Those who swill ale with Joe know he was one of the few Rays fans who was not doing cartwheels over the return of Karlos Pena this season. Sure, there are few guys nicer than Karlos, a really, really class act of a guy. That’s not why Joe was unmoved [...]
We’ll have more later on this game, but in the meantime, let’s enjoy both the game-winning hit and the grand slam earlier in the game… First the Grand Slam… And now the walk-off shot in the ninth inning…
The last time Carlos Pena homered for the Tampa Bay Rays was Game 3 of the 2010 ALDS against the Texas Rangers. That drought ended today in the second inning… *Video: carlos pena home run
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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 4, Pirates 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Evan Longoria. The kid was in the lineup for the first time this spring, and Raysheads everywhere breathed 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. Twins 3, RAYS 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: The Crime Cat. Carlos Pena made his Rays re-debut. He only played three innings, and was 0-2. But how [...]
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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. Orioles 3, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Big Dub is battling for a spot in the rotation, so there is no time to mess [...]
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Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page) In the latest, “Joe Maddon will sign an extension soon, we swear” story, Marc Topkin reports that the two sides are closing in on a three-year extension. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Carlos Pena turned down an $8 million offer from the Indians (he [...]
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Off-Season (click image for random Wikipedia page) The Rays officially announced the signing of Carlos Pena [video of the press conference via Tampa Bay Times is below]. And the Rays posted billboards throughout the area welcoming El Gato back to the team. But more importantly, as we have been speculating [...]
According to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com, the Rays have brought back Carlos Pena on a 1-year, $7.25 million deal.
