So the kid from the corn, Jeremy Hellickson, wasn’t so bad, was he? Geez, how deep is the Rays starting pitching? The rotation gets a night off when a rookie gets a spot, one-time start, and he shuts down the Twins. Mind you, this is not the Kansas City Royals. [...]
Marc Topkin is reporting that Jeremy Hellickson has indeed been sent back to Durham following his start tonight, and as we expected, Dan Johnson has been promoted to take Hellboy’s spot on the roster.
The following info on the weekend series against the Yankees comes from Sun Sports The 3-game series against the Yankees was the highest-rated regular season series in team history. The three games averaged a 9.9 rating (178,238 households). The previous record was for a series against the Red Sox 6/30-7/2, [...]
Needing a spot on the roster for Jeremy Hellickson, the Rays today placed Andy Sonnanstine on the DL with a strained left roster spot hamstring. The move is retroactive to July 23, so he is eligible to return on August 7. If he had been demoted, he would not have [...]
We will never get tired of hearing other players complain about playing in The Trop. This one comes from Lance Berkman who struggled defensively in the Rays win over the Yankees on Sunday (thanks Beth)… Before this weekend, Berkman had played at Tropicana Field only once, in 2008, but that [...]
Young Hollywood caught up with Evan Longoria during the All-Star break…
Back in June we wondered why the national media has been so critical of the Rays attendance and yet they appeared to be giving the Reds attendance problems a pass. Now comes word, that like the Rays, the second-place Reds are starting to see the team’s success pay off in [...]
We are not sure how noticeable this was on the Rays broadcast Friday night, but it was hard not to notice on the Yankees broadcast. Behold the wonder of the lone erect goatee whisker… And the best part is, you know his teammates saw that and didn’t say anything. Can [...]
We’ll let the Charlotte Stone Crabs explain… The Charlotte Stone Crabs will host Rocco Baldelli Moustache Night on Wednesday, August 4 as a celebration of the fantastic facial hair display that currently sits atop the outfielder’s upper lip. Baldelli…arrived in Port Charlotte with a respectable moustache that has since transformed [...]
Dan Johnson, who leads the International League with 30 home runs, 95 RBI, a .430 OBP and a 1.053 OPS could be up with the Rays as early as tomorrow. With both Ben Zobrist and Carlos Pena ailing, Joe Maddon says the team could place one on the DL rather [...]
