Last week prior to Wednesday’s White Sox game at The Trop, RayIndex got a chance to ask Rays manager Joe Maddon a few questions. RaysIndex: Your starting pitchers are second in the big leagues in innings pitched. Do you dismiss that because it’s still April or are you concerned because [...]
After Jose Bautista hit a home run on Friday, and then two home runs off of David Price on Saturday, Joe Maddon had an interesting comment. He invoked the one name that Bautista and the Blue Jays probably don’t want to hear: Barry Bonds… “He’s very reminiscent of Barry Bonds in 2002,” Rays [...]
Yesterday, James Shields tossed his second-consecutive complete game, this one a 4-hit shutout of the Blue Jays. And now, one season after posting a 5.18 ERA (although he really wasn’t that bad), Shields looks as good as ever. But can he keep it up? To answer that, let’s take a [...]
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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. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: James Shields. If he keeps this up, we might have to stop calling him “Big Blast” James. Shields tossed [...]
Wow. Joe never expected Jeff Niemann to lay a big Easter egg thus far this season. And frankly, Joe never expected the return of Big Game Shields. If Big Game Shields continues to pitch like he has lately, we can all put his old nasty moniker away. Last year, Shields [...]
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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. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Johnny Damon. His 2-run home run in the 1st put the Rays in control in the first. Also important [...]
Well, it was a little too close for comfort, but the reason Joe loves the Rays this year shined in this game. * Ace David Price continued his dominance over the Jays, throwing a strong eight innings (Joe will try to forget that ninth inning… with the help of some [...]
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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. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Lil Sammy Fuld. Another 3-hit night for Fuld. That is 4 on the season. Only Prince Fielder (5) and [...]
Just miserable stuff for anyone who invested the nearly four hours into tonight’s extra-inning choke job in Toronto. At least the Sam Fuld show kept up the entertainment value. You just knew Sean Rodriguez dropping a perfect pickoff throw at second base in the seventh inning was trouble, combined with [...]
Last week, when the Twins were in town, Michael Cuddyer took some pics in some parts of the Trop that most of us will never visit. Below are some of those pics, which includes shots from the visitors locker room and from the catwalks. While we have seen other pictures [...]
