This pitch by Jeremy Hellickson was called a strike despite being almost inside the batter’s box. But notice that Jose Lobaton kept his glove parallel to the ground which puts the webbing on the glove closer to the plate. For many catchers, the natural tendency on the inside pitch to [...]
Here are a few links to get you through this President’s Day… Joel Peralta will not play in the WBC. Luckily for the Rays, Peralta’s curious neck injury happened just in time to keep him from pitching in the tournament. And luckily for Peralta, he now has a good excuse [...]
In addition to Ben Zobrist, who will play for Team USA, and Fernando Rodney, who will play for the Dominican Republic, Joel Peralta (Dominican Republic) and Jose Molina (Puerto Rico) were also named to rosters today.
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The Rays have announced that most ticket prices will stay the same or go down. Of course, that means some (~25% of tickets) will go up. For example, the cheapest ticket in the house is now $10, up from $9. Marc Topkin has more details at TampaBay.com. THE JUNKYARD DOGS [...]
The Rays announced today that they have declined the $6 million option on Luke Scott’s contract, making him a free agent. In addition, they also announced that they have picked up the options on James Shields, Jose Molina, and Fernando Rodney, as expected. Declining the option on Scott is surprising [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Closing Fenway In Style, Strikezone Probz, And Spinning Wheels](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/uspw_6611672-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 4, Red Sox 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Pop Goes The Weasels. Carlos Pena and Ben Francisco went back-to-back and belly-to-belly in the 5th for the [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss A Cy Young Performance And Pushing Molina Too Far](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/uspw_6593130-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 5, Red Sox 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: A Cy Young Exclamation Point. After this performance I have to believe that the Cy Young Award is [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Measuring Hope And Alex Cobb Using The ‘He Started It!’ Defense](http://www.raysindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/uspw_6588278-150x150.jpg)
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Red Sox 5, RAYS 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: There Is Still Hope, I Think. The Rays are now 5 games back with 15 to play. And [...]
We’ve got some neon T-shirts, Sox fans inCarl Crawfordshirts, and the all-star ballot guys. We’ve got the highlights you won’t see on SportsCenter…
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Following a sixth inning in which Jose Molina let a couple of balls get by him, he and Alex Cobb had to be separated in the dugout. On the one hand, Molina is horrible at blocking pitches. He has 34 passed balls/wild pitches (including the only passed balls on the [...]
