With the 25th pick of the first round in this year’s draft, the Rays selected Richie Shaffer, a third baseman from Clemson. With the new rules in place that restricts spending on the draft, we wondered aloud if the Rays might draft more college players this year, especially on the [...]
One year ago on Rays Index we noticed that Bobby Ramos had an unusual routine when the Rays played in Seattle. Bobby Ramos Likes To Relax In Seattle [Rays Index]
This weekend John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times raised some eyebrows with a column titled “Has a baseball team ever won so much and drawn so few as the Tampa Bay Rays?” In the piece Romano refers to the Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles as two franchises that had [...]
The New York Times ran a column titled “Buying a Sports Team Takes Heart and Cash, Plenty of It” in the their Business section on why people own baseball teams. The star of the column is Tampa Bay Rays majority owner Stuart Sternberg. It is an interesting read even if [...]
Finally! It is the overhead shot of Fernando Rodney as he is “Shooting the Moon.” And not only that, but the Sun Sports camera is in such good position that it is as if Honey Badger is shooting the camera. Unfortunately we can’t catch every post-game show, which is unfortunate [...]
As usual, here are some of our favorite images from this weekend’s series against the Baltimore Orioles. We like to call the the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…
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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. RAYS 8, Orioles 4 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Matt Moore. It’s an old story, but it is an important one. Moore still can’t keep his fastball down [...]
