Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Jim Hickey was interviewed a few days ago on WDAE-AM 620 and talked extensively about how Rays pitchers are so focused on not being the guy that turns in a clunker and blows up the incredible run the staff is on, that it’s [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. It’s pathetic that Joe is sitting here mad that Matt Joyce didn’t move from second to third in the ninth inning with one out when a pitch got away from the Orioles’ catcher toward the first base bag. Would it have made a [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Raise your hand if you thought the Rays would hit the road and win consecutive series in Balitmore, Los Angeles and Oakland. If you just spilled beer on your head, you’re a liar. The timely hitting remains suspect and subpar. There’s still little, [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. When Matt Joyce passed on all the junk balls from the bizarre rookie speed mixer, A.J. Griffin, and drilled a fastball for a homer to give the Rays a 3-2 lead in the seventh, Joe was sure last night/this morning’s big game in [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Joe’s not naive enough to think Sam Fuld is going to put the Rays over the top and cure their ills, but it was damn nice to see energetic fundamental baseball return to the field for the good guys. Fuld was a big part of tonight’s 3-1 win in [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Jose Molina stole a base! You just knew it was going to be a special day after that minor miracle. Joe’s going to put aside the prevalent doom and gloom for a day and just savor today’s 6-0 win and series-salvager against the Indians. It [...]
Joe is back with his postgame thoughts…. Just a torturous night of baseball in the 3-2 loss to the Indians. More than 3 1/2 hours of torture. It’s the same old tired story, tonight punctuated by Jose Molina giving another lazy effort behind the plate and gifting a key passed ball. [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Joe continues to watch James Shields get slapped around repeatedly — again today in the 7-3 loss to the Red Sox — and can’t help but wonder whether Sheilds is just the innings-eating, very hittable starter he was back in 2009 and 2010. A [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. What would you expect from the Rays after they took three called-third-strike fastballs over the first two innings? That’s right, a hitless, two-run rally in the seventh to grab a 4-3 lead on the Sox and cruise home with a 5-3 win. Those crazy [...]
Joe is back with his post-game thoughts…. Go figure that the Rays’ first half would end with an epic offensive explosion for a ninth-inning, comeback 7-6 win in Cleveland. Will Rhymes’ second career homer? Unbelievable! Part I of the wild rollercoaster ride of 2012 lands the Rays a game — or [...]
