Time to bring back 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: The Bossman Cometh. It was his second 3-hit game in 3 days, but it was the line drive blast over [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Zorilla Under The Radar, Uncharacteristic Shields And Mythical Defensive Stats](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/3532891010_d46aedd0f7_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: Zorilla! We wish we could better appreciate the season that he is having. 6 home runs in 75 at bats [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss BJ’s Weak Swing, CC’s Bum Shoulder And ‘The Percy’](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/3530181331_1d8454eddf_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: BJ Upton. We put Bossman here reluctantly. The 3 hits were a nice change, but he is still not hitting [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Maddon’s Inexplicable Use Of A Backup Over Burrell With Game On The Line](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/3527551873_f2f162a21a_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: Edwin Jackson. Nuke has a 2.60 ERA and a 35-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Wait. What? That’s not good? He is pitching [...]
[Ed. note: Knowing that our audience is 93.4% male, let us apologize in advance] Yesterday we linked to an interview in which Andrew Friedman spoke about the Rays ability to exploit defense as an area in which the team could find value without overextending team resources. As more teams are [...]
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![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Kazmir’s New Arsenal, The Pink Backpack And Winning At Fenway](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3424897767_5cbf02caa7_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: Scott Kazmir’s slider. A good Kazmir needs to have confidence to throw his slider. In 2007, he threw it 17% [...]
Four weeks ago we addressed 10 questions hovering over the Rays in spring training. Let’s take a look at those questions and see if we are any closer to getting some answers… What can we expect from BJ Upton this season? We are still in “wait-and-see” mode with BJ Upton [...]
![[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Stu’s Ringtone, Attendance And Durham’s Rotation](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3411977998_3725c8d0a5_m.jpg)
Time to bring back 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: Scott Kazmir. Three scoreless innings, only 2 hits and 1 walk. We have said it before, but we think this [...]
In the spring, with so many players in the lineup everyday, it is difficult to learn anything about playing time from the boxscores and statlines. What we really need to know is how much playing time each player gets at each position, and more importantly, when are they in the [...]
