Morning mugshots review shows (Devil) Rays former first round draft pick Dewon Brazelton in trouble last night in Hillsborough county. According to the arrest report, he was arrested at the Capital Grille in Tampa for battery domestic violence. The Rays 2001 first round draft pick was once called the second coming of Roger Clemens by baseball [...]
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Former First Pick Brazelton in Trouble
Posted: 4th June 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays of the PastTags: Dewon Brazelton
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Rays Brush Up Against Hall of Fame Greatness
Posted: 6th January 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays of the PastTags: Fred McGriff, John Flaherty, Roberto Alomar, Wilson Alvarez
Congratulations to Roberto Alomar (and Bert Blyleven) for being inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Some might not remember that he spent a few weeks in a Devil Rays uniform during spring training back in 2005 before iojuries forced his retirement. While he never appeared in a regular season game for Tampa Bay, he is [...]
2009 Trade Revisited – Gregg Zaun for Rhyne Hughes
Posted: 24th April 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays of the PastTags: andrew friedman*, Gregg Zaun, Rhyne Hughes
Will Andrew Friedman’s reputation take a little bit of a hit if Rhyne Hughes is successful in Baltimore? Hughes was promoted to the Orioles today and promptly singled in his first at bat of his major league debut. The Orioles are desperate for offense and if Hughes can hit even a little, he should get [...]
Former #1 Levon Washington Plays at Chipola Junior College
Posted: 26th March 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays of the PastTags: Levon Washington
Last June, the Tampa Bay Rays drafted Levon Washington first in the 2009 draft. But, in the end, they couldn’t come to terms on a contract and Washington decided to go to college instead of taking the Rays’ best offer. Eleven games and an injured hand into the 2010 Chipola season, Washington certainly isn’t turning [...]
The Rays – Never Enough Credit
Posted: 23rd October 2009 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays of the PastTags: 2008 ALCS, Garza, Price
This afternoon, I had ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd on while driving home from work. He was closing his show and talking about the Angels-Yankees series and was talking about how great a Sunday night game 7 would be. He made a point, emphasized his point by repeating it a couple of times, that a [...]
No, Jim Parque is not a name that most people associate with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He made only five starts with Tampa Bay, resulting in a 1-1 record and a whopping 11.94 ERA. Chris DeLuca in the Chicago Sun-Times writes about Parque’s confession of how HGH was used by him to try to [...]