Tag Archives: Tampa Bay Rays
Hunter Pence and the 2008 Rays
Remember back before the 2011 season started, when the Pittsburgh Pirates were coming off a 57-105 season, easily making them the worst team in the majors? Remember when the debate… Read more
The More Important Topic That Coonelly Discussed
A week ago we posted our interview with Frank Coonelly, discussing a wide variety of topics relating to the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, it seems that only one topic received attention,… Read more
Ryan Beckman On Today’s Game
During today’s Pirates spring opener versus the Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Kevin Correia wasn’t able to complete his schedule two innings due to reaching his pitch count. Prior to… Read more
No Bad Analogies Needed for Baseball Economics
Let me tell you a little story about a friend I have. This friend is a chef that owns his own restaurant. Unfortunately he’s not a very good chef, and… Read more
The Rays Demonstrate What the Pirates Need to Achieve
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates don’t share a lot of similarities these days. The Rays broke out in 2008, and have been contending in the tough American… Read more
Pirates trade Virgil Vasquez to Rays for PTBNL
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded Virgil Vasquez to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later, according to Rob Biertempfel of the Trib. Last night Dejan Kovacevic… Read more
Random thoughts on a snow-covered Saturday
As I went to bed last night, I had a couple of tentative ideas on how I would spend my Saturday morning. First on the list was running a couple… Read more
The Right Time to Spend
Dejan Kovacevic did an interview with Pittsburgh Pirates’ owner Bob Nutting, which was up on the Post-Gazette site yesterday. In the interview, Kovacevic asked the following question about payroll, with… Read more
Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates for Jesse Chavez
UPDATE 10:55 PM: Final update on this post. A few comments from Neal Huntington in the Post-Gazette on the trade. Some notable comments include Iwamura batting second behind McCutchen, the… Read more
Pirates claim Jonathan Meloan
UPDATE 5:22 PM: Tyler Yates was moved from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL to make room for Meloan. The following pages have been updated: -2009 40-man roster/payroll-Future Payroll… Read more
