Rays may be able to keep somebody from firing up FireJoeMaddon.com but they can’t stop me from tracking Joe Maddon’s chances of being the Rays manager in 2009. Last year the Tampa Bay Rays picked up Joe Maddon’s two-year option. In reality it was a one-year deal […]