Brian Meadows

Major League Alumni: Hudson Valley RenegadesSeedlings to StarsThe Renegades were affiliated with the Texas Rangers from the 1994 and 1995 seasons before a split affiliation in 1996 between the Rangers and expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays (now Rays) with the Devil Rays becoming the primary affiliate in 1997.  

MLB Chatter The big news going around right now is that the winning bid for Yu Darvish has been selected, but we won't be able to know who won until contract negotiations finish next Tuesday. The Yankees and Rangers were apparently gunning for his services (and gunning hard), but from the sounds of it, the Blue Jays may have been the team that won the bidding. It's all just rumors at this point, but the Blue Jays supposedly put...  

Lenovo combines Tablet with Ultrabook to get the Yogaeu.techcrunchby Mike Butcher Personally, I've been waiting for a laptop which just folds right over hinges and turns into a full-blown touchscreen tablet for a while. Like, why did Apple not do this with the Mac Air? Ah – because it wants us to wait for the next ...and more »  

Aurasma launches augmented reality 3D engine at CESTechCrunchby Mike Butcher Aurasma, a startup with a new kind of augmented reality visual browser, is part of the mobile apps showdown at CES, and I got a taste of their technology in the somewhat unlikely setting of the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, ...and more »  

Question for Mayor Bill Foster on the Tampa Bay Rays stadium: What's the endgame?Tampabay.comHe has a terrific lease at Tropicana Field, and he should use it to his greatest benefit. But he needs to recognize the lease will be half-over by the end of the year, and the Rays are going to pay less and less to get out of it as the expiration date ...and more »