Odds and Ends Following A Rainy Monday

Any meteorologist around these parts would assure you that this is the dry season in Florida. Yet Tampa Bays’ finest were met with a steady curtain of precipitation in what could/should be called a wasted a trip to Ft. Myers, Monday. After another Grapefruit League rainout — the second of the spring, I’m sure the Rays would need more than the assurances of Joe/Jane Meteorologist of the “Dry Season Hypothesis.” Since there wasn’t any game action to recap, I’ll take this opportunity to sum up some odds and ends.

On PED’s: A Childhood Stained or Whatever

Today, the MLB announced that one the Tampa Bay Rays’ top prospects, Alex Colome, was suspended for PED. use. This is following the whole Biogenesis stuff from last season, which followed, well, countless other times where you find out the players you grew up idolizing cheated their way to baseball history. As a lifelong baseball fan, it’s disappointing.