He talks about his upcoming charity golf tournament, how his recovery is coming along, dealing with stupid fans, a little about the upcoming season and his plans for the Super Bowl weekend. "Somebody better have a leash on me."

From Playstation.Blog. Looks like Franchise mode is finally taking the next step in terms of roster and player development. Now included will be: 40 man rosters, September callups, playoff roster management, Amateur Draft with supplemental picks for teams losing Type A and B free agents, minor league options, arbitration, and every Rays fan's favorite, the Rule 5 draft. These new features will also apply to Season and Road to the Show modes.

I've been looking forward to this game for a long time, and I'm pretty excited to see how the Rays' ratings compare to last year.

From tampabay.com. I hope this doesn't turn into a kazmir deal from last year, where he kept having to be pushed back more and more. Hope he gets healthy soon and ready to hit some bombs in the next season. I still wonder how the can predict missing only one week when the season is still months away.

From the Heater, a slideshow set to some audio of the Ray's celebrating a the AL East Championship care of a tremendous Red Sox loss last night.

Leyland and Sheffield sound like a couple of idiots arguing over Sheff's playing time. I've personally like Sheffield for a long time and think he might be useful in the Trop, assuming they don't want too much for him.