newsobserver.com blogs
Talking Points
Here's the online home of News & Observer sports columnist Luke DeCock. Check in for Luke's thoughts on the Carolina Hurricanes, the ACC, pro sports and whatever else catches his eye.
Send Luke an e-mail
Bulls alumni watch
Submitted by ldecock on 10/01/2008 - 06:43
The Tampa Bay Rays won't release their 25-man postseason roster until Thursday, but either way there are going to be plenty of ex-Bulls on it -- as many as 14, including a bunch who have been there in the past two or three summers.
After consulting with Bulls PR guy Matt DeMargel, here's the list from 2007 and 2008:
Grant Balfour
J.P. Howell
David Price
Michel Hernandez
John Jaso
Evan Longoria
Ben Zobrist
Fernando Perez
Throw in the 2006 season, and you can add Jason Hammel, James Shields, Andy Sonnanstine and B.J. Upton. Then there are old-timers like Rocco Baldelli.
Another five or six September call-ups probably aren't going to make the final roster unless the Rays have the world's worst stretching session this morning and lose five guys to groin injuries, but that group includes Jonny Gomes, Dan Johnson, Jeff Niemann, Justin Ruggiano, Juan Salas and Mitch Talbot.
Advertisements
Luke DeCock
Luke has worked for The N&O since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008. A native of Evanston, Ill., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at 829-8947 or luke.decock@newsobserver.com.
Member of the
Real Cities Network
© Copyright 2008, The News & Observer Publishing Company
A subsidiary of The McClatchy Company