Yesterday, Steve Slowinski wrote a good piece at DRaysBay asking why Desmond Jennings, Jake McGee, et. al. are still starring for the Bulls. I think Steve is hitting on something a lot of Rays fans are feeling but, what the heck, lets argue about it anyway! Brendan takes the Point this week: Put them in  [ Read More ]

By Brendan T. Gleason Mark you dream crushing, Lionel Ritchie hating, Decision to let Doogie Howser skip all those grades disagreeing, trying to keep kids from playing on your lawn by calling them “whippersnappers” and “hooligans,” “No Man.” Take a page out of the Jim Carrey movie and start saying yes to life. Donʼt be  [ Read More ]

Brendan, you throw the baby out with the bathwater, distracted by something shiny, Hannah Montana loving, Change we can believe in reactionary.  (I re-wrote that ten times, I simply cannot compete with the Lionel Ritchie burn but, luckily, I am the editor so, I can put your face on Lionel’s body as payback…boom).  Why go  [ Read More ]

Point-Counterpoint is back in earnest this week with a heated (thank you, I’ll be here all week) debate about the Rays’ decision to exclude the signature cigar from their throwback Tampa Smokers jerseys. Brendan takes the Point: Leave it Out I take the Counterpoint: Baseball is not a Role Model As always, let us know  [ Read More ]

By Brendan T. Gleason Mark you negative-image pushing, bad-role-model endorsing, punchline explaining bozo. There is a time for subtlety, and it can even come when paying tribute to a team of yesteryear. Now granted, there are worse things that happen in our day to day lives than seeing a cigar on a baseball uniform for  [ Read More ]

Brendan, you new age cigarette label, nanny state, people are lemmings, overlord.  What’s the big issue here?  Do we really think an entire generation of kids are going to take up cigar smoking just because the Rays wear a cigar jersey for three hours?  Is this Pinocchio? If you are going to have an event  [ Read More ]

By Brendan Gleason Mark, you unfair, Lance Armstrong loving, Derek Jeter “homerun” grabbing, Tuck Rule agreeing cheater. Some instant replay isn’t good enough. There needs to be more. There needs to be most. Whatever it takes to get the call correct. AJ Pierzynski’s trot to first base after striking out against the Angels in the  [ Read More ]

Brendan, you Big Brother loving, newspeak talking, class of 1984 fascist.  What is this, Minority Report? You want to entrust our national pastime to some anonymous overlords watching the game in a booth somewhere?  This is America.  What would John Hancock say about such a concentration of power?  This is exactly the kind of thing  [ Read More ]

Justin Ruggiano’s run that wasn’t in Detroit has brought the issue of instant replay in Major League Baseball back into our collective consciousness. We kicked around the idea of debating whether or not baseball needs expanded review.  But neither Brendan nor I wanted to argue against that proposition.  So, this week’s Point-Counterpoint offers two competing  [ Read More ]

[this is Brendan's counterpoint from last Friday.  We had some technical issues getting it published.  Sorry.] By Brendan Gleason Mark, you sesame street watching, “we are the world” singing, triple ply with aloe softee.  Villains are a cornerstone of baseball. Some of the best players in history have been villains. Barry Bonds. Ty Cobb(at least  [ Read More ]