Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Hellickson, Rays Pounded 8-2

My friend, Tim, who works at the Ale and the Witch summed up last night’s 8-2 loss in layman’s terms,

Hellickson was Hellickson, Dickey was Dickey, and the Blue Jays offense was the Blue Jays offense.

I can’t argue with his assessment of the game.

Rays 9/2/14 Starting Lineup, Etc

Rays 9/2/14 Starting Lineup Zobrist 2B Myers RF Joyce LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Escobar SS DeJesus DH Hanigan C Kiermaier CF Hellickson RHP Noteworthiness The recently retired Jesse Litsch throwing out first pitch tonight at The Trop. The former Dixie Hollins High product was the Rays intern/batboy, and most recently a Blue Jays pitcher. …

The New What Next: The Blue Jays Are In For a Three-Game Set

A day after they closed out the series with a split against those dastardly Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays will welcome the Toronto Blue Jays into The Trop for a three game set. For the Rays, they’ll attempt to use their Labor Day win as a springboard for a run in the final month of play. With all reasonable expectations of a postseason berth off the table, there is the running hope they can end the season on a high note.

Of Rays’ Roster Moves — Both Current and Future (the Outfield)

Instead of writing about yesterday’s offensive letdown of a game, I wanted to switch things up a bit and look ahead. Before I move on, if you wanted a recap of sorts, head over to DRaysBay where Ian put together a brief writeup.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Strike Back, 7-0

For those of you pining for the acerbity of the Rays and Red Sox games of yore, the acrimonious linkage returned to The Trop Saturday night, in what would go down as one of the more truly bizarre games in recent history. A power outage to start the game, five hit batsmen, and a TKO of Dustin Pedroia later, the Tampa Bay Rays walked away with a combined 7-0, one hit shutout of the Boston Red Sox.