Joe’s depressed. What looked like the best starting pitching in baseball is now pretty much a one-man gang: David Price. First it was James Shields, then Jeff Niemann and now Matt Garza. Guys, late-September is not the time of the year to go into a funk. Not when your team [...]
Two years ago on Rays Index we celebrated the Rays clinching their first-ever playoff berth. Congratulations, Tampa Bay Rays Sans Devil (Part 1) [Rays Index]
During the September 14th episode of “The B.S. Report” with Bill Simmons, the Sports Guy admits that he hasn’t watched the Red Sox play since August… I have not watched the Red Sox since the now-famous Tampa Bay Saturday night loss (Ed. note, this was August 28th, the night Dan [...]
After Friday night’s loss to the Angels, Peter Gammons and Nick Cafardo discussed BJ Upton on NESN. At issue was a flyball that Upton seemed to give up on with some nicely timed alligator-arms (you can see the play here). A run scored on the play and the Rays would [...]
Last week we said we wouldn’t be surprised if the Rays shut Jeremy Hellickson down for the year. And now we are beginning to wonder if the move is overdue. Prior to Sunday’s two-inning outing, Hellickson had faced only four batters in the past two weeks. And with the Rays [...]
There are only four major professional sports leagues in North America. So you would think the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” would at least know the names of the teams that play in those leagues. And yet, time after time after time, they continue to mangle the name of one [...]
The Rays announced that Dan Johnson has been named the organization’s Minor League Player of the Year and Jeremy Hellickson was named the Pitcher of the Year. In addition, the Rays also announced the MVPs for each of their minor league affiliates: INF/OF Elliot Johnson (Durham Bulls, AAA) RHP Alex [...]
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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: Jake McGee. Joe Maddon would probably love a second lefty in the ‘pen in October. And after McGee’s 1-2-3, 2 strikeout 9th inning, and [...]
