General manager Andrew Friedman, sensing that the Rays’ franchise was on shaky ground, bailed out to become president of the Dodgers’ baseball operation. The Rays’ domed stadium makes the Coliseum look like the Taj Mahal, and poor attendance is always an issue — even in the best of times. Rumors flew in that direction but were met with a full set of denials (“This has nothing to do with us,” a Dodgers source told espn.com). In a sight that has horrified Cubs fans everywhere, the fabled bleachers are being torn down, the first stage of a four-year, $575 renovation project. Congratulations to Chili Davis, who tripled his salary and got a three-year contract in leaving the A’s to become Boston’s hitting coach. [...] you wonder how he feels about Yoenis Céspedes, who has gone public with his indecision about signing a long-term deal or testing the free-agent market after the 2015 season. Notable omission in our review of Kansas City baseball history last week: In 1951, Mickey Mantle’s first year with the Yankees, he was slumping badly in July, hitting .260 with little power, and the Yankees sent him to the Kansas City Blues, their Triple-A team in the American Association.