Shout Out To The Rays: Will We Hear From Hank?

So I wanted to take some time to congratulate the Tampa Rays on having the best record in baseball. it’s been a long hard road for those fans.
What have they learned (that other certain teams could observe):
They decided to go with home grown stars and home grown pitching. They got rid of softball-looking jerseys and have a nice neat classic look.
So hooray for the Rays.

Then I remembered they are ganinging up on the Yankees, and the Rays are in Tampa which is home of the Steinbrenners.

Will we hear from Hank today? We may even hear from George!
And if I have my math right, the Subway Series will include Santana, rain and Maine.
Could be a long weekend for the Yankees.
Back to the Rays. Found a Rays blog: http://www.tampabaysportsblog.com/
And he’s right about Rays fans. Time to show up!

More fans need to show: There should be no excuse now for all of you not going to these games. I realize that I only live two miles from the stadium so I’m not saying everyone should make it to the same amount of games I do but less than 15,000 for the Yankees? Get off your asses and go people!

“The bottom line is that the team is not playing the way it is capable of playing,” Steinbrenner said. “These players are being paid a lot of money and they had better decide for themselves to earn that money.”

>Citi Field Video Tour

>I should be excited. I’m not. You watch the video and you tell me.

From Newsday:

In straightaway centerfield, there is a circular opening directly behind the wall. When Wilpon was asked what that was for, he gladly said, “The apple!”

Wilpon did not know whether the existing apple from Shea Stadium will make the move, or whether they will use a new apple.


>Sticking Up For Willie For A Change (and other stuff)

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This whole rotation changing thing is silly. Start Santana on his normal rest and just win a game. Willie is right when he says a win is a win. Bank a win on Thursday rather than trying to show off against the Yankees. Who is to say the Mets don’t score 13 runs in the first.

Looks like Willie is being overruled on this one. Not a big fan, but I feel bad for you on this one.

However…I did stumble across something called www.firewillierandolph.com which I haven’t explored yet but I like the name.

My apologies to anyone who got dropped from the blog links on the left. When I switched to the custom url I lost all the links. I am working on getting them back and if you’d like to swap links just drop me a note.

Apparently the Nationals think we are “rivals.” http://www.federalbaseball.com/

Good job out of Maine tonight plunkling Lopez to start the game. I think the Mets are being whiny babies about the Nationals (throw strikes and you won’t get mocked) – but I applaud the team for feeling strong enough about it to do something about it.

Wagner just got the save. Once again Santana & Maine and pray for rain. Switched to the Yankees game (yeah you did too so don’t bust my chops) and I must say the turf at Tropicana is the ugliest in pro sports.

>Citi Field Preview

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ESPN discusses the new Citi Field, and has even bought the complete nonsense that green seats is a tribute to the New York Giants.

Link below. Nothing you haven’t heard already.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3394539&campaign=rsssrch&source=new+york+mets

Citi Field Video Tour

I should be excited. I’m not. You watch the video and you tell me.

From Newsday:

In straightaway centerfield, there is a circular opening directly behind the wall. When Wilpon was asked what that was for, he gladly said, “The apple!”

Wilpon did not know whether the existing apple from Shea Stadium will make the move, or whether they will use a new apple.