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September 14, 2011 at 11:44 am 5 comments

Our correspondent Jordi Scrubbings is back with his latest installment…
[GHOST OF SHAWN CAMP] Rays Bullpen No Longer Giving Free Passes To Inherited Runners

August 27, 2008 at 2:36 pm 2 comments

In today’s stat-driven world there are any of a thousand ways to evaluate a player or team. But for all the Sabermetrics, maybe the most important stat for a relief pitcher is still the number of inherited runners they allow to score. Baseball is still about scoring runs and preventing [...]
[2008 TAMPA BAY RAYS] The 12 Days Of Raysmas: Day 12 (Twelve Major League Pitchers)

January 6, 2008 at 11:31 am 1 comment

If you have been hanging around these parts for a while, you know that the model for this site is to tell you what the Rays have done, what they are doing and what they will do, and why. Unlike most team blogs, we do not very often tell you [...]
The Hangover: So THIS Is What A Major League Bullpen Looks Like

August 2, 2007 at 12:40 pm 1 comment

Devil Rays 6, Blue Jays 2. Thank you Mr. Friedman. Thank you. It’s not the ’96 Yankees or the ’02 Angels or the ’06 Tigers. Hell, it is still not even the ’06 Pirates. But for the first time in two years, it is not the Long Island Ducks either. [...]

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