Why the Tampa Bay Rays should sign Barry Bonds

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Rounding The Bases: Chow Down
Published 4/17/2008 by Andy Smith at Bugs & Cranks
... has a very well-written piece over at Yahoo! today on why his beloved Tampa Bay baseball club should sign one Barry Lamar Bonds. Check it out. [Big League Stew] ...

Bonds Continues To Wait
Published 4/17/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... What's up with Barry Bonds?  Not a whole lot.  The New York Times' Jack Curry dug up what he could by talking to a few associates of Bonds.  Curry found that Bonds is working out at home and staying in shape, but not hitting.  Curry is on board with the speculation that an opportunity for Bonds might open up if a DH on a contender goes down. This morning, David Chalk made a case for the Rays to sign Bonds.  He can't find a reason why they shouldn't. ...

Making the Case for Signing Barry Bonds
Published 4/17/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... The Big League Stew at Yahoo Sports make’s a cause for the Devil Rays to sign Barry Bonds. We’ve been through this before and we agree that a .276/.480/.565 with 28 home runs would look great somewhere in between B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria.  Here is their case: ...

Bonds-Devil Rays Talk Heats Up
Published 4/18/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... was kind enough to allow me to make the case for why our Devil Rays should sign Barry Bonds for the second edition of their ongoing ...

This man has a dream: That Barry Bonds will ...
Published 4/18/2008 by Rick at Deadspin
This man has a dream: That Barry Bonds will soon be a Tampa Bay Ray. Godspeed, sir. [Yahoo Sports] ...

Sir-Links-Alot
Published 4/18/2008 by Shinsano at East Windup Chronicle
Sorry folks, but I’ve got to do a link dump. I’ve been pretty busy the past few days, and as a result I’ve got a backlog of things I wanted to get out there. Bugs and Cranks’ writer, and occasional EWC contributor, David Chalk penned something on Yahoo! about the G-POPE, and why the Rays should sign him Baseball Players are Meant to be Fat by Larry Brown Sports Some Pitch f/x theory via Mike Fast at The Hardball Times And using Pitch f/x to see if something’s up with C.C. Sabathia’s ...

Notes&Links: Miguel Tejada Admits His Real Age (+2 Years), Forbes: NY Yankees Worth $1.3 Billion, UCLA’s Kevin Love Enters the NBA Draft and More
Published 4/18/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
... Red Sox third at $816 million. (Sports Illustrated) —————————- Kevin Love, we hardly knew thee. A Tribute. (Gutty Little Bruins) —————————- Early MLB season awards. Joe Crede for MVP? Makes perfect sense, have you seen the guy hit? (Flotsam Media) —————————- Why the Tampa Bay Rays should sign Barry Bonds. (Big League Stew) Share/Email This ...

MLB Official Thinks Bonds To Tampa Real Possibility
Published 4/21/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... Topkin’s St. Pete Times column: Friday morning’s advisory of a 1 p.m. “major announcement” drew calls asking if the Devil Rays were signing Barry Bonds, including one from a curious MLB official. So at least one MLB official thinks our Devil Rays have a very serious chance of signing Bonds, or at the very least is taking very seriously what I’ve been writing here and on Big League Stew. Other random bits from Topkin: Evan Longoria has ...

Other Potential Free Agents
Published 4/22/2008 by Chris Rasmussen at Bugs & Cranks
... In recent days, Kansas City fans have looked elsewhere to salvage the season.  Like some Devil Rays fans (all three of them), our local media believes ...

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures?
Published 4/22/2008 by Nate at Nats Triple Play
... calls the G-POPE (Greatest Player On Planet Earth, yeah I had to look it up too.) As regular readers of this here internet writin' place know, it pains me to agree with David about ...

We All Back the D-backs
Published 4/24/2008 by Andy Lenartz at Bugs & Cranks
... Bugs and Cranks’ own David Chalk contributed a guest post at Yahoo! Sports about why the Rays should sign Barry Bonds. ...