Joe is back with his postgame thoughts … Josh Lueke walked three batters in the seventh today and somehow Joe Maddon thought was in the best interest of the Rays to let him keep struggling and face Edwin Encarnacion with the bases loaded. Bases cleared. Game over. Bad decision. Reboot the [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Fernando Rodney moaned about “one pitch” costing the Rays and him in the Sox debacle on Thursday night. So it was fitting that one pitch really turned the Rays to wacky 12-10 win in Baltimore on Friday. In the third inning, Kelly Johnson [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. The agony of this latest Fernando Rodney choke job really shouldn’t be overblown beyond pounding your head against the wall because the guy couldn’t throw strikes. It happens. Rarely this painfully, with a three-run ninth, but it happens. Crooked Cap’s immortality only lasted [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. The table was set perfectly for Matt Moore to pull a Humpty Dumpty and fall to pieces en route to his first loss of the season against the hated Red Sox tonight. But Moore wouldn’t play along. David Ortiz clobbering a three-run homer [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts … Forget about crazy Alex Cobb having one of the wackiest outings in baseball history tonight. Forget about the bullpen looking like the 2012 edition — again. For this night, Joe’s got to acknowledge what Evan Longoria continues to do at the plate. [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Matt Moore winning and dominating in his first four starts is really the stuff Rays fans rightly fantasized about this offseason. Moore had the big late-season/playoff splash in 2011, struggled through a decent rookie campaign last year, and now he’s on fire. But [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Joe suspects Skipper Maddon’s pregame DJ Fresh silliness had nothing to do with the Rays’ lifeless bats tonight, and Joe’s going to go out on a limb and say DJ’s choice of music was not Jeremy Hellickson’s hometown Iowa groove of choice. So, [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Joe feels like he and other Rays fans keep getting kicked in the balls with these walk-off losses, last night a painful grand slam in Baltimore. Is this some form or cruel payback from the baseball gods? It shouldn’t be, the Rays’ lineup [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Joe’s written the last two days about how we’re all simply experiencing Rays baseball. Joe firmly expects the Rays to bounce back, but bounce back to what? A spirited late season run that has no chance of a World Series? Again today, the [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. It’s games like today’s that make Rays fans bang their heads against the wall season after season. Yeah, it’s damn early — only 10 games in — but the script hasn’t changed outside of having the savior in Triple-A. Saturday’s 2-1 loss in chilly Boston [...]
