![[THE HANGOVER] Dirtbag Slams Halladay And The Jays; Forecast Calls For More Beanballs](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2683967225_d4db9db21f_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: Little Ball and Long Ball. The Rays are not big on “Little Ball”, but it sure helped in the 6th inning. An infield single by Ben Zobrist (OK, it went to the OF, but it bounced over Scott Rolen’s head), a bunt single by Aki Iwamura, a dribbler […]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM]](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-3083870236478326008.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Durham 4, Syracuse 1. Jeff Niemann pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks, with 5 strike outs…Dan Johnson hit 2 home runs and finished 3-3 with a walk and 3 RBI. He has 16 home runs for Durham. Birmingham 5, Montgomery 3. Dunedin 5, Vero Beach 2. […]
![[THE HANGOVER] Benny Boo Boo’s Shot That May Have Saved Rays Season](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2681671463_412232a9c9_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: Ben Zobrist. In the second inning, BenZo made a Jason Bartlett-esque play in the hole, turning and making a one-hop throw to first for the out. Later, with the Rays trailing 1-0 in the 7th and one of the game’s best pitchers on the mound, Eric Hinske drew […]
![[THE HANGOVER] Kazmir May Now Make One Less Second-Half Start Due To All-Star Appearance](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2678160585_2133075dcf_o.jpg)
THE TELLING: Noticed this during the home run derby, but forgot about it…All of the All-Stars had their team’s logo on the right sleeve of the All-Star jerseys (ie. Cubs). However, Evan Longoria’s jersey had the Rays’ fish logo rather than the new sunburst logo. And yes, we are aware […]
![[THE HANGOVER] Rays Get Break At Much Needed Time](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2676880247_dee05b1144_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: We are back after a much-needed 7-day vacation and an even more needed 4-day mini-vacation for 22 of the players and all of the coaches and staff…The AL won the All-Star game with a little help from a couple of Rays. This is significant as it means if […]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Thayer And Cummings Strong In AAA All-Star Game](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-7756967237905501882.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
PCL 6, IL 5 (AAA All-Star game). Chris Richard started for the IL at first base and went 0-2 with a strike out…Dale Thayer pitched the 5th inning, allowing no runs on 1 hit and Jeremy Cummings got the call in the 7th inning, also holding the PCL scoreless while […]
![[EVAN LONGORIA] New York Times Refuses To Utter Evan Longoria’s Nickname](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-6209317602843301583.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Long Beach State University’s mascot is the “49ers”. However, as those of you that follow this site regularly already know, the baseball team has it’s own moniker, “The Dirtbags”. As a former member of Long Beach State’s baseball team, Evan Longoria, the new face of the Tampa Bay Rays, embodies […]
![[THE HANGOVER] Dirtbag Picks Up AL Rookie Award](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2654020051_8f5bf0844d_o.jpg)
THE GOOD: Edwin Jackson after the first inning. He seemed to gain a few inches on his fastball and settled down to hold the Yankees scoreless for the next 5+ innings after allowing 1 run in the first…JP Howell was once again his masterful self pitching 2 scoreless innings of […]
![[DOWN ON THE FARM] Wade Davis Earns 9th Win](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-260319347982922277.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
Norfolk 7, Durham 2. Jeremy Cummings gave up 4 runs (3 earned) in 4.1 innings on 9 hits and a walk…Scott Dohmann gave up the go-ahead 2-run home run in the 9th inning for the loss…Dan Johnson finished 3-4 with his 13th home run and 2 RBI…Joel Guzman was 2-4 […]
![[EVAN LONGORIA] Dick Vitale Shills For Dirtbag To Make All-Star Team](http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/25315247-7559249072486197952.gif?l=raysindex.blogspot.com)
As we mentioned earlier this morning, Evan Longoria is leading the vote for the final spot of the AL All-Star squad. Voting ends at 5pm ET on Thursday. Now we find this little piece of propaganda from none other than Dick Vitale pushing people to vote for Dirtbag (Thanks JJ). […]
