Rays of sunshine for Tampa Bay fans

Landsman in the front office spell success for Tampa Bay Rays.

Executive decision

Jewish baseball executives made a clean sweep at the recent awards handed out by Baseball America during the baseball’s winter meetings. Theo Epstein, general manager of the Boston Red Sox, was chosen as Major League Executive of the Year. The Tampa Bay Rays — owner Stuart Sternberg, president Matthew Silverman, and general manager Andrew Friedman [...]

It’s not just the players…

From the Nov. 6 issue of the Washington Jewish News: Buy me some peanuts…and crackerjack stats For evidence that financial smarts and good baseball sense are not incompatible, look no further than the formerly abysmal Tampa Rays [sic] ball club, which made it to the World Series this year for the first time in its [...]