Separated at Birth: Rays Index Karma

Evan Longoria is much more than a mistype in Google search bars across the country. He's a star in waiting for the Tampa Bay Rays, and is having a spring that gives early inclinations that the Rays just might climb out of the cellar and into contention in the American League East this season. But you don't want to hear all of that, do you? Since you don't, here'...

A call-in from Phillie fan favorite Chris Coste was being hyped by the WIP Morning Show. They noted that the catcher "sniffs his own bat after a good hard hit." He's either got himself an interesting on-field habit or he is a sick well-endowed freak.

It's been a trying exhibition season for Phillies fans. We know that wins and losses don't matter in the Grapefruit League, but when the pitching looks terrible and the losses mount, a sense of doubt about the team begins to creep in. Even laid-back Charlie Manuel has been so unimpressed by the way the team has played that he called the players out, imploring them to show...

The Phillies supposed safety valve for the rotation won't be ready to pitch anytime soon. Kris Benson, who had originally thought he could be ready to play by Opening Day, will miss his next scheduled start due to arm soreness. Benson doesn't seem too worried about the setback, saying that on a scale of 1-10, his level of concern is a 1. Benson will try to pitch again sometime next week.

The Phillies have finally dropped a player from camp who had a solid chance of making the major league roster. They sent Fabio Castro, the diminutive lefty, down to the Double-A camp today. Castro has shuttled back and forth between the big club and the minors for the last few years, but has never done enough to stick. The Phillies still need another lefty in the pen, but Castro...

If there's one thing bloggers and the traditional media can agree on, it's that Brett Myers is a terrible human being. He hit his wife in the face during an argument going back to their hotel in Boston when the Phillies were in town for an interleague series in 2006 against the Red Sox. Near the end of August last season, he verbally lashed out at a reporter when he made...

Bob Costas, Brett Myers, Spring Training, Kyle Lohse, NCAA brackets, and the greatest steeplechase fall ever.

Philadelphia Phillies closer Brad Lidge is scheduled to see his first action of the spring tomorrow against a group of minor leaguers from the New York Yankees. If everything goes well after that outing then his Grapefruit League debut would come Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Despite the proliferation of blogs, survey data suggest most Americans have yet to accept them as significant news sources. According to a winter 2007 Zogby Poll, blogs were the lowest on the list of "important" sources of news, coming in at 30%, well after Web sites (81%), television (78%), radio (73%), newspapers (69%) and magazines (38%). More Americans, 39%, chose friends...

Wes Helms doesn't have a position on the Phillies this year. With the signing of Pedro Feliz, a right-handed third baseman, Helms has become redundant. Yes, he can play first base if Ryan Howard needs a rest, but so can a number of players already on the roster. Therefore, Helms has been the subject of quite a few trade rumors this spring.