Get Well Soon, Evan Longoria

Evan Longoria was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a partially torn left hamstring Tuesday. Not only does this suck for the third baseman, but it sucks a whole lot more for the Tampa Bay Rays, who will be without their best player for at least 3-4 weeks and what might end up being up to 8 weeks.

Longoria, who is batting .329 with four homers and 19 RBI already, hurt himself on Monday while running to second on an attempted steal. He slid into the bag and just sort of laid there for a while before getting to his feet and walking to the dugout under his own power. He had this to say about his injury:

Tampa Bay Rays Making AL Wild Card Race Interesting

After beating the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in 11 exciting innings Saturday night, the Tampa Bay Rays are pushing to make this an exciting September.

The Rays are sitting at a season-best 16 games over .500 at 80-64 heading into Sunday's series finale that pits Red Sox lefty Jon Lester against right-hander James Shields, who leads the majors with 11 complete games this season. Total workhorse.

Evan Longoria and MLB2k11: What More Could You Want

We love Evan Longoria. Plus, we love video games, especially if they're baseball-related.

Clearly, we love this commercial for the new MLB2k11, which will hit the shelves March 8, 2011. Of course, the incredible $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge is back, so give that your best shot as well. When Marea and I get our copies for the Wii, we will accept challenges from anyone. Come get some.

[MLB 2k11 Official Trailer] | [MLB 2k11 Developer Diary]

This One is for the Ladies

This one goes out to all of our female readers, and anyone else who enjoys objectifying ballplayers, of course.

Be patient: due to it's awesomeness, this video may take a few seconds to load. Just refresh the page if you can't keep your pants on. Happy Holidays!

Rays to Hand Out 20,000 Free Tickets (Updated)

In response to Tampa Bay Rays players' recent comments about the lack of fan support at Tropicana Field, the Rays organization is giving out 20,000 free tickets to Wednesday night's finale -- and final regular season home game of 2010 -- against the Baltimore Orioles.

Free tickets to see the Rays. The postseason-bound Tampa Bay Rays. And Evan Longoria, ladies.

Evan Longoria and David Price are Not Impressed With Rays Fans

David Price and Evan Longoria are not impressed. And rightfully so.

The Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Monday wasn't half as disappointing as the plethora of empty seats -- a crowd of 12,446 -- in St. Petersburg, Florida. A good team who's on the verge of a playoff berth should have no problem putting asses in the seats no matter who they're playing, right?

Apparently not.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

It looks like dugout spats are all the rage these days. The Tampa Bay Rays are the latest team to join the quarrel bandwagon. After losing Friday to the Diamondbacks and Edwin Jackson's no-hitter and dropping 7 of their last 10 games, they've dropped to third in the AL East.

Let's not forget they've also had a perfect game thrown against them as well, so getting squashed by a few no hit games, plus losing like crazy had to start getting to them sometime.

National League: Lucky #13?

Braveheart wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg.

Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls set an NBA record with 70 wins in a single season.

Sublime's Bradley Nowell dies from a drug overdose and Tupac is gunned down.

I get my driver's licence and fill the red Beretta with $1.00 gallons of gasoline.

The year was 1996. It was a leap year in Philadelphia, marking the last time the National League won the All-Star game. The Senior Circuit will be looking for it's first win in 13 years this evening when they take on the American League in the 80th annual All-Star game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

The Real Top Ten Hottest Players In Baseball

I'm a woman who has been accused of being more passionate about baseball than I am about boyfriends.

That may be true, but it doesn't mean I'm unable to spot a smokin' hot baseball player when I see one.

An unidentified Fox Sports analyst has recently come up with a list of the Top 10 Hottest Baseball Players, in slideshow format. What the requirements were to land on this list, I have no idea. It's so incredibly wrong in so many ways, I felt the need to speak out about it.

Jimmy Rollins, Barry Zito and Ichiro Suzuki as your top three? Umm, no.

Continue reading this story at Fantasy Pros 911.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

As the world series has now officially began, I'm inspired to write about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the last 46 minutes.

Good:
1. I am watching the game from my hotel room overlooking the beach. Score.
2. The Backstreet Boys sang the national anthem. I'll proudly admit I love the hell out of those guys.
3. The Red Sox didn't make it to this game. Neither did the Yankees. Hooray!
4. Chase Utley hit a two run bomb in the first inning. Mind you, I'm not rooting for either team necessarily, but World Series homers are always exciting.
5. The audience has a fever. MORE COWBELL!! Nice.

Bad:1. Joe fucking Buck. GOD he sucks.
2. The Twins didn't make it to this game. Neither did any teams from Southern California, allowing me to try to get to a game. Sigh.
3. All of the 'worst to first' commentary. We know, we know. The Rays sucked when the devil was part of their name. Praise be to Jesus.
4. They cut off Jason Bartlett when he was about to introduce himself in the lineup. Poor bastard.
5. Evan Longoria is cute, but not nearly as hot as Eva Longoria. Now, I may be straight and married, but I'd make out with her.

Ugly:1: Joe fucking Buck. Again, he sucks. Someone should punch him in the face.
2: The Phillies defense in the first inning. Hmmm.
3: Howie from the Backstreet Boys. Never liked him. Wish he quit instead of Kevin.
4: Tampa's stadium. Dreary and lame. Didn't they learn from the Metrodome??
5: Did I mention Joe Buck? Fuck the Buck. I wish he'd shut up. I'm going to make Fuck the Buck t-shirts and bumper stickers. I think I'll be rich.

HAPPY WORLD SERIES EVERYONE! YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!

Join the Rayvolution

You know you want to. We all have it in us: the desperate, yearning instinct to root for the underdog.

But are the Tampa Bay Rays really the underdog anymore? Sure, they've gone from worst to first in wins, errors, and respect. Then again, they haven't disappointed us all season long.

Evan Longoria is an Animal

Welcome to our new feature. It's called Evan Longoria is an Animal.

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Evan Longoria is an Animal

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You Can't Touch This

Matt Garza tossed 7.2 scoreless innings Saturday night to aid the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays in a 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, their second victory since riding a 7-game losing streak into the All-Star break.

The righty allowed just two hits -- both singles -- striking out six and walking none. This gem comes on the tail of a horrible outing where Garza surrendered seven runs on 11 hits in their 8-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

Yep, Still Awesome

Just thought we'd check in on the Tampa Bay Rays... and yeah, they're still kicking ass.

In fact, they are the proud owners of the best record in baseball at 31-20. Not by a landslide or anything, as they're only a half game ahead of the Boston Red Sox, and every division-winner in the NL already has 30 wins.

Regardless, they are technically the best. And that's pretty badass, all things considered. They've never won more than 70 games in a season, and they still don't draw in the crowd (a little over 12,000 made it to the Memorial Day festivities) but they've emerged victorious in 16 of their last 17 home games.

C'mon people. If you're in the area, get to a game.

[Her Rays]

Rays Hook Up Evan Longoria

After playing in just six major league games, Tampa Bay Rays rookie third baseman Evan Longoria agreed to a $17.5 million, six-year contract on Friday. Including performance bonuses and extensions, the deal could be worth up to $44.5 million over nine seasons.

"I’m pretty much set for life," he said.

Taken third overall in the 2006 amateur draft, the 22-year-old stud was called up from the AAA Durham Bulls last Saturday to make his big league debut, and has 7 hits, a homer and 4 RBIs for a .304 average.

I generally like to test drive a car before I buy it, but that's just me. The Rays are all about long-term commitments with little to no notice.

In other Tampa Bay news, the club claimed first baseman Dan Johnson off waivers from Oakland Athletics Friday. Johnson hit .236 with 18 homers and 62 RBIs in his first full major league season last year with the A's.

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