Sep 21
Two years ago on Rays Index we gauged the reaction to the Rays’ new uniforms and provided our own thoughts on the changes.
You Would Think That The Devil Rays Clubbed A Baby Seal [Rays Index]
Archive for September 21st, 2009
Sep 21
[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Big Start For Hellboy, Pushing The Pitchers And CC Is Upset
Carl Crawford, Desmond Jennings, James Shields, Jeremy Hellickson, Matt Garza, Wade Davis 8 Comments »
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
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THE TELLING: With one more loss or one more Red Sox win, the Rays will be officially eliminated from playoff contention.
SUNBURST PLAYER OF THE GAME: Carl Crawford
DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA…
- Tomorrow night in Oklahoma City (on ESPN2) is the triple-A championship game. Jeremy Hellickson will start for Durham. MiLB.com has a preview. [MiLB]
- Jeremy Hellickson and Desmond Jennings were named the Rays minor league pitcher and player of the year. [Tampa Tribune]
- Joe Maddon says no more players will be called up from Durham and he has no plans to scale back James Shields and Matt Garza despite high innings pitched totals. [St. Pete Times]
- Marc Lancaster writes that allowing Wade Davis to throw 124 pitches in his last start is part of the grand plan to allow him to mature into a 215 inning pitcher. [Tampa Tribune]
- Carl Crawford feels umpires are missing too many calls on his stolen base attempts. [St. Pete Times]
- Carlos Pena feels the Rays will be better in 2010 because of the struggles the team experienced this season. [St. Pete Times]
- This is from a fantasy perspective, but it does raise an interesting issue: Is Carl Crawford more valuable than Jacoby Ellsbury? [ESPN]
- Wade Davis threw 124 pitches in his last start. You knew that. But did you know 8 teams have not had a single pitcher throw 120 pitches this season? Or that 3 of those teams haven’t had a 120-pitch performance in two years? [Chicago Tribune]
- Dan Tobin of Bugs and Cranks interviewed a lady who sang “God Bless America” at a Rays game. [Bugs and Cranks]
- A Eulogy for the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays and deciding where the blame must lay. [Sports of Boston]
