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Last news: December 31, 1969 19:00:00

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Last news: December 31, 1969 19:00:00

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: Creating Runs. JoeMa had to like what he saw from Sean Rodriguez in the first inning when he singled, stole second to get into scoring position, then score on Evan [...] - [Read more]

Last night it was announced that Hank Blalock agreed to a one-year deal with the Rays for $925K with up to $350K in bonuses based on plate appearances. There is an opt-out clause in the contract that would allow Blalock to become a free agent if he is not on the 25-man roster on April [...] - [Read more]

The Rays have a nice problem in Jeremy Hellickson. His is one of the top prospects in baseball and already has dominated triple-A batters striking out 70 and walking just 15 in 57.1 innings last year. But with all five of the starting pitchers returning from last year, there is no immediate need for Hellboy [...] - [Read more]

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: Clutch Hitting. Fernando Perez drove in the winning run with a single in the 10th. It was the Rays 3rd walk-off win and 4th win in their final at bat. [...] - [Read more]

Over the weekend, two Rays fans on Twitter (@striderblack and @pdriscoll811) brought to our attention this image… Kind looks like a cheap Tampa Bay Rays knock-off cap, right? There is only one problem with that theory: That image is from 2000, seven years before the Rays switched from green to blue caps. The image is a screen [...] - [Read more]

With the Rays facing the Phillies yesterday, it was to be expected that the Philadelphia media would catch up with one of the heroes from the 2008 WFC* Phillies squad. And while Pat Burrell chose his words somewhat carefully, it sure sounds like playing for the Rays bores the crap out of him. First it is [...] - [Read more]

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: Kelly Shoppach. Shoppach is showing the one thing Dioner Navarro can’t do even in a good year, hit home runs. Shoppach went deep for the second straight game…Jake McGee. McGee [...] - [Read more]

Marc Topkin has a story on Sean Rodriguez and his dad Johnny Rodriguez. The elder Rodriguez is a manager in the Cardinals’ system. And while many dads hope their sons grow up to be big leaguers, Johnny took it to a new extreme with Sean. Sure, he put in so much time working with his son [...] - [Read more]

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: Kelly Shoppach. Shoppach showed some of his power with his first home run in a Rays uniform…Dale Thayer. Thayer showed that he can work more than one inning by allowing [...] - [Read more]

If this is common knowledge, we apologize, but this is new to us. Jon Weber has played 11 seasons for six different organizations and has never played in a big league game. And yet, Weber’s glove is in the baseball Hall of Fame. How did that happen? The story comes to us via Rich Herrera during the [...] - [Read more]

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: Sean Rodriguez. 3 games, 3 home runs. And for the third straight day, his HR might not have happened without the wind, just clearing the center field fence with the [...] - [Read more]

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: Sean Rodriguez. Rodriguez hit his second home run in 2 games. Again the wind was blowing out, and there is some dispute about whether the balls would have left the [...] - [Read more]

Since it was announced that Rocco Baldelli has returned to the Rays, there has been some discussion on Twitter about what number Rocco would* wear if he were to suit up with the Rays this season. You see, Rocco’s customary #5 is unavailable. That now belongs to Pat Burrell. Thomas Gemkow of Tampa Bay Rays Fan [...] - [Read more]

In 2008, Pat Burrell was inducted into a Hall of Fame and it had absolutely nothing to do with his major league career or that night he spent in Channelside. Nope. It was the University of Miami inducting The Bat into their Sports Hall of Fame. The Fightins has the videos. [The Fightins] © The Professor [...] - [Read more]

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: To Hell With Winter: Baseball is baaaacccckkkk!…Sean Rodriguez. In his first plate appearance with the Rays, Rodriguez hit a home run. Of course the wind was blowing out about 200mph, [...] - [Read more]

The Rays open the spring season today with a game against the Orioles… The Professor: Baby Prof? I need to see you right away. It’s important. Baby Prof: [Crawling over to the couch] Wass goin on? The Professor: [sighs] We got 35 big weeks ahead of us. It’s baseball season, kid! Baby Prof: You sanbaggin’ son of a poop [...] - [Read more]

Andrew Friedman announced this morning that Rocco Baldelli has been hired by the Rays to serve as a “special assistant” and will work primarily with minor leaguers. Baldelii will be a special assistant, working with young players. Said he is “not ready to retire” and has a shoulder issue, but has no set plans to return [...] - [Read more]

A couple of days ago, the Yankees designated relief pitcher Edwar Ramirez for assignment. This led to the following speculation from Dave Cameron (via Twitter)… Be interesting to see which SABR friendly team makes a move for recently DFA’d Edwar Ramirez. I’m betting on Tampa Bay. Ramirez is what some would call the classic four-A pitcher. He [...] - [Read more]

Earlier this winter it was announced that Carl Crawford won the 2009 Fielding Bible Award as baseball’s best defensive left fielder for the third time in four years. This is John Dewan’s summation of Crawford’s award from The Bill James Handbook… He’s baaack! Again. Crawford wins his third award. The only year of our four that [...] - [Read more]

We rarely get to see James Shields’ afro in all its glory. The Abe Lincoln scruff is a nice touch. The End. P.S. Title is a shout-out to these guys. © The Professor for Rays Index, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: - [Read more]