MMO Fan Shot: My Tribute To Jose Reyes
I still remember the day Jose Reyes began his Mets career. June 10, 2003. It was my 20th birthday. Reyes was 19, one day shy of turning 20 himself. He was the first major leaguer I ever saw who was born after me. This would become part of his lure to me and my younger brother, as we would always finish off his list of accomplishments with “dude, he’s younger than me!” Truth...
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December 08, 2011
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December 08, 2011
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The Bus Leagues Experience Volume 2 is now available
Cork was kind enough to allow me to make this announcement here, and you folks have been really nice to me since I started here and I’m pretty sure you are all baseball fans, so I hope you don’t mind.
When I am not writing here, I also write for a site called Bus Leagues Baseball. We write about the minor leagues and one of the areas we take the most pride in is our interviews...
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December 06, 2011
One Year Ago On Rays Index
One year ago on Rays Index we learned that Gary Sheffield was blaming his unemployment on the Rays and Rocco Baldelli.
Gary Sheffield Blames Rays And Rocco Baldelli For Being Unemployed [Rays Index]
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October 11, 2011
Painting the Black: 40-Man Flexibility by R.J. Anderson
Baseball’s postseason rosters will lock into place at the stroke of midnight tonight, when the roster expansion period begins. Only the players on each team’s 25-man roster at that time will be eligible to play in the postseason. That rule was devised to prevent playoff-bound teams from loading up on rentals during the final two weeks of the season (as the rest of the...
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August 31, 2011
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August 31, 2011
Jennings homers in first two at-bats
ROGER MOONEY TORONTO Desmond Jennings has homered in his first two at-bats today to become the first Tampa Bay leadoff hitter to accomplish that trick since Rocco Baldelli on Sept. 14, 2006 at Yankee Stadium. It is the first…
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August 28, 2011
BP Podcast: Episode 58: The Cool Don't Mind Being Cool by Kevin Goldstein
We go from guest free to guest packed, as Rays special assistant Rocco Baldelli joins us to talk about his playing career, its untimely end, and transitioning into scouting. Then it's Qamar Zaman, who made quite a name for himself by quitting his indy league play-by-play job on the air. As always, we have emails, plenty of prospect talk, and the goofy stuff at the end, and hope...
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July 20, 2011
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July 20, 2011
Greatest points ever: Rocco Baldelli drives in Willy Aybar to lift Rays into the 2008 World Series
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July 10, 2011
David Ortiz, Red Sox Look to Take Advantage of J.A. Happ's Struggles Against Lefties
Houston is not a town inhabited by household baseball names right now. But you've probably heard of J.A. Happ. If so, you'll recall his one start against the Red Sox in 2009, when Rocco Baldelli, Nick Green and Josh Beckett -- as fearsome an offensive trio as the Boston franchise has ever produced -- took him deep. You may also know that that start saw the lefty give up a...
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July 02, 2011
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July 02, 2011
Welcome back Nick Markakis and a rant
On June 3rd of this year Nick Markakis was batting .239/.305/.616, Orioles fans were were really starting to get worried. I was actually beginning to wonder if we were going to have a kind of Rocco Baldelli situation I was genuinely concerned for Nick's health. Then June happened. Right now, June 28th, Nick Markakis is batting .279/.329/.690. Over the last 14 days Nick has...
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June 28, 2011
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June 28, 2011
Video: Ball Disappears In Outfield Fence, Manager Ejects Self Over Fence
This incredible video comes to us via our friends at Watching Durham Bulls Baseball.
To set the stage: The Durham Bulls are playing the Norfolk Tides, when a ball hit by the Tides appears to clear the fence for a home run. Or did it? The umpire goes out for a look and finds the ball trapped between the wall and the padding.
The Tides manager, apparently not convinced that was the...
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June 13, 2011
Gallery: Rays At Al Lang Field
The Rays recently played the Netherlands at Al Lang Field in St. Pete. Our photojournalist correspondent Kyra Hallett was on hand and did what she does best. Below is her work, which includes several of Tim Beckham and one of Rocco Baldelli coaching first base…
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Mayor Bill Foster decked out in his...
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March 19, 2011
CHART: Rays All-Time Games Played Leaders
i was working on my “Chart of the Day” feature over at Business Insider and was trying something new, a word cloud (created using Wordle.net). And I thought it would be fun to see what it would look like over here.
So here are all 43 players that have played at least 200 games with the Rays. The size of their names is relative to how many games they have played. Carl...
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February 24, 2011
Baby Rocco
In 2000, Rocco Baldelli was an 18-year old outfielder with the Princeton Rays. It was his first year in pro ball after being drafted in the first round of that June’s amateur draft. Baldelli hit only .216 that season in 60 games, with three home runs and 11 stolen bases. He also apparently posed for at least one picture.
This photo comes to us from the Princeton Rays Facebook...
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February 15, 2011
January 31, 2011: < br> Section B90, Row JJ, Seats 5 & 6…
So I halfheartedly sat down at my computer on Saturday afternoon, not particularly hopeful that there would be any tickets left for the 2011 campaign, in light of the fact that the Sox have made some uber-amazing acquisitions, and, at least on paper, are front runners for postseason glory…
And, at 2:00pm, I was right.
Amazingly, I was granted immediate access to buy tickets...
Via Boston Red Thoughts
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January 31, 2011
Putting a Wrap On The Week
As more snow fell here in the East and my prayers for more and more warmer temperatures seem to go unanswered, here are some odds and ends from the week about to conclude.Sorry to hear that Rocco Baldelli (pictured) has now officially called it a career, after just seven years. He looked like a big time player when he first came up with the Rays in 2003. He finished third in the...
Via Mighty Quinn Media Machine
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January 29, 2011
Tampa Bay Rays: Rocco Baldelli Retires at Age 29
The then Tampa Bay Devil Rays were building something special in the outfield. In consecutive seasons, the Devil Rays had drafted their entire future outfield. Starting in 1999, they selected outfielder Josh Hamilton No...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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January 29, 2011
Tampa Bay Rays: Rocco Baldelli Retires at Age 29
The then Tampa Bay Devil Rays were building something special in the outfield. In consecutive seasons, the Devil Rays had drafted their entire future outfield. Starting in 1999, they selected outfielder Josh Hamilton No...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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January 29, 2011
D12: Rocco Baldelli calls it a career at age 29
Duk's Dozen, a selection of 12 morning-fresh links and items, has
returned in 2011 to start your baseball news day off right. Got links?
Send 'em here or via Twitter. 1. Rocco Baldelli held a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to confirm what we sadly already knew: He's retiring at age 29 and will be taking a job in the Tampa Bay Rays' front office.Baldelli...
Via Big League Stew
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January 27, 2011
Rays Haiku: Rocco Baldelli
Rocco gone too soon,
We’ll miss the speed pop smiles grace,
Woonsocket Rocket!
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January 27, 2011
The One Where We Discuss Organizational Rankings, Rocco’s Press Conference And Lineup Projections
The Rays minor league system is ranked second by ESPN.com…
Probably second even before they dealt Matt Garza, they’re now No. 2 with a bullet and not far behind Kansas City for No. 1. They’re absolutely loaded, with top-end talent near that of K.C., but not the extensive depth of prospects the Royals have. The Rays have focused on arms and impact bats in the middle...
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January 27, 2011
Rays' Baldelli at ease with retirement decision
Rocco Baldelli, whose career was sidetracked by injuries and a rare muscle condition, will work in scouting and player development.
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January 27, 2011
Baldelli at ease with his decision
Rocco Baldelli sat in a near-empty clubhouse last October after the first game of the American League Division Series. His dad was there. So was a close family friend.
Via TBO.com
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January 27, 2011
Rocco, We Hardly Knew Ye
photo by Kelly O'Connor, used with permission
For a baseball-obsessed area of the planet, New England doesn't produce many professional ballplayers, even fewer Major-Leaguers, and a scant few greats of the game. Warmer climes are usually looked upon as the cradles of the sport: Florida, Georgia, Arizona, California, and, of course, Texas.
The comparative rarity of a native...
Via Cursed To First
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January 26, 2011
Rays' Rocco Baldelli Announces Retirement
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli has retired and accepted a position as a special assistant with the team.
Via New York Times Sports
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January 26, 2011
Retiring Rocco Baldelli excited to work for Tampa Bay Rays organization
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January 26, 2011
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