Rays Superfan Dick Vitale was at last night’s game at The Trop and wasn’t pleased with the announced attendance of 11,722, the lowest total for a Red Sox game since 2003. So cue the attendance excuses, the “he’s right” charmers, the stadium debate, the Red Sox bandwagon jokes, and the [...]
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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. Yankees 5, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Ben Zobrist. With no Desmond Jennings, Zobrist batted leadoff and delivered 2 hits and 2 walks, including a triple [...]
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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 [...]
On Monday, Rays Superfan Dick Vitale had some harsh words for BJ Upton. Yesterday, Vitale appeared on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike Show.” If you thought Dickie V might back down from his criticism, you’d be wrong. Vitale thinks Upton just isn’t a very good player and he has the [...]
Dick Vitale, a long-time Rays season ticket holder, spends a lot of time on the Turf at the Trop and around the Rays. So when he comments on the personality of a player, we listen. The following was a status update on Dickie V’s Twitter account yesterday… As a baseball [...]
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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. THE GOOD: Wade Davis. For the first time this year he worked into the 8th inning and for only the second time in 7 starts, Big [...]
[Update] Here is a link to the video of the foul ball and Todd Kalas’ interview of Vitale a short time later. [MLB.com] [7:21pm] On the second pitch of tonight’s game, Toronto’s Fred Lewis lined a foul ball into the stands. That ball just happened to strike a Rays season ticket [...]
The Big Lead conducted a Q&A with Dick Vitale and asked him about the Rays ongoing fight for a new stadium… I think there’s no doubt it would be great here if they built a modern stadium, but it gets down to dollars. And fan interest and putting people in [...]
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Somebody at the 4-letter thinks the Red Sox will now pull off the greatest comeback in the history of baseball, coming back from a 4 games to 3 deficit. Well, Bristol is in the heart of Red Sox Nation. (Thanks Brett). We have now watched the 8th and 9th innings [...]
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THE TELLING: There was a lot of discussion as to whether Eric Hinske or Fernando Perez would be left off the roster in the ALCS. We are not sure why it was even a question. Joe Maddon needs Perez on the roster. When Jon Lester starts for the Red Sox, [...]
