Sunday, February 03, 2008

Sunday smorgasbord

Stuff, whether related to the Rays/Biscuits or not, I thought you might enjoy.

St. Petersburg Times: Third baseman Evan Longoria feels more prepared for spring training this year and wants a shot at opening the season with the Rays rather than Durham.

New York Post: The Mets hope the Johan Santana trade turns around their fortunes as opposed to the negative impact the Tom Seaver trade had 30 years ago.

New York Times: Pitchers Livan and Orlando Hernandez were in five straight World Series, easily outdistancing Peyton and Eli Manning and their back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.

Chicago Tribune: With Santana's new-found treasure ($137.5 million over six years), Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia will have his mouth watering in anticipation of his next contract.

Tampa Tribune: More on Longoria potentially (I'll say probably) starting the year at Durham and comparing the paths last year of Milwaukee's Ryan Braun and Kansas City's Alex Gordon.

Boston Globe: Notebook galore.


Detroit Free Press: Tigers minor-leaguer Anthony Tomey is part-owner of a sub shop, Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches, and works there each offseason, from hiring and firing to taking out the trash. "I'm not too big to do anything," he says.

Newsday: Friday was Opening Day ... for Strat-O-Matic fans. The company started selling its annual cards Friday.

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