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Sox/Rays fight..

Did anyone else predict a brawl in last nights game after what occurred on Wednesday. Crisp had to know that he was going to get thrown at after what he did the night before. This brought back...

2007-04-06 Toronto Blue Jays (Chacin) at Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Shields)

Chacin was ready to pitch yesterday, this may have thrown him off, however, he traditionally gets remarkable run support, and isn't great, but is good at being as good as he needs to be. I am...

Rays Give Six-Game Veteran $17.5M

Earlier we wondered if the Dodgers should be pursuing the mid-market team strategy of buying out the arbitration years of budding stars, a trend that has become so popular that the market for...

The Yankee Fans/Discrimination Victims Respond?

A woman claiming to be “Donna,” half of the Fort Richey, Florida couple that has been telling The St. Petersburg Times they are “hate crime” victims, sent me a message through...

Chalk Denies Involvement In Tampa Area Anti-Yankee “Hate Crime,” Declares Shenanigans

If you caught the links to Thursday’s St. Petersburg Times on The Sporting Orange or With Leather, I know what you’re thinking. But it wasn’t me. No, I did not steal the Yankees...

The BJ Mixtapes - Volume 43

SIDE ONE: BOSTON MASSACRE Sure the Jays salvaged the third and final game of the series and none of the games ended up looking like lopsided victories, but let’s not kid ourselves Blue Jays...

Rays Rout O’s; Pena Extends His Record And Breaks Another

With two outs in the fourth inning, El Gato Del Crimen Carlos Pena hit his second grand slam of the year. It gave our Rays a 13-0 lead on the visiting Baltimore Orioles. The 17-2 final score in the...

Yes way, Jose! Carlos Pena Moves Past Canseco, Becomes Tampa’s All-Time Home Run King

Jose Canseco set the Devil Rays single-season franchise mark for home runs in 1999. Aubrey Huff equaled the feat in 2003. But now there is only one man who stands alone atop the pinnacle of Tampa...

Labored Days

Melvin Mora’s pouting. Miguel Tejada and Kevin Millar are making embarrassing and costly baserunning mistakes. Erik Bedard is hurt. Jay Payton can’t be bothered to run down fly balls. And...

Cubs games just got longer

The Orioles dealt starter Steve Trachsel to the Cubs today for a couple minor leaguers — decent slugging third baseman Scott Moore and a guy named Rocky Cherry, who is a) an ice cream b) a...

How ‘Bout That $42 Million Bullpen?

Our Yankees man Jon Methven wouldn’t dare talk smack about our Rays between now and Friday, would he? More on why he wouldn’t in a bit. First how ’bout those O’s, hon? This...

A ghastly experiment

A wise baseball man once told me, “Son, you can’t give up 11-run innings and expect to win.”Six days after they gave up 30 runs in the last six innings of a game against Texas,...