Post Tagged with: "Tailgate"

• Game 135 Game Graph

  September 3, 2012 at 12:41 pm 0 comments

  Game Graph… Source: FanGraphs  

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Today’s Game Graph

  September 2, 2012 at 12:19 pm 0 comments

  Game Graph… [Will be up at game time] Source: FanGraphs Lineup… Flash Jennings, LF BJ Upton, CF Ben Zobrist, SS Evan Longoria, 3B Jeff Keppinger, DH Ben Francisco, RF Carlos Pena, 1B Ryan Roberts, 2B Jose Molina, C David Price, SP  

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Why Didn’t The Rays Call Up Leslie Anderson Or Henry Wrigley?

  August 31, 2012 at 4:53 pm 3 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… Leslie Anderson is 3rd in hitting in the IL, and Henry Wrigley would be in the top 15 if he had enough at bats. Clearly the Rays need offense and both can DH or play 1B. So why weren’t they called up along with Reid Brignac [...]

   

• Tailgating With The Rays:

  August 30, 2012 at 5:11 pm 2 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… No pepper today Game Graph… [Will be up at game time] Source: FanGraphs Lineup… Flash Jennings, LF BJ Upton, CF Ben Zobrist, SS Evan Longoria, 3B

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: What Can Joe Maddon Do With Carlos Pena?

  August 29, 2012 at 5:19 pm 4 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… Carlos Pena has 21 strikeouts and just 4 hits in the last 12 games he has started. What can the Rays do at this point? The easy answer is “not much.” Joe Maddon had an extended talk with Pena after last night’s game and told the [...]

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Who Will Play Shortstop For The Rays In 2012?

  August 28, 2012 at 5:46 pm 0 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays seem to have a crapload of not-quite-good-enough shortstops on either the big league roster or the triple-A roster. Who will be the starting shortstop in 2012? The Rays like to be strong up the middle, with a priority on defense. And as I have [...]

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Now There Are Football Writers Crapping On The Rays’ Attendance?

  August 27, 2012 at 4:34 pm 2 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… In his weekly MMQB column, Peter King took at a jab at Rays attendance when he wrote: “How must the Rays feel? Hottest team in baseball…Breathing down the Yankees’ necks. They come home on Monday night and draw 9,913. Is Tampa-St. Pete trying to lose an [...]

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Today’s Game Graph

  August 25, 2012 at 12:37 pm 0 comments

  A light version of the tailgate today. But one interesting note is that the players were apparently warned prior to today’s game that protesters might storm the field. The details are here. Source: FanGraphs

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Discussing Lineups And Getting Pumped Up With Puff Daddy

  August 24, 2012 at 3:44 pm 0 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… That lineup below looks familiar. Have we seen it before? Actually, yes. It is the third time Joe Maddon has used this exact lineup. That is significant because this lineup is now tied with one other for the most common lineup Joe Maddon has used this [...]

   

• Tailgating With The Rays: Can The Rays Catch The Yankees?

  August 23, 2012 at 3:44 pm 10 comments

  Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays have made up 7.5 games on the Yankees in just a little over one month and are now just 3 back in the division. Can the Rays catch the Yankees? The biggest thing working against the Rays is that 22 of the next 26 [...]