Joe is still violently slapping his glove and yanking his shirt tail out of his pants over this win by the Rays tonight. Joe could go on and on about how MFIKY was nearly dominant. Joe could be utterly giddy over the clutch power hitting of Dan Johnson. Joe could [...]
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This week’s cover of the Sports Illustrated (via The Heater*) features a comic book-style rendering of a super hero-like Carl Crawford holding a frail and frightened Derek Jeter above his head with one arm while Bizarro Superman looks on in anguish. The cover is in reference to an SI story [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays (10 days until Opening Day) Night game tonight. No BJ Upton or Akinori Iwamura until Sunday. Andy Sonnanstine gets the start. A solid outing would probably secure his spot in the rotation if there is still any doubt. Evan Longoria will start at third base. If the [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays (16 days until pitchers and catchers report)One our regular commenters, is starting to expand his horizons with a contributing piece at The Baseball Analysts. We were tempted to dedicate an entire post entitled “Why The Devil Rays Commenters Suck: Bob Rittner”, but were afraid nobody would get [...]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 25 11 – 8-2 W2 – Baltimore Orioles 18 20 8.0 6-4 L2 118 New York Yankees 17 19 8.0 5-5 L1 119 Toronto Blue Jays 15 22 10.5 2-8 L1 116 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 15 22 10.5 [...]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 16 8 – 7-3 W1 – Toronto Blue Jays 12 12 4.0 4-6 W1 135 Baltimore Orioles 12 13 4.5 4-6 L1 134 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 11 14 5.5 5-5 W1 133 New York Yankees 9 14 6.5 [...]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 12 7 – 7-3 L2 – Baltimore Orioles 11 9 1.5 7-3 L2 142 Toronto Blue Jays 10 10 2.5 4-6 W2 141 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9 11 3.5 5-5 W2 140 New York Yankees 8 11 4.0 [...]
AL EAST W L GB L10 STK E# Boston Red Sox 6 4 – 6-4 W2 – Toronto Blue Jays 7 5 – 6-4 W1 – Baltimore Orioles 6 6 1.0 6-4 W3 150 New York Yankees 5 6 1.5 4-6 L1 150 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5 7 2.0 [...]
B. J. “Don’t call me Melvin” Upton is a big story for the Rays this Spring and the Worldwide Leader is starting to pick up on it. Papa Joe Maddon is giving Upton a shot to make the team as a “super-utility” player. He would not have a regular position, [...]
