Screen shot of a tweet by Tom Morello. Every time I look at Nolan Ryan, he looks as though he ages 10 years. But yeah, I can see the resemblance...

In not so humorous news, former director of baseball operations for the Rays, Dan Feinstein, has left the Rays organization to join the Oakland Athletics, where he will be director of professional scouting and baseball development. Feinstein would have been the next in line for the general manager role if Rays executive vice president Andrew Friedman were to go elsewhere. Feinstein has been Friedman’s right hand man for the last six seasons, and because of this move, a lot of speculation has been made as to whether Friedman will take the role of team president for the Los Angeles Angels. The Los Angeles Times reported today that the odds of Friedman being lured away are “slim”. Be still my pitter-pattering heart…

Former Rays special assistant, Dave Eiland, has taken the position of pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. After spending one season as Rays special assistant, Eiland made his intentions known, that he’d again like to be a pitching coach toward the end of the 2011 season. The St. Petersburg Times reported Eiland as saying, “I’m very happy; it’s what I do, I wouldn’t have left Tampa Bay for any pitching coach job. It had to be the right fit, and Kansas City felt like a very good fit.”

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