The latest on the Red Sox, as Joe Maddon tells Tim Britton of the Providence Journal that the Red Sox have "an edge right now" and are "the number one contender in a sense," heading into the season…
- Carl Crawford told Alex Speier of WEEI.com that he hopes Rays fans don't consider him the "villain" when he plays against his former team. Crawford, who says he still loves Rays fans, drew a mostly positive reaction from Rays fans this afternoon.
- Johnny Damon told Speier that he vetoed last summer's trade to the Red Sox because he thought it was a "slam dunk" that the Tigers would want to retain him for 2011 (Twitter link).
- Damon also says he thinks Crawford will win a championship during his tenure with the Red Sox.
- John Tomase of the Boston Herald has a must-read piece on Red Sox left-hander Dennys Reyes and how dependent he is on his non-pitching hand.
how wrong you were Johnny Damon, how wrong you were.
I’m hoping he’s not wrong again on his Crawford reference
I’m hoping he’s not wrong again on his Crawford reference
and let’s hope he’s wrong about Crawford getting a ring 🙂
Booooooooo.
I’m sure the Rays fans will give Crawford a pass. All three of them will be at the beach until August anyway, and by then Carl signing with Boston will be a distant memory…
most “rays fans” don’t know that crawford’s gone yet
as if he matters.
Someone needs to inform Johnny……if they ask you to approve a trade, you most likely won’t be back the next year. That’s not why he vetoed a trade to Boston…
Exactly!
I don’t know why that clown always gets passes on the disingenious B.S. he says all the time.
He must be a really nice guy in person (or something!) because he continuously makes the guys who report this stuff look like dopes for believeing it and not asking tougher follow up questions.
News for everyone who keeps ripping on Rays attendance..there’s 8 teams that draw less than us and not even clubs like the Braves and White Sox are drawing very well either so really..the comments about 3 fans etc. are getting really old.
you could always try crying more
20 Florida
21 Seattle
21 Washington
23 Kansas City
24 Tampa Bay
25 Pittsburgh
26 Arizona
27 Baltimore
28 Cleveland
29 Oakland
30 Toronto
how many of these teams won their division?
not to mention that half the fans in the trop during any given AL East game are cheering for the other team
BURN!!!!!!!!!
Was this sorted by % of capacity? Because Toronto didn’t come last in overall attendance, but did as a % because the Skydome is huge.
right-o
yet when you think of contraction or relocation they are the first team that everyone mentions…
Honestly who else would be above them? Tampa draws absolutely nothing despite winning the division in 2 of the last 3 years and making the World Series once.
If you suck for long enough, eventually you’ll have no choice but to be good. I’m looking at you Pittsburgh and Kansas City!
Actually the A’s are probably first but you’re right they’re right there as well…
simple solution. instead of contraction, move 4 teams to new york and 3 teams to boston. philladelphia could take couple of teams too.
I went to a Rays game years ago with my daughter. The sox were playing and Pedro was pitchin the place was half full and there were more Sox fans than Rays. The place is airconditioned with cold beer and reasonable tickets. I thought it was great. Despite having a playoff team they can’t fill the place during the playoffs for gods sake. I feel bad for you and Rays management. T ampa/St.Petersburg is about the yankees and football.
You’re right, especially football..but the attendance has improved since the new management took over. Honestly the only time I’d say there was a close split in Fans is when the Yankees come in because their are so many New Yorkers down here. Red Sox I’d say maybe 25% of the fans are Sox fans. I’d like to point out to EVERYONE also that the Bucs aren’t selling out any games either despite being a very good young team. The economy is absolutely horrible here and there’s way more retirees here than any where else in the country. You just don’t see a ton of elderly people going to sports games.
John Tomase could pass as Dennys Reyes doppelganger.
The Rays should relocate to Las Vegas or Oklahoma City, move to the AL west or Central, respectively, and become perennial champions with annual attendance of 3-4,000,000… return Cleveland to AL East
As for Damon, even when he was in Boston playing regularly he was not as bright as a 40-watt bulb… with a hole in it….