Right around World Series time every year, everyone starts speculating who Major League Baseball would prefer make the World Series and who they prefer would not make the World Series. Generally, that evaluation has to do with the size of each prospective participant’s TV market. That debate always intrigues me because, the NFL never seems  [ Read More ]

Two or three nights ago Chris St. John (@stealofhome) asked every prospect evaluator on Twitter to compare Tim Lincecum and Matt Moore.  I am pretty sure he was asking because he was making a roster move in a fantasy keeper league but the question caught my attention anyway and, best I could tell, didn’t get  [ Read More ]

Ugh. I have written extensively in this space about the stupidity of the unbalanced schedule.  But, I’d be dishonest if I didn’t say that the unbalanced schedule has at least one positive side-effect: fewer west coast trips. I hate when the club is out west for two reasons.  They play awful and I fall asleep  [ Read More ]

As every media outlet in the country relives past trade-deadline deals and speculates about current trade-deadline opportunities, one idea popped out to me that no one seems to be exploring. Everyone agrees that the Rays did well when they flipped Aubrey Huff’s rotting carcass for Mitch Talbot and Ben Zobrist at the deadline in 2006.   [ Read More ]

[As the Rays skid into the trade deadline, and every move carries overtones - and Twitter explosions - of a trade, Chris Glover takes a look at James Shields future in Tampa Bay.] By Chris Glover We know him as ‘Big Game’, ‘Juego G’ or (lately) ‘Complete Game’. We know all about his intensity on  [ Read More ]

Last night’s in-game chat with the crew from It Is About the Money, Stupid inevitably circled around to whether the Rays would trade B.J. Upton and James Shields before the deadline. For the record, I think they’ll deal Upton but not deal Shields.  Both are at the peak of their trade value but, I think  [ Read More ]

Here’s the link to the chat. Come on over! Tonight is the night. (For those of you that like us on Facebook, you may have received some bad information yesterday.  Sorry about that).  Tonight is Rays-Yankees and we are chatting live with the boys from It’s ABout the Money Stupid. Chris and I will all  [ Read More ]

Yesterday afternoon, loyal reader/commenter/disciple Merrill made an astute observation in the comment section of my post about the front office’s new front in the ballpark war: Being a fan sucks Normally, I try to respond to your comments as they come in.  You get my knee-jerk, off-the-cuff response because the number of comments this site  [ Read More ]

My little brain was working on an idea for a nice little post about the look into the future we have gotten over the last two days.  We got to see Chirinos and McGee and Torres and Cobb and imagine what 2012 and beyond might look like. Then I picked up my morning paper and  [ Read More ]

That is the text message I got from friend and Yankee fan Ian Power last night around 11:30.  Ouch indeed. That loss stings but, I am not as upset about it (or the loss earlier yesterday morning) as I expected I’d be.  I think that is because I have not bought into the “make-or-break stretch”  [ Read More ]