Archive for June 11th, 2010

• Two Years Ago On Rays Index

  June 11, 2010 at 3:00 pm 2 comments

  Two years ago on Rays Index we discovered a video in which Stuart Sternberg and Joe Maddon discuss the evolution of the fist bump. The Fist Bump: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It [Rays Index]

   
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  Playing A Little Pepper: Week 10

  June 11, 2010 at 11:11 am 7 comments

  FIRST INNING (A look back)… Joe Maddon is a big fan of the reverse-split theory (dubbed The Danks Theory by Tommy Rancel) in which he will load the lineup with right-handed bats against a righty or left-handed bats versus a lefty should the pitcher’s splits dictate such a move. It [...]

   
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  Fun With Official Scoring: Why Was Wade Davis Charged With 3 Runs?

  June 11, 2010 at 10:25 am 4 comments

  A reader pointed out something earlier this morning that had slipped our attention. During last night’s game, Wade Davis was charged with 3 runs even though the eventual 3rd run reached base after Davis had been removed from the game. Here is the play-by-play: Aaron Hill singles off of Wade [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Big Dub’s Control, Pena’s Record And The Possible Return Of The Friedman Special

  June 11, 2010 at 7:16 am 12 comments

  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: Wade Davis. For the first time this year he worked into the 8th inning and for only the second time in 7 starts, Big [...]