The St. Petersburg Times' Marc Topkin has a story on Rays' GM Andrew Friedman, amid speculation that the Cubs and/or Astros may make a run at him.
Friedman:
"As an organizational philosophy, we don't comment on rumors and speculation in any part of our business; there's no reason to. My focus is on taking the learnings from the 2011 season and rolling them into the (Rays') 2012 team."
Really, though, why would he leave Tampa?
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
