Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Fernando Rodney moaned about “one pitch” costing the Rays and him in the Sox debacle on Thursday night. So it was fitting that one pitch really turned the Rays to wacky 12-10 win in Baltimore on Friday. In the third inning, Kelly Johnson [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. The agony of this latest Fernando Rodney choke job really shouldn’t be overblown beyond pounding your head against the wall because the guy couldn’t throw strikes. It happens. Rarely this painfully, with a three-run ninth, but it happens. Crooked Cap’s immortality only lasted [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… Well, there goes the win-streak, snapped at six games. On the bright side, the Rays had a six-game win streak which pushed the Rays over .500 for the season. Can’t win them all, but that’s not what Joe is upset about. Cy Young [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. The table was set perfectly for Matt Moore to pull a Humpty Dumpty and fall to pieces en route to his first loss of the season against the hated Red Sox tonight. But Moore wouldn’t play along. David Ortiz clobbering a three-run homer [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… The Rays, who struggle with offense more than Joe does trying to find a keyhole after a Saturday night bender, are built largely on pitching and defense. This formula has worked in the past and if the Rays play October baseball again this [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts … Forget about crazy Alex Cobb having one of the wackiest outings in baseball history tonight. Forget about the bullpen looking like the 2012 edition — again. For this night, Joe’s got to acknowledge what Evan Longoria continues to do at the plate. [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… Well, with the much-anticipated, rare match-up of reigning Cy Young Award winners, it wasn’t exactly Sandy Koufax vs. Bob Gibson, but David Price gutted his way through for a strong start over R.A. Dickey in a 10-inning win. Thankfully, Merlot Joe let David [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… Boy oh boy did the Rays need this. No, it wasn’t a boatload of offense (thought Kelly Johnson and James Loney did bring the sticks). No, it wasn’t starting pitcher (Matt Moore did that). It was a bullpen. Finally. Moore pitched strong. But [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… Man, with the purported pitching excellence of the Rays, one would think seven runs in the first inning would lock up a win. Nope. In fact, is it too early to suggest the Rays’ pitching is just a tad overrated? David Price is [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts… Well, that 8-3 Rays win sure feels good, huh? You know what else feels good? It seems Rays ace David Price may have turned the corner. He didn’t have the greatest of starts but for a few innings in the middle of the [...]
