Archive for July, 2010

• Matt Garza Will Throw Another No-Hitter Today At Noon

  July 27, 2010 at 9:00 am 2 comments

  Sun Sports just announced that they will replay Matt Garza’s no-hitter at noon today. The game will be shown in its entirety.

   
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  USA Today Thinks It Is Still 2007

  July 27, 2010 at 8:30 am 1 comment

  Noah Pranksy of WTSP caught this screen-grab moments after Matt Garza’s no-hitter… When USA Today finally got around to fixing this, they ended up just replacing one error with another

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Being On The Right Side Of History For Once

  July 27, 2010 at 7:43 am 9 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: Matt Garza. The Garza Complex threw the first no-hitter in franchise history. It took him 120 pitches (101 fastballs) and he faced the minimum [...]

   
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  Postgame Shot Of Joe: Brilliance Minus The Bats

  July 27, 2010 at 4:55 am 12 comments

  Before Monday’s no-hitter, Matt Garza and James Shields were fighting it out to become the first Rays starter to grab a 5.0 ERA. But unlike with Shields, Joe and every other Rays fan knew that at some point Garza and his great stuff would get hot. Well, now he’s hot — in [...]

   
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  Matt Garza Goes Where No Ray Has Gone Before

  July 26, 2010 at 8:50 pm 34 comments

  Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I’ve just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you’re doing and listen. NO HITTER!

   
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  Should The Rays Go Monochrome?

  July 26, 2010 at 11:30 am 16 comments

  The images above are from THIS POST over at Uniwatch in which they examine monochrome possibilities for various teams. Call us crazy, but we kinda like the all-navy blue look on the right. Reminds us of the style used by the Cubs for a few years in the early part [...]

   
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  Rays Bullpen Reinforcement Could Be A Flight From Durham Away

  July 26, 2010 at 10:30 am 6 comments

  If the Rays decide they need a new arm in the bullpen, they may not have to buy a relief pitcher on the trade market. They could choose to seek reinforcements on the Durham roster. Specifically, the Rays could turn to RJ Swindle as a dominating lefty specialist… The Rays [...]

   
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  Revisiting The Kazmir-Zambrano Trade Now Is Silly And Pointless

  July 26, 2010 at 9:30 am 14 comments

  Much has been made of Scott Kazmir’s struggles this season as his career continues to fall faster than BJ Upton’s trade value. So we guess it was only a matter of time until somebody tried to argue that the trade that brought Kazmir to the Rays wasn’t that bad. Enter [...]

   
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  Rays Could Turn To Hellickson For Bullpen Help

  July 26, 2010 at 8:30 am 5 comments

  We guess this counts as news…When asked if Jeremy Hellickson could be used in the bullpen at some point this season, Joe Maddon said maybe… “Out of the bullpen, that’s a possibility, and I would not be opposed to that at all. But eventually he’s going to be one of [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Hot Big Dub, A Red Hot Briggy Baseball And Big Papi To Tampa Bay?

  July 26, 2010 at 6:15 am 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. THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Big Dub picked up his 3rd straight win and worked into the 7th inning for the 3rd straight start. He struggled early, [...]