Comments on: Offense Wanted http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/offense-wanted/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:42:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bammy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/offense-wanted/#comment-35423 bammy Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:46:26 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/offense-wanted/#comment-35423 I've been following the Rays out of the corner of my eye since the Kazmir trade and have been a fan of how they have managed the construction of their roster ever since. The obvious critical thought behind the contacts with Kazmir, Pena, Crawford, Longoria ,Sheilds Iwamura , Wheeler (the list is basically the whole roster) gives us fans of teams with lesser FO's something to hope for. When they got rid of Dukes however, was when I became convinced the Rays were the team of the AL east I'd like to see sitting atop it for years to come. I used to pull for the Jays to dethrone the Evil Empire and that Noxious Nation just because they were from Canada and it seemed a good a reason as any beyond simply wanting the fans of the Sox and Yanks alike to shut it.. Nice post Dave. Hope you continue to give the Rays the credit they deserve. I’ve been following the Rays out of the corner of my eye since the Kazmir trade and have been a fan of how they have managed the construction of their roster ever since. The obvious critical thought behind the contacts with Kazmir, Pena, Crawford, Longoria ,Sheilds Iwamura , Wheeler (the list is basically the whole roster) gives us fans of teams with lesser FO’s something to hope for.

When they got rid of Dukes however, was when I became convinced the Rays were the team of the AL east I’d like to see sitting atop it for years to come. I used to pull for the Jays to dethrone the Evil Empire and that Noxious Nation just because they were from Canada and it seemed a good a reason as any beyond simply wanting the fans of the Sox and Yanks alike to shut it..

Nice post Dave. Hope you continue to give the Rays the credit they deserve.

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