Jonah Keri: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Tampa Rays/Wall Street book, with ESPN Books and Random House

Not only that…Jonah needs a title for the sure best-seller! (I’ve already sent in “When They Do the Zobristol Stomp: Whoa, Oh, Oh , Ah-Ah-Ah, Oh” to the publishers…so don’t bother)

I’m thrilled to report that I’ve agreed to terms, with a joint partnership of ESPN Books and Random House, to write a book about the Tampa Bay Rays and their Wall Street approach to baseball.

I’m psyched about the project, because there’s an amazing story to be told. Three guys with limited baseball experience but a wealth of Wall Street experience, Stuart Sternberg (Goldman Sachs), Matt Silverman (Goldman Sachs) and Andrew Friedman (Bear Stearns) have taken the Rays from the worst team in baseball to the 2008 AL champions. That’s not even stating it strongly enough. When these Wall Street guys took over three years ago, the Rays were the butt of constant jokes, the weak sister in a division ruled by the unbeatable Yankees and Red Sox. Now…well, I’m writing a book about them! They’ve got a loaded team that’s going to be very good for many years to come.

...Oh, and one more thing. We haven’t settled on a title yet. I’ll be talking to my editors in the next few days. If you’ve got a great title idea in the meantime, feel free to pass it along.

Thanks to Jon Weisman.