Tyler

MLB has declined to expand instant replay at all this offseason. This is slightly surprising considering the high profile missed calls during the post season. Deadspin said it best, "Upon further review, Baseball is stupid."

COLLEGE TOP 25 DRAFT PROSPECTS 1. Bryce Harper, c CC of Southern Nevada 2. Anthony Ranaudo, rhp Louisiana State 3. Deck McGuire, rhp Georgia Tech 4. LeVon Washington, of Chipola (Fla.) JC 5. Chris Sale, lhp Florida Gulf Coast

Update: X-Rays were negative. Are you kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going for x-rays. Says it should be fine but there are so many little bones in the hand to break. A Red Sox minor leaguer hit him.

"You have people who wore Red Sox gear to the first regular-season series in St. Pete and now they go to the playoff games decked out in their Longoria jersey shirt as if they were Rays fans all along," said R.J Anderson, editor of DRaysBay.com, a three-year-old Web site that offers comprehensive coverage of the Rays. "Understandably, it's hard to root for a loser, but this sudden bandwagon appeal is nothing this town hasn't seen before. How many people woke up and decided they were Buccaneer fans in 1979 after ignoring them the first three seasons of existence? Or Lightning fans? Or even USF fans?"

*Speaking of Maddon, he sported a new mohawk of his own today, joining about a half a dozen Rays with the same haircut. Maddon had it cut last night in the name of "unity."

Nice work John Romano! The Rays have lost the fighting spirit! " For much of the year, the Rays looked like improbable contenders. And now, at the most critical moment, they are playing that way. They insist it is not the pressure of being in first place that is making them lose. We'll soon find out if that is true, because they won't have that pressure much longer. " Hat tip to Baseballanalysts.

Crawford is going to have surgery to repair his tendon. He'll be out a minimum of 6 weeks , which puts his return at the end of September. That's the best case senario.

John Gibbons has been fired and replaced by Gaston. This is a great move by the Blue Jays. He really deserved a shot to manage again. For reasons unpublished by the media, he has been essentially blackballed from the big leagues for almost 11 years. Toronto is a talented team and should benefit from this move. These fanshots are silly, and no on is probably going to read this because they have to scroll so far down the page but whatever. I'll keep Patrick happy and post this here. By the way, JP Ricciardi should be fired too.