One year ago on Rays Index we reported what was being said about Elliot Johnson colliding with a Yankees catcher during a spring game. One can easily look back at this moment that set the tone for both the Rays and the Yankees during the 2008 season. The Collision That [...]
With the Rays fighting for their first division title early last September, Shawn Riggans underwent a knee surgery that was to sideline him for 2-4 weeks. Our biggest concern at the time was whether Riggans would be back in time for the playoffs (he wasn’t). What we didn’t realize at [...]
Back in early 2007, Joe Maddon wanted Edwin Jackson to watch some tapes of Bob Gibson. This is not a new story. Nor is it really anything newsworthy. Why wouldn’t a manager want a pitcher to emulate one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. What is crazy. No. What [...]
It must have been a slow news day on Friday. How slow? Bill Chastain told us what Eric Hinske thinks of the Rays chances this season. And this wasn’t just a throw-away quote at the end of an article about the former Ray. It was the title and it was [...]
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Time to bring back the GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: The Rays were down 7-0 after 5 innings, which is when the regulars are in the game. There is nothing [...]
