Blog Feed: Rays from across the pond

Success, according to MLB Advanced Media

Published on 2009-04-07 04:06:00

A little update for y'all, after yesterday's catastrophe of an opening night. Mark Newman's article is now updated a little, under the title: "MLB.TV, season off to flying starts".Yeah.Now, maybe I'm judging harshly. So, to be fair, here is a rando > read more

An MLB.tv joke

Published on 2009-04-06 15:41:00

From past/present MLBloggers' erstwhile friend Mark Newman, in his annual "news" article on MLB.com selling MLB.tv:Opening Day is a time for the players to step up and perform for real, andthe same is expected of the best technology in sports today. > read more

March means MLB.tv

Published on 2009-03-17 10:13:00

Pretty much every year since I've been blogging I've posted something around this time of year about MLB.tv. Usually, it has to be said, a complaint of some kind. You see, I have a sort of love-hate relationship with my main source of baseball acti > read more

Spring watch - 28/2-2/3

Published on 2009-03-03 06:12:00

As it turns out, I got home in plenty of time to watch the Rays-Phillies matchup on Saturday evening. And it turned out to be a bit of a slugfest at a breezy Bright House Field in Clearwater. Mitch Talbot - one of the outsiders for the rotation's fif > read more

Spring watch - 26/2

Published on 2009-02-27 03:12:00

I rushed home from work last night to catch the first televised Rays game of the spring - against the Yankees in Tampa. Missed the top of the first (which is fairly usual for weekday afternoon games), but caught the rest of what turned out to be the > read more

Spring back to (blogging) life

Published on 2009-02-24 07:13:00

Hmm. So, I was going to write something trying to justify not putting up a single post for over two months. I even started typing it. But let's face it. There is no possible justification for taking such a holiday right after your team wins a rid > read more

Jackson for Joyce

Published on 2008-12-11 03:00:00

The Rays made their first major move of the offseason yesterday, bringing in outfielder Matt Joyce from the Tigers in exchange for Edwin Jackson.I'm not totally up on Joyce - I imagine that I saw him play last season, but I can't really remember. Fr > read more

Tampa Bay's other Joe

Published on 2008-11-20 02:45:00

Possibly the best thing about watching sports live is the connection you feel to the players. You can almost feel like you're part of the team. My current seats at Southampton football games (for when I am actually back down south) are no more than 1 > read more

Joe's the boss

Published on 2008-11-13 02:48:00

One more piece of silverware for the Rays in this remarkable season. And the one that is, without question the most deserved. Ok, sure Evan Longoria was head and shoulders above the other rookies, and Carlos Pena was virtually automatic with the glov > read more

Longo, meet ROY

Published on 2008-11-11 03:50:00

Ok, so not exactly surprising news, but it is exciting never-the-less. Tampa Bay have their first ever BBWAA award winner, and it is who else but Evan Longoria. He was named yesterday as the American League's first unanimous Rookie of the Year since > read more