The hot stove gets pretty cool over the Christmas weekend, but there are always a few baseball nuggets to share. Did anyone get any good baseball-themed gifts this year? We’ll find out soon whether DRB writer Jim Turvey got anything from his wish list.
The Evan Longoria trade continues to be the biggest baseball news in both Bay areas (trigger warning to those who are ready to “move on”)
- Longoria thanked teammates, staff and fans in a full page Tampa Bay Times ad:
- Our local “paper of record” weighed in with a few more thoughts about the deal; Football columnist Thomas Bassinger opines that the trade was inevitable
- Roger Mooney writes about the homecoming of Denard Span, Tampa native, albeit with a note of uncertainty about Span’s future with the Rays.