The Tampa Bay Rays walked onto the dusky field at Charlotte Sports Park for the last time of the spring Wednesday evening, and walked away with their fourth tie of the Grapefruit League season, this time matching the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 4-4.
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Hot-Stove: Rays Sign Four Players to Minor League Contracts, Extend Invites to Spring Training
MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Rays have signed four players to minor league deals; outfielder Shelley Duncan and right-handed pitchers Jamey Wright, Juan Sandoval, and Juan Carlos Oviedo. All four have been extended invites to Spring Training. Shelley Duncan posted a .229 BA/.306 OBP/.427 SLG/.732 OPS slash line over the course of six seasons …
Hot-Stove: Tampa Bay close to a deal with SS Yunel Escobar (Updated)
Update: Rays beat writer Marc Topkin tweeted that the Rays have acquired former Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar late last night. Topkin also confirmed what we speculated, “With Escobar as the every day SS, the Rays will restore Zobrist to the multi-position role, playing OF, 2B and some SS.” We’ll have more on this acquisition …
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Whaaaaaaa…A Caption Contest
Alright kids, have at it! Leave your comments below! Also, enjoy our lil tweet conversation with Bob Costas. Costas tweet following the Price/A-Rod 11 pitch battle: “The booing A-Rod’s hearing is not knowledgeable booing. That was a heck of a battle & Price just happened to win it.” Our tweeted response to good old Bob: Naw, …
Jingle jingle
rrrr…rrrr.rrrr..rrrr………………..rrrr.rr…rrrrr..rrrrr…VROOM…sputter..sputter……rrrrr…rrrr..r.rr….rrrr…VROOOM..BANG..Sputter…sputter…..rrrrr..rrrr..VROOOM.VROOM..VROOOM…..And away we go! Well, I went back and re-read my last post. Apparently I said something about being around during the offseason. Apparently that was a lie. Anyway, baseball’s back and so are we. Nothing quite as invigorating as waking up from a long cold season of football and basketball (zzzzzzzzz….) to the fresh …