Last week, Andy wandered into The Ray Area from The Sweet Spot and commented: For one, they could get creative and find some way to keep them all. It might not be the best baseball move but if they are intent on doing it they could. When I read it, those two old-timey cartoon guys  [ Read More ]

By Chris Glover *Is there any limit to the number of bad puns Moore’s name allows us to use? (The asterik is Chris’s.  I accept his question as a challenge for 2012. -Mark) Using a graphic that seems very much at home here at The Ray Area, Steve Slowinksi suggests that Matt Moore just got  [ Read More ]

See what I did there?  “Moore” to this deal?  I shoulda been in advertising.  If Sterling Cooper were real, and I was alive 50 years ago, I’d be kicking Paul Kinsey’s tail up-and-down the office with my zingers.  Right? I digress. I have been pondering Matt Moore’s 8-year deal for several days and there is  [ Read More ]

Dear Cardinals fans, I get you.  You’re in a dark place this morning and you just need everyone to shut up and let you think. Don’t listen to all the lunatics telling you that Albert Pujols is Lebron James.  He isn’t.  He didn’t engage in some ridiculous recruiting session nor did he lead on any  [ Read More ]

As the Winter Meetings kick off today, our brethren from South Florida own the baseball-world news cycle.  Just two days after giving $27MM over three years to All Star closer Heath Bell, they have reportedly signed All Star shortstop Jose Reyes to a six-year $106MM deal. That’s right, $133MM in talent to populate their brand-new  [ Read More ]