Under the Orange Roof

We're finishing up the second week of the lockout today, and St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney debunks the idea of a salary floor in baseball, and explains why there won't be one as things are drawn up right now in the sport.  He also gives a different idea a much better chance of happening in these negotiations. Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes...

After being shelved for the weekend thanks to his COVID booster shot, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney is back to discuss the weekend's occurrences involving the lockout.  He gets into Stephanie Apstein's article in Sports Illustrated and why it's smart that she points out that the players are letting the owners dictate the public conversation when they don't have to let them.  He also remar...

Baseball's lockout has reached its second week, and finally someone has mentioned the feeling of the most important aspect of this working relationship that doesn't get a say in labor negotiations: the fans.  St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney discusses Andrew Miller's comments about the fan's feelings from this week's Starkville podcast , and how if both sides keep the fans at the forefront of the...

With no talks scheduled between Major League Baseball and the Players Association on the horizon, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney continues to look at other aspects affected by the lockout.  Today he talks about the help the team is giing local charities this holiday season, and how much of a boost the community is missing by not having the players able to join in. Baseball Held Hostage is a spe...

After getting a note from one of his younger listeners asking about what the owners and players are really fighting over, St. Pete Nine publisher Steve Carney decides to go really big picture and show what is the biggest sticking point of the lockout. Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of the lockout.

With no scheduled meetings between Major League Baseball and the Players Association on the horizon, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney takes a look at the last owner lockout in the sport, which took place back in 1990, and looks at what we can expect from both sides and how long this can go on. Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof, with new episodes daily until the end of...

With no negotiations scheduled for this weekend between Major League Baseball and the Players Association, St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney dies into other aspects that could come about because of the lockout.  Today we look at some of the free agents that decided not to sign before the lockout began and how some could find themseles making a lot more by waiting than if they decided to sign deals...

With no discussions between Major League Baseball and the Players Association scheduled for this weekend, St. Pete Nine Founder Steve Carney dies into some other aspects that could come about because of the lockout.  Today, we get into some of the changes on the field you might see in 2022 that would be directly related to a new collective bbargaining agreement. Baseball Held Hostage is a spe...

There were no negotiations betwween the two sides on Thursday, but we did hear from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on behalf of the owners about some of the proposals that hae been made to the Players Association.  Meanwhile, the league has taken down players images from the teams' websites and players are haing a laugh at it, but the Players Association got messages of solidarity from some big...

For the first time in a quarter-century, there is a work stoppage between Major League Baseball and the Players Association.  Saint Pete Nine publisher Steve Carney gives you the timeline of what happened between the two sides on the final day before the lockout, and explains what's to come Thursday for the owners and players. Baseball Held Hostage is a special series of Under The Orange Roof...

Friday night, Steve Carney saw the first ad on television that attacked both Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg and his "Sister City" plan that he touts as the only way to save regular-season Major League Baseball in the region.  Steve found it interesting that it came from a political action committee, and goes on to tell you who created it, who funded it, and asks why they made the decis...

The Tampa Bay Rays get eliminated from the postseason Monday night by the Boston Red Sox.  Steve Carney tells you why he feels that the one thing you take away from 2021 is failure.  Plus he explains why Rays fans will be dealing with that failure this offseason for likely a lot longer than previous years.

Tampa Bay finds itself in a back-to-the-wall situation after dropping both Game 2 and Game 3 of the American League Division Series to te Boston Red Sox.  Steve Carney breaks down what went wrong in Games 2 and 3, then talks about a former Rays player that has taken up the mantle as the face of the fanbase in the whole stadium situation.

Tampa Bay gets out to a one game to none lead in te best of five American League Division Series.  Steve Carney discusses how the young and inexperienced pitching staff handled Boston's lineup, and manager Kevin Cash talks about Randy Arozarena's major league postseason first.

Tampa Bay will head into the postseason with a mark of 100-62, tops in the American League.  But Steve Carney starts the show by talking about a specific mark that the Rays hit this year that nobody noticed, and it helped them ensure that their best players remained on the field as much as possible (1:35).  He then gets into Tuesday's Wild Card matchup, and while it did not descend into...

Along with the celebrations that took place this past week (which you can hear in our two bonus episodes), two other events took place for the Tampa Bay Rays that both stirred up controversy.   Steve Carney gets into his thoughts on "Cardgate," and why he thinks the whole thing not only got blown way out of proportion but also saw anger and rage pointed in the wrong direction (1:45), as well...

The Tampa Bay Rays earned their second consecutive American League East championship so that means another champagne celebration and more comments from the team after the festivities.  Hear from manager Kevin Cash, catcher Mike Zunino, pitcher Shane McClanahan, infielders Yandy Diaz, Joey Wendle, and Brandon Lowe and outfielders Kevin Kiermaier and Austin Meadows, plus president of baseball o...

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays did something they had never done before in franchise history: they made it to the playoffs for a third consecutive year.  Hear comments from manager Kevin Cash, outfielders Kevin Kiermaier, Brett Phillips, and Randy Arozarena (translated by Manny Navarro), as well as infielders Brandon Lowe and Joey Wendle.

Monday is he big day for Rays fans who have been clamoring for the callup of top pitching prospect Shane Baz, as the 22-year-old will make his Major League debut at Tropicana Field against the Toronto Blue Jays.  Hear Baz talk about his callup and how excited he is to reach the top of the mountain.  Plus, Steve Carney gets into the $10 ticket sale promotion the Rays have been running for...

Tampa Bay will go to Toronto for the first time in nearly two years Monday.  Steve Carney gets into the questions the fanbase have been bringing up about the bullpen because of a rough weekend in Detroit, and goes through the matchups we'll see at Rogers Centre.

We've reached the final milestone marker for the regular season -- Labor Day -- and the Rays start their penultimate road trip of the 2021 regular season in Boston.  Steve Carney talks about Tampa Bay getting another shot at Chris Sale and Eduardo Rodriguez after losing to each last week, and the interesting weekend upcoming in Detroit.  Plus, Steve asked a pair of veterans on the team,...

The Rays come back from an unbeaten road trip, one which finished with them tying the Major League record for wins against a single opponent, to begin a tough stretch where they face the Boston Red Sox seven times in the next ten games.  We also discuss which prospects who have not been called up this year could get a look in September with the rosters expanding.  One of them might surpr...

The Rays just finished a fantastic conversation, going 6-1 against Baltimore and the Chicago White Sox.  Steve Carney discusses some of the new hurdles the team will have to face, and with Tampa Bay going to Philadelphia for an interleague series beginning Tuesday, it's a great time to revisit a converstion with actress Ellen Adair from earlier this year.

Most Rays fans feel that the reasons they don't want to go to Tropicana FIeld to see the defending American League Champions in person can be fixed in one step: by building a new stadium in Tampa.  But that doesn't help the team that's on the field right now.  So Steve Carney has come up with some ideas that could help try and get more fans into the stands in St. Petersburg.

Tampa Bay has come off a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, and Steve Carney gets into the late-inning heroics that took place over the weekend.  Brandon Lowe also explains why he believes he and his teammates have performed so well late in game, particularly in the eighth inning.  We then get into the upcoming series in Boston, and Steve believes that with the Red Sox reeling, t...