![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Return Of Shelton, The Loss Of Dave And A 2011 Prediction](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/357100813455_Orioles_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
Joe Maddon announced (via Marc Topkin) that he expects all of his coaches to be back in 2011. Of course, that includes hitting coach Derek Shelton. And we thought this week couldn’t get any worse. THE JUNKYARD DOGS WEBTOPIA… Ken Rosenthal reports that Dave Martinez will interview for the Blue […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Last Goodbye, Shelton’s Future And JoeMa’s Ejection](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/357100224412_Rays_Spring_Training-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: A Last Goodbye? We may have seen Carl Crawford at the Trop in a Rays uniform for the last time. And that is horribly […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Shoppach’s Big Bat, Clumsy Baserunning And Injury Updates](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/357100410838_Yankees_at_Rays-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Kelly Shoppach. This might be the first time all season that Shoppach made an appearance in “The Good.” He came into the game with […]
Well, thanks to Dirtbag, the Rays avoided being no-hit by Bob Gibson Sunday. Oh, that wasn’t Bob Gibson? Morrow is the guy’s name? Wow, Joe never knew Ken Morrow could pitch. Dude was a helluva hockey player for the Islanders. Guess a great athlete can also be a good player […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Struggling Offense, Upton’s Latest Brainfart And Blalock’s Future](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Hangover6-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Diamondbacks 2, Rays 1 THE GOOD: Wade Davis. Nice strong start from Big Dub. The 7.1 innings was his longest outing of the year and only […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss The Duke, Maddonology And A Little Help From The Vuvuzelas](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hangover33-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Andy Sonnanstine. After tossing 4.2 scoreless innings Friday and then after Lance Cormier nearly blew a 4-run 11th inning lead, The Duke came in […]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Rays Easy Pitching, Bossman’s Easy Glove And Kennedy’s “Commentary”](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hangover7-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: Making It Look Easy. It feels like every game this season has been like last night. Domination. And it starts with the league best […]
Every team goes through “Picture Day” during spring training where all the players and coaches get all dolled up in their regular season uniforms and have their pictures taken by the professionals. Here is a link to Getty’s pics of the Rays. But before you go look at the entire […]
The ESPN cameras were there when Carl Crawford met with Derek Shelton for the first time this off-season. What is telling about this video is that Shelton seems a bit more proactive than most hitting coaches. He has taken the time this winter to fly around the country and meet […]
There is a lot of debate about the importance of a hitting coach. Often, their biggest challenge is to get hitters out of funks and back to where they are confident swinging a bat. And Shelton’s most important student this off-season is BJ Upton. And how are things working between […]
