Playing A Little Pepper… Today’s game is going to be the Perfect Storm of Bad Attendance: 1) it’s a day game; 2) there is horrible weather; and 3) many thought game would be cancelled. I would be shocked if there are 5,000 people at the game. Oh, and by the [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays are now 4-10 on the road. This is their worst start on the road under Joe Maddon…James Loney now has 5 games with at least 3 hits. That is tied for the MLB lead. His .373 average was a Rays franchise record for the [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Luke Scott has been activated and is in tonight’s lineup. Yunel Escobar, who was still listed as day-to-day earlier today, is also in the lineup. They will face former Rays pitcher James Shields. In addition, former Rays do-it-all, Elliot Johnson is also in the lineup for [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Luke Scott went 1-4 in his rehab assignment game last night…Yunel Escobar is still ay-to-day, which makes me wonder if the Rays should really call these injuries “week-to-week”…Last night’s 19 hits were the most by the Rays since June, 2011 when they also had 19 hits [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays are now 2-8 on the road, the worst road record in the AL…The Rays are the only team in baseball in which the starting picther has worked at least 5 innings in every game…In 234 career games, Desmond Jennings has committed just 1 error, [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… No Yunel Escobar tonight as Ben Zobrist will fill in at shortstop. According to the Rays, Escobar is “day to day.” And apparently Escobar doesn’t expect to be out long. Of course, they all say that…In last 20 seasons, only 4 teams shutout their opponents 5+ times in first [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Tonight is highly-anticipate Joe Maddon Gnome giveaway…Today’s “guest” in the locker room before the game was a penguin because Joe Maddon wants his players “to chill.” Seriously…The Rays are 9-11. The last two times the Rays were 9-11 after 20 games (2008, 2011) they made the [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Stuart Sternberg will attend tonight’s game…In the first 12 games of the season, the Rays hit .205 with 5 HRs and scored 2.9 runs per game. In the 7 games since, they are batting .267 with 15 HRs and have scored 5.4 runs per game…Since the [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… Darrelle Revis will throw out tonight’s first pitch. The Rays were originally scheduled to have a triple-amputee veteran throw out the first pitch. It is unclear if Sgt. Michael Nicholson will throw out the first pitch on a different night or if both will throw first [...]
Playing A Little Pepper… No Pepper Today. Game Graph… [Will be up at game time] Source: FanGraphs Lineup… Flash Jennings, CF Kelly Johnson, LF Ben Zobrist, RF Evan Longoria, 3B Shelley Duncan, DH Sean Rodriguez, 1B Ryan Roberts, 2B Jose Lobaton, C Yunel Escobar, SS Alex Cobb, SP
