SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Not too long ago, I wrote about the deal I secured for my sports Artist, Alvin Fall, with the Tampa Bay Rays. Yesterday, Alvin met up with Carl Crawford during BP at Tropicana Field. I wanted to share some of the pictures of Carl Crawford posing for a picture with Alvin and signing the [...]
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
THE GOOD: Little Ball and Long Ball. The Rays are not big on "Little Ball", but it sure helped in the 6th inning. An infield single by Ben Zobrist (OK, it went to the OF, but it bounced over Scott Rolen's head), a bunt single by Aki Iwamura , a dribbler down the line by Carl Crawford (it was fair no matter what the Jays announcers said), was followed by a Carlos Pena bloop single to score the first...
http://riveraveblues.com/feed (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Perhaps the best news of the month is the current seven-game slide of the Tampa Bay Rays. They looked unstoppable a month ago, but now seem to be regressing to the mean. That’s not to say they’re not a good team. They certainly are. And they’d be a lot better if Carl Crawford was hitting [...]
Seamheads (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Facts, figures and other tidbits from the fifteenth week of the ’08 major league baseball season. Proving to be Fast Quickly : Tampa Bay’s Carl Crawford stole the 300 th base of his career on Monday in their 7-4 extra inning loss to the Royals on Monday. With the steal, Crawford became the ninth player in the Majors since 1900 to steal 300 bases before turning 27. The others — Rickey Henderson , Ty...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
I can imagine what was going through Joe Maddon’s head during the third inning yesterday when Mark Tehan was running on a 3-2 pitch that Ross Gload slapped for a single to Carl Crawford in centerfield. It was probably something like this: ”Alright, that’ll put men on first and third with one one. No big deal, we can handle this. [...]
Hot Foot (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Joe Smith of the St. Petersburg Times notes that Rays outfielder Carl Crawford stole his 300th base of his career. He became just the ninth player since 1900 to reach 300 steals before the age of 27, joining Rickey Henderson, Ty Cobb, Tim Raines, Vince Coleman, Cesar Cedeno, Clyde Milan, Eddie Collins and Sherry Magee. [...]
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The widgets aren't working right now, but at least we have Carl Crawford drama. Today he's playing centerfield and doesn't like it too much per the Heater : "I wish I would have had a little more notice," Crawford said. "But it is what it is. Just gonna run out to centerfield today." What will be the biggest adjustment? "You're thinking about (it) - you're taking a conscious effort to think about...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Lineup Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays 07/06/08 1:40 PM EDT Kansas City Royals Tampa Bay Rays Joey Gathright - CF Akinori Iwamura - 2B Mark Grudzielanek - 2B Carl Crawford - LF David DeJesus - LF B.J. Upton - CF Jose Guillen - DH Carlos Pena - DH Mark Teahen - RF Evan Longoria - 3B Ross Gload - 1B Willy Aybar - 1B John Buck - C Ben Zobrist - SS Esteban German - 3B Gabe Gross - RF Tony Pena - SS...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
It was something like Rays Week at BP the last few days, and one of the more interesting pieces was Nate Silver's Flipping the Switch article (free): Team balance? The Devil Rays had five players who had a legitimate argument for making the All-Star team last year: Carl Crawford , B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena, Scott Kazmir , and James Shields . But they also had 28 distinct players who produced a negative...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
You would think this would get tiring, but not really. From Jayson Stark : • Scouting bureau : One scout's review of Rays third baseman Evan Longoria : "It took Carl Crawford five years to get the feel for the game this guy got in five minutes." There are far too many things to mock from this quote, so I'll just move on to the stuff people care about. But Fuentes is so versatile, he might be the only...
Seamheads (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Three Tampa Bay Rays are moving up the charts, find out which three in this weeks AL Roto Chronicles… THREE UP/THREE DOWN Hitters Carl Crawford, OF – TB (UP) Since serving his four-game suspension and giving his knee a break, Crawford has been on fire. He has hit .347 with four home runs and 11 RBI. He is showing the first signs of a power stroke that had been virtually missing this season. While...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Only one thing can encompass how this feels: Okay and perhaps a few hundred words... When PECOTA projected 88 wins for us, I'll admit I was thinking of ways that wouldn't happen. As it turns out Scott Kazmir has missed time, as has Carlos Pena, and Carl Crawford, and Gary Glover along with Jason Hammel are still on the team. Here we are, in first place, June 29th, and like Jim I really don't want...
SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
A few months ago, I signed sports artist Alvin Fall as my second client. While I always aspired to be a sports agent, owning AccessAthletes has taken me in a much different direction. I can honestly say that I never expected to represent sports artists, but I am grateful for the opportunity to do [...]
Rays Index (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
THE GOOD: Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford are red hot. Last night they combined for 7-10 with a double, 2 home runs and 4 RBI. For CC, it was his 6th multi-hit game in his last 8 and 3rd home run in the last 3 games. For Dirtbag, he is 10 for his last 16 with 4 doubles and 3 home runs in his last 3 games. He has raised his average 24 points in 3 days to .272...The Pirates TV play-by-play guy on Eric...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Carl Crawford's second homer of the game started a 10-run, 14-batter, 32-minute barrage in the fifth inning, and the Rays defeated the Florida Marlins 15-3 Wednesday night to stay within one game of Boston in the AL East.
