Yesterday we worried that Stuart Sternberg’s comments about the 2011 payroll would lead to unfair comparisons to the 1997 Marlins, a team that won the World Series and then completely gutted their roster. The 1998 Marlins lost 108 games. Big League Stew thought we were overreacting (us? overreact? never!). Well, [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Rain Delay Depth, CC’s Big Stage And Navi’s Mental Lapse](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/128100820010Rays_at_Athletics-150x150.jpg)
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: Carl Crawford. While it looked like CC was pressing against the Yankees last week, he finally had a typical all-around great game in a big game. [...]
Ah, if it wasn’t so late, Joe would be raising a glass of an adult beverage. Sadly, 5 a.m. comes awful early. Leave it to the pride of the corn, Hellboy, to rescue the Rays pitching woes. Dude was money. Good control. Great to watch. Glad to see the Rays [...]
The Rays still have two games head-to-head with the Yankees and hold the tie-breaker should the two teams finish tied at the standings. But that didn’t stop ESPN.com from declaring the race over with a piece titled, “And that’s the AL East race, folks“… Nothing more to see here. Move [...]
As we get closer to the 2010 playoffs, the Rays chatter is starting to pick up a notch. If you want to discuss the Rays, there are several options. In addition to the comments sections on this website, don’t forget about the Raysheads Forum which can now be found over [...]
The Rays opened the season with a $72 million payroll. Back in March, Stuart Sternberg announced that the 2011 payroll would be less than $60 million. And now, two weeks prior to the playoffs, Sternberg said the payroll is going down no matter what the Rays do in the playoffs… [...]
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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: Red Sox Loss. Another loss by the Red Sox and the Rays magic number is now 6 to clinch a playoff spot. THE BAD: [...]
So James “No Game” Shields gives up five runs to start the damned game. Guess what the Rays lost by tonight folks? Yup, you guessed it. What exactly has happened to a once proud starting pitching staff? Joe has called out Derek Shelton for his unclutch, walks-are-better-than-hits, strikeouts-aren’t-so-bad approach to [...]
Two years ago on Rays Index we were amused by one Minnesota columnist that was offended by the Rays celebrating their playoff berth. Twins Columnist Does Not Want Rays Celebrating While Twins Are Choking [Rays Index]
If you want a better idea of when the Rays will play home games this postseason, don’t fret. One reader (thanks Travis) put together a handy chart that lays out exactly when the Rays will play at home and on the road in the playoffs depending on how the Rays [...]
