01. Players

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  Take A Tour Of James Shields’ $1.15 Million Clearwater Home

  May 6, 2013 at 12:47 pm 10 comments

  James Shields recently put his Pinellas County home on the market. On the next few pages, we’ll take a tour of the home, which can be yours for just $1.15 million…

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Loney’s Bat, McGee’s Pitches, And B.J. Being B.J.

  May 6, 2013 at 8:30 am 9 comments

  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, Rockies 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Rays Way. The Rays won 2 of 3 this weekend. I had to go back and check to make sure [...]

   
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  Rays Yoga, Rays Fans, One Scary Moment, And Other Images From This Weekend’s Games

  May 6, 2013 at 7:30 am 1 comment

  We’ve got the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…

   
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  Joel Peralta’s Elbow Reminds Us Just How Unnatural Throwing A Baseball Can Be

  May 5, 2013 at 6:06 pm 3 comments

  They say throwing a ball overhand is the most unnatural thing we do in sports. Joel Peralta’s elbow shows us why that is. The human arm is just not designed to throw a ball over our heads. And that’s why pitchers suffer so many shoulder and elbow injuries (clip via [...]

   
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  A Ninja, Plenty Of Mud, A Comfy Gnome, And Other Images From Yesterday’s Rain Out

  May 3, 2013 at 8:39 am 0 comments

  We’ve got the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Hot Bats, Losing Leads, And Jake McGee’s Fastball

  May 2, 2013 at 9:05 am 18 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Royals 9, RAYS 8 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Matt Joyce. With another home run last night, Joyce now has 7 hits in his last 5 games with [...]

   
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  Flash Jennings Flying, A Small Crowd, An Old School Cap, And Other Images From Last Night’s Game

  May 2, 2013 at 7:33 am 0 comments

  We’ve got the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…

   
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  Alex Cobb Is A Mini-James Shields At One-Twentieth The Price

  May 1, 2013 at 10:04 am 8 comments

  We’ve mentioned it a few times that it will be Alex Cobb that will replace James Shields in the Rays’ rotation. And while we knew they had similar pitching styles, I had no idea their pitching motions were so similar. And while Shields got the better of Cobb last night, [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Typical Shields, The Bow-And-Arrow, And Getting Beat At The Rays’ Own Game

  May 1, 2013 at 8:34 am 20 comments

  The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS (boxscore) THE GOOD:  Matt Joyce. Matty must have heard me talking to some friends before the game about how similar his numbers were to Justin [...]

   
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  Rays Designate Shelley Duncan For Assignment To Make Room For Luke Scott

  April 30, 2013 at 3:05 pm 4 comments

  Luke Scott has been activated from the disabled list. At to make room for him on the roster, Shelley Duncan has been designated for assignment. Duncan was 10-55 with two home runs in 20 games. The Rays will have ten days to either trade Duncan or more likely expose him [...]