![[THE WRITTEN WORD] Roger Weintraub And His Purple Prose Cover The Rays](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-1826884017175456290.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
We hesitate to link to this because it only emphasizes our own inadequacies as “writers”, but that would be an injustice to you. We will let Will Leitch of Deadspin provide the introduction… Slate’s Robert Weintraub, like many of us, loves the old purple prose of early 1900s sportswriting, the [...]
![[THE ARCHIVES] One Year Ago On Rays Index](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-2220048554589093073.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
One year ago on Rays Index we told exactly how bad Shawn Bleepin’ Camp had been for the Rays (It is amazing how similar IRS and IBS are). We always loved writing about Camp, as it gave us a chance to use one of our all-time favorite tags. We Knew [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] Rays Finish Tough Road Trip 3-3](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2513259213_38ba5b6155_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: If you would have offered us 3-3 on a tough two-city road trip, we would have signed for that. So, despite yesterday’s awful performance, the Rays are still playing well. Being 2 back in the division is more of an indication of how well the Sox are playing [...]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Reid Brignac Goes Deep Twice In Double-Header](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-2852556320475261928.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Durham 6, Charlotte 2 (gm 1). Chris Mason was knocked out with 2 outs in the 4th inning after allowing 5 hits and 2 walks which led to 2 runs…Juan Salas picked up the win after getting the next 4 outs…Grant Balfour retired the last 5 batters for his 7th [...]
