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In our continuing efforts to preserve and protect the full, proud history of our proud, great and dominant franchise, and to hagiographize the many, many valiant warriors who have contributed to that proud history, every Monday through Thursday we’ll be counting down The Top 177* Devil Rays Ever….
The 155th Greatest Devil Ray Ever is….
Scott Dohmann [...]
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February 11, 2009
The New York Daily News is reporting today that Robbie Alomar's ex is suing him, alleging that the future HOF'er knowingly had sex with her while infected with HIV: "The court papers outline the couple's relationship, starting in 2002. A month after they began dating, Alomar convinced Dall to have unprotected sex and assured her he was disease-free, the suit alleges...
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February 11, 2009
In our continuing efforts to preserve and protect the full, proud history of our proud, great and dominant franchise, and to hagiographize the many, many valiant warriors who have contributed to that proud history, every Monday through Thursday we’ll be counting down The Top 177* Devil Rays Ever….
The 156th Greatest Devil Ray Ever is….
Scott Aldred [...]
Via tbsportsblog.com
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February 11, 2009
Typically teams detest going to arbitration with their players. During the process, the team has to state its case as to why they feel the player is not deserving of the money the player is requesting. It usually leads to unflattering remarks and hard feelings between the club and player. While the Rays won their abitration hearing with catcher Dioner Navarro, saving $400,000 in...
Via Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
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February 11, 2009
According to the Daily News, Ex-Mets second basemen Roberto Alomar who has full blown out AIDS, but insisted on having unprotected sex with his girlfriend, Iiya Dall. Dall reportedly is suing Alomar for $15 million for negligence.
His lawyer, Charles Bach, would not say whether Alomar is HIV-positive. "We believe this is a totally frivolous lawsuit. These allegations are...
Via Simon On Sports
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February 13, 2009
It's February, so I'm Trying to Find things to Post On. Therefore You're Going to Get Some Simple Regression Tests from the 2008 MLB Season.The Major High Outlier: Rangers with an On Base Percentage of .354 and 79 WinsThe Low Outlier: Angels with an On Base Percentage of .330 and 100 WinsFormula: On Base Percentage = 0.288506 + (0.000549) * WinsReFangled Formula: Wins...
Via MLB Rumors
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February 12, 2009
Pitchers Braden Looper and Brian Shouse have new homes, Looper signing with the Brewers after spending last season with the Cardinals, and Shouse leaving the Brewers for the Rays.Looper, 12-14 with a 4.16 ERA in St. Louise in 2008, signed a 1-year deal with Milwaukee worth $5.5 million in 2009 ...
Via Bugs & Cranks
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February 11, 2009
Word comes that Devil Rays superstar second baseman Akinori Iwamura took to the mound to throw some practice pitches for the Japan WBC team. It was reported as a response to countryman Ichiro’s flirtation with pitching, but there may have been another motive.
The Tribune’s Marc Lancaster reports the locker next to Iwamura has been given [...]
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February 13, 2009
One of the first things I wrote for this glorious website was a retrospective on eventful baseball events on Friday the 13ths past. The second time a Friday the 13th rolled past, I updated it. I am both lazy and reasonably certain nothing interesting has happened on Friday the 13ths in the past [...]
Via Sliding Into Home
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February 11, 2009
From Bryan Hoch: Chamberlain said Wednesday at the Yankees' Minor League complex that it will be "an honor" to be a member of New York's starting rotation and proclaimed that big things are ahead for the Yankees, who will try to rebound after missing the playoffs for the first time since 1993. "W... ...
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