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And for the third time in less than a year, the Rays were no-hit. This wasn’t a perfect game, but this one might have been more painful as it came from the right arm of former Ray Edwin Jackson. Jackson walked 7, hit another batter and threw a whopping 149 pitches. A few notes on [...] Related posts:

1. Introducing The New And Improved Edwin Jackson
2. A Look At The Future: Yesterday On The Farm
3. The Hangover: Shawn Bleepin’ Camp

A wise man once said, “never f*** with a winning streak.” Ok, so the Rays winning streak is only one. But every great winning streak must start somewhere. And the end of the Rays recent three-game slide coincided with the debut of the striped stirrups. So it is great news (via Roger Mooney) to hear [...] Related posts:

1. Perfection Defined: The Rays In Striped Stirrups
2. The Hangover: DRays Bay Still Committed To Tampa Bay Rays Despite New Colors
3. STIRRUPS IN ’08

The image below is from The Trop and represents the bobbleheads of Evan Longoria and David Price that will be given out during upcoming games. Don’t worry, the mustache on King Davis is a prankster’s addition. But the gap-teeth on Dirtbag’s is not. Related posts:[EVAN LONGORIA] Dirtbag-O-Meter: Evan Longoria Will Begin Season In Minors [EVAN [...] Related posts:

1. [EVAN LONGORIA] Dirtbag-O-Meter: Evan Longoria Will Begin Season In Minors
2. [EVAN LONGORIA] New York Times Refuses To Utter Evan Longoria’s Nickname
3. [EVAN LONGORIA] Dirtbag-O-Meter: Evidence Suggests Decision Already Made To Send Longoria To Minors

Here is an interview with Rafael Soriano that took place before a recent game. The interview itself is not important (it’s in Spanish), but if you forward to about the 35-second mark you will see MFIKY almost crack a smile. Almost. We’re convinced the next time he does smile, it will be the first time. [...] Related posts:

1. Rafael Soriano: What To Like And Why We Are Still Worried
2. Bobby Ramos And Rafael Soriano Are Close…Maybe Too Close
3. Rays Acquire Soriano From Braves

Not much new here, and we are not sure who Mayor Bill Foster is speaking to, but it is interesting to hear Foster refer to St. Pete and Pinellas County as “partners,” and not Tampa. Related posts:St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster Expects Rays To Remain In Downtown St. Pete Until 2027 St. Pete Mayor: “No [...] Related posts:

1. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster Expects Rays To Remain In Downtown St. Pete Until 2027
2. St. Pete Mayor: “No sites outside of our geographic boundaries will be considered”
3. Sternberg Subtly Calls Tampa-St. Pete A Bad Baseball Market, Subtly Threatens To Move Rays Out Of Florida

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 5, PADRES 3 THE GOOD: Stirrup Power! If you didn’t get to see yesterday’s game and if you missed our post last night, please go now. And if there is [...] Related posts:

1. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Upton’s Shoulder, Shoppach’s Return And Bob Davidson Channeling His Inner-Billy Crystal
2. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss No Suspensions For CC Or JoeMa, Bossman’s Night Off And Strong Starts
3. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Rodriguez Finally A Ray, Joyce’s (Lack Of) Splits And JoeMa Taking One For All Teams

We’ll get to the Rays win in the morning as usual, but this couldn’t wait… Several members of the Tampa Bay Rays wore stirrups today. This is not the first time, as several Rays have worn stirrups with the powder blue alts this season. But today they took it a step further. Behold perfection, in [...] Related posts:

1. STIRRUPS IN ’08
2. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Near Perfection For Garza, A Career Night For Hernandez And MVP Chants For Dirtbag
3. Irony Defined: Al Roker In A Rays Cap

Marc Topkin is reporting that Dioner Navarro has been demoted to triple-A Durham and Matt Joyce has been promoted to take his place. Earlier today, Carl Crawford left the game with “shoulder soreness.” At this point it is unclear if CC will need to go on the DL, but the Rays felt they needed an [...] Related posts:

1. Dioner Navarro Has Lost His Job; Will Likely Be Demoted
2. Upton’s Back, Joyce Is Demoted And…Gross To The Bench?
3. Navarro Suspended 2 Games; Lobaton Called Up

St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster wrote a letter to Stuart Sternberg in response to Sternberg’s recent call for a regional solution to a new Rays stadium. The highlights: “I do agree that the Rays are a “regional asset”, and will work tirelessly with the political and business leaders of Tampa Bay in support of this [...] Related posts:

1. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster Expects Rays To Remain In Downtown St. Pete Until 2027
2. Sternberg: Baseball Will Not Work Longterm In Downtown St. Pete
3. [NEW STADIUM] Mayor’s Support For New Stadium May Hinge On Name Change To ‘St. Pete Rays’

Much has been made of our “proposal” yesterday in which we suggested the only regional answer for a new Rays stadium would be for Tampa and St. Pete to literally share the Rays. We never said it was the best idea, or even a good idea. We simply believe it to be the only way [...] Related posts:

1. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Humor Of A New Rays Stadium
2. Tampa Tribune Desperate For Rays Stadium Stories, Now Reprinting Old Articles
3. [WATERFRONT STADIUM] Bud Selig Promises St. Pete An All-Star Game If New Stadium Is Approved

This is a repost from February, but we believe that it remains the only “regional” solution for a new Rays stadium. Let’s face it, if the Rays move across the bay, they will become “Tampa’s team” and St. Pete will be left out in the cold… A Proposal: Rays Should Call Both Tampa And St. [...] Related posts:

1. A Proposal: Rays Should Call Both Tampa And St. Pete ‘Home’
2. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster Expects Rays To Remain In Downtown St. Pete Until 2027
3. Getting Out Of The Trop Lease Might Be Easy For The Rays…Or Not

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: Andy Sonnanstine. The Duke has tossed 8 scoreless innings in his last 3 appearances and has retired 14 in a row helping to save the bullpen from some poor [...] Related posts:

1. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Big Start For Hellboy, Pushing The Pitchers And CC Is Upset
2. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Joyce’s New Fire, Pat’s New Bat And CC’s New All-Star Role
3. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Aki’s Last Day In Pittsburgh, Cold Bats And Rodriguez’ Numbers

Scott Kelby is the editor-in-chief of Layers Magazine. He recently wrote about his experience getting credentialed and shooting a sporting event. The subject of his work? A recent Tampa Bay Rays game at the Trop (thanks Ro). [Scott Kelby's Photoshop Insider] Related posts:[SOX ON LIFE-SUPPORT] Boston Writer Summons Ghost Of Carlton Fisk, Renders Death Inevitable [...] Related posts:

1. [SOX ON LIFE-SUPPORT] Boston Writer Summons Ghost Of Carlton Fisk, Renders Death Inevitable For Red Sox
2. The Thunderdo…Err, We Mean The Tropicana…Err, We Mean The Trop…No, The Pit
3. The Thunderdo…Err, We Mean The Tropicana…Err, We Mean The Trop…No, The Pit

Tim Beckham’s numbers aren’t there yet, but in this Adam Berry piece, Mitch Lukevics (Director of Minor League Operations) says that it is not due to a lack of effort. He also still sounds confident that Beckham will mature into big leaguer… Lukevics pointed to a lengthy list of good things about the shortstop, especially [...] Related posts:

1. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Tim Beckham
2. Down On The Farm: Jake McGee Continues To Progress
3. [2008 RULE 4 DRAFT] Rays To Pick Beckham After Posey Makes $12MM Demand

Stuart Sternberg spoke up. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster got pissed. Then Sternberg did something we did not see coming. He basically called Tampa-St. Pete a crappy baseball market… “If I were just coming into this, and you dropped me in the middle of the United States, this isn’t going to be one of the [...] Related posts:

1. Sternberg: Baseball Will Not Work Longterm In Downtown St. Pete
2. [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Tampa As A Baseball Market, What Stu Wants And Upton Versus McCutchen
3. Sternberg Will Sell Team If Tampa And St. Pete Can’t Get Along

Stuart Sternberg’s comments yesterday were firm, but they weren’t unexpected. Since then he has ramped up the rhetoric, even threatening to sell if Tampa and St. Pete can’t work together… “If I don’t get the sense there’s real cooperation, I’d sell the team,” Sternberg said this afternoon at a Tampa Tribune editorial board meeting. Now [...] Related posts:

1. Sternberg Recognized As One Of Best In Baseball
2. Sternberg: Baseball Will Not Work Longterm In Downtown St. Pete
3. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster Expects Rays To Remain In Downtown St. Pete Until 2027

Stuart Sternberg says the Tampa Bay Rays will not survive in downtown St. Pete. St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster says “tough shit” (we’re paraphrasing)… St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster said he fully expects the Rays to honor their contract and remain playing in downtown St. Petersburg until 2027. “Like it or not, we are married [...] Related posts:

1. Sternberg: Baseball Will Not Work Longterm In Downtown St. Pete
2. [NEW STADIUM] Mayor’s Support For New Stadium May Hinge On Name Change To ‘St. Pete Rays’
3. A Proposal: Rays Should Call Both Tampa And St. Pete ‘Home’

Here is footage of Stuart Sternberg’s statement from yesterday… THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… We will have much more on Sternberg’s comments later this morning. The Tampa Tribune has responses from local officials to Stuart Sternberg’s stadium demands…Tampa officials sound both optimistic and very cautious. [Tampa Tribune] Carl Crawford was named the AL player of the [...] Related posts:

1. Tampa Tribune Desperate For Rays Stadium Stories, Now Reprinting Old Articles
2. [NEW STADIUM] Tampa Bay Rays Encounter First Roadblock In Pursuit Of New Stadium
3. [TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA] Media Approval Ratings: Dewayne Staats

Stuart Sternberg read his anticipated statement and said nothing most of us didn’t already know. Some of the highlights… “The Rays will  not be playing in the Tropicana Field when our current lease expires in 2027.” “It’s not just about winning, ticket prices, and it’s certainly not about lack of interest in the Rays.” All locations [...] Related posts:

1. Sternberg Recognized As One Of Best In Baseball
2. [SCOTT KAZMIR] Sternberg Hints That Rays Are Currently Negotiating Long-Term Deal With Scott Kazmir
3. [NEW STADIUM] Mayor’s Support For New Stadium May Hinge On Name Change To ‘St. Pete Rays’

Here is a clip of the Rays second-round pick Derek Dietrich from the Hudson Valley Renegades’ Media Day session… Related posts:Carl Crawford With Derek Shelton (Video) MLB Draft: Day 2 [RULE 5 DRAFT] Rule 5 Draft: Eddie Morlan Out, Derek Rodriguez In © The Professor for Rays Index, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | [...] Related posts:

1. Carl Crawford With Derek Shelton (Video)
2. MLB Draft: Day 2
3. [RULE 5 DRAFT] Rule 5 Draft: Eddie Morlan Out, Derek Rodriguez In