Norton ran up behind Ritter and "sucker punched" him in the back of the head, police said. Ritter fell forward on the concrete ramp, according to witnesses. He struck his head on the pavement and suffered a concussion and serious head injuries, police said.  He went to the hospital and was later released.

If there's a lesson to be learned, its if you attack a fan at a game, everyone gets to find out things like this:

Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies arrested Norton Friday morning at his home, 8102 Sheldon Road in Tampa.

You can see the charge report here.  I have a feeling his neighbors (and probably his boss) are going to make his life wicked hard.    

Fairly self explanatory pics, but fanshots need 75 words.

The Braintrust

Papa Bear

The injured soldiers lead the charge.

Rays players appear somewhat lost and confused

Crawford and Upton: 'Can't we just dominate New York already?'

Friedman: 'You're not allowed to touch my banner unless you sign a below-market contract extension!'

Dan Wheeler ponders whether the banner will be considered part of the D-Ring

Banner #2 > Banner #1

Gabe Gross and Ben Zobrist look to the sky for inspiration.

Women converse while soldiers protect our banners from the Yankee threat.

Pena, Martinez, Crawford, and Upton stand in awe as Longoria claps (or picks his nose)

Navarro claps while Stu gives his 'Yep, I'm the shit!' look.

The Rays announced that single-game ticket sales will start Feb. 27 online at raysbaseball.com and Feb. 28 at their usual outlets.

However, there will be two different pre-sale opportunities. On Feb. 25, full and partial season-ticket holders will have the chance to buy up to four additional tickets per game. And on Feb. 26, fans who registered (or register by Feb. 23) on raysbaseball.com to be a Rays Insider will be allowed to buy tickets online.

Courtesy of The Heater

It can only be taken as a good sign that the team now feels the need to limit the amount of tickets that can be purchased by season-ticket holders.

I am currently a Brighthouse Cable customer, and was considering making the switch to one of the mentioned providers.  Last season, I got every game, with the exception of about 4-5 games.  The reason I am considering siwtiching isn't so much for the Rays, as I'm covered, but for better out-of-market coverage.  My questions are as follows:

1.  What provider do you use?

2.  Approximately how many Rays games are you able to get (please note that if you are in another state your answers may not be very helpful due to blackout laws)?

3.  Of the Rays games you get, approximately how many are in HD (Brighthouse was about 50 on the season)?

4.  For those of you who get the sports pack, are any of the out-of-market baseball games blacked out, and if so, how often?

5.  MLB network is in HD on Brighthouse.  Is it the same for your provider?

6. Id the Extra Innings package available in HD (for BrightHouse I don't believe it is)?

7.  Would you recommend the switch to someone who needs the ability to see every Rays game?

Thanks for the info.