Phil Rogers Looks At 2012 Rays But Would Prefer To Make Sh*t Up About The Stadium Issue
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Feb 16
Rays Sign Former Big League Catcher To Minor League Deal
Chris Gimenez Cork Gaines 2 Comments »
According to Roger Mooney (via Twitter), the Rays have signed Chris Gimenez, a catcher that player 24 games with the Mariners in 2011.
Gimenez was given a minor league contract and will be invited to spring training. Which means he better start packing his things, because pitchers and catchers report in four days!
Gimenez hit .203 with a .314 OBP in 59 at bats last year. He also hit .265 with a .357 OBP in 49 triple-A at bats. Prior to the Mariners, he also played parts of the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Indians.
Feb 16
Phil Rogers Looks At 2012 Rays But Would Prefer To Make Sh*t Up About The Stadium Issue
Bill Foster, New Stadium Cork Gaines 11 Comments »
The column is entitled “Power Rankings: No. 4 Rays.” So naturally, we would expect this piece to be about how the Rays will perform in the AL East this season. Good lord do we feel like friggin’ idiots. Not. Even. Close.
The entire column is about whether or not the Rays will “vanish” from the Tampa Bay area.
The Rays are dead in the water at Tropicana Field, and even St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster knows it. That’s why he finally is dropping his cold-war approach to a lease that Vince Naimoli signed as he was paying MLB’s expansion franchise price of $130 million in 1995.
Huh? When did this happen? Just last month, Foster came out of a meeting with Stuart Sternberg “confident that Sternberg and the Rays organization are prepared to honor their current contract through 2027.” Does that sound like Foster is dropping his “cold-war approach”? Or does it sound more like Khrushchev pounding his shoe*?
Whatever Richard Justice was for Sternberg, apparently Rogers is for Mayor Bill Foster. In other words, we, the fans, are getting played (and screwed) by both sides.
Go on…
Foster has shown a willingness to negotiate an early end to the lease, which would allow the Rays to explore a stadium in downtown Tampa or near the intersection of I-4 and I-75, east of Tampa.
ARE YOU F#@%ING KIDDING ME?!? Did Phil Rogers just make this shit up? First of all, WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE 2012 RAYS? Second of all, SHUT UP! Just SHUT. THE EFF. UP!
Foster has never been willing to allow the Rays to explore a stadium in Tampa. THAT’S THE ENTIRE PROBLEM.
*head hits desk*
Rogers goes on to speculate about the Rays moving (“Portland, Ore., is the best market but [Read More...]