If the first three hapless efforts in the Bronx had lulled me into a baseball-induced coma, last night’s effort was electro-shock therapy.  I’m back baby.  (Anyone notice Desmond Jennings shout “CLEAR” right before his at-bat in the top of the first?).  I was all set to sit down and write about Matt Moore.  There isn’t  [ Read More ]

It’s been a while since I posted in the Blow-It.Com section.  But I noticed two things this week worthy of induction into the exclusive Blow-It.Com club. 1) The St. Pete Times (I don’t know who is behind this, the writer or the editor, so we’ll just throw the whole publication into the blow-it.com arena): In  [ Read More ]

Joe Smith and the St. Pete Times ran a lazy story about Rays’ first-round pick Taylor Guerrieri today that basically concluded that Guerrieri [side note, this kid needs a nickname fast, I have only typed his last name twice and I am already worn out from all the Rs, Is, and Es] fell to the  [ Read More ]

Dummy McDumberson (alternate nicknames I rejected “Moron McMoron,” “Hanky McMouthpiece,” “Hairdo McJackA–,” and “YESsy McSteinbrenner”) over at Forbes is back on the internet trolling for controversy.  While I resisted his first pass, I cannot hold my tongue any longer. Here is his latest moronic take on the Rays. WHAT?!?!? The Rays cut back advertising on  [ Read More ]

Yesterday, the “C” word was in the news because some lazy writer at Forbes regurgitated some lazy rumor about the Rays. There  is a lot of good analysis on the web explaining all the reasons the Rays are not going to get contracted.  If you like, I will link to it. I just refuse to  [ Read More ]

Sweet Spot economics expert Larry (from IIATMS) shot me a quick email this afternoon passing along Forbes Magazine’s recently released team valuations for Major League Baseball.  Larry has written extensively about the Rays and the economic conditions MLB has created that limit the Rays’ ability to succeed.  Go read his stuff at IIATMS, it’s awesome.  [ Read More ]

My pre-coffee brain had a small freak-out session this morning while I was reading my morning newspaper.  First, I saw a story about The Tampa Big Lebowski Festival and then a story about Contraction in Major League Baseball.  Any reasonably-sleep-deprived brain would understand those occurrences to mean that my house had somehow been sucked back  [ Read More ]

The Blow-It.com fraternity gets a little more prestigious this morning with the addition of Hall of Famer Tracy Ringolsby. Ringolsby spent tens of minutes researching and writing this piece for Fox Sports. His two most-entertaining arguments: 1.   “The franchise has drawn 2 million only once — the inaugural season of 1998.” No one showed up  [ Read More ]

John Romano has the latest doomsday [ok, I agree that adjective was too strong so I dropped it.  Ain't the internet grand?] off-season scenario in today’s St. Pete Times.  He writes: Which is precisely how they will proceed going into next week’s winter meetings in Orlando. They will look for the perfect deal. They will  [ Read More ]

Peter Golenbock is an important author.  Just ask him and he will tell you just how important he is. (I once shared a pre-game meal with Mr. Golenbock in media dining.  The next day, when I said hello to him, he said “oh, you probably recognize me from ESPN Classic.”  Seriously.  I just ate with  [ Read More ]