Boy, this game started out with some promise. The first two hits were consecutive doubles in the first by SRod and Willie Aybar. Joe was pumped! And then… um, did someone forget to pay the power bill? From then on, that team in the road grays looked anemic. Three hits [...]
The dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig, of WDAE-AM 620, will chat live with Cork Gaines, the esteemed father and caretaker of these here pages at about 5 p.m today. Cork joins the top-rated ”Big Dog” to talk all things Rays and about the nastiness of drinking from a [...]
It’s hard for Joe to get all depressed and worked up over this extra-innings loss to the Twins the way the Rays have been playing so well in this homestand. Still, only scratching out one run on five hits in 13 innings is a bit troubling despite Merlot Joe (finally) [...]
So the kid from the corn, Jeremy Hellickson, wasn’t so bad, was he? Geez, how deep is the Rays starting pitching? The rotation gets a night off when a rookie gets a spot, one-time start, and he shuts down the Twins. Mind you, this is not the Kansas City Royals. [...]
Maybe Matt Garza’s no-hitter just raised the pitching bar so high for James Shields that he’s willing himself to reach it. Joe swears that no-hitter changed this team. Maybe Shields just missed his nickname. Whatever the reason that has led to Shields’ great command, Joe’s loving it. Take your nickname [...]
Strange goings on. Decent starting pitching. Awful result. That’s pretty much what Joe feels after watching the Yankmees beat the Rays tonight. It wasn’t like Matt Garza was horrible. He only gave up five hits. Any other night, that’s damn fine pitching. Problem was they were all extra-base hits! If [...]
Joe is so giddy over the Rays win he doesn’t know where to begin? It was the Holy Trinity of baseball tonight: pitching, defense and a key hit. * Wade Davis: Was this his best outing? Hard to argue. Once he got past the first, he was simply dominant. Joe [...]
Absolutely loving how the Rays didn’t only sweep the Tigers but sucked the soul out of them in the process. You could heap superlatives left and right on the Rays about now. Randy Choate and Dan Wheeler looking like studs in starring roles. Sean “wet-vac” Rodriguez seemingly dried out now [...]
When your team’s literally on pace for 100 wins (after 100 games), plus young and relatively healthy, it can be challenging to find fault. That’s where the Rays are. Maddenology is breaking new ground. Joaquin Benoit and MFIKY have found a new level of shutdown nasty. And the Rays have shown [...]
If Joe didn’t know any better, he’d have thought he was watching the Mets and the Cardinals circa 1985 the way the Rays and Tigers pitched and played defense, all on turf. It took some bold defense by Dirtbag to actually pull out the win, 3-2 for the Rays. Clinging [...]
