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The New What Next: The Rays vs Giants, A Series Preview of Sorts

The Tampa Bay Rays are back at it Friday following their 7-0 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Out of sight, out of mind. They’ll welcome the San Francisco Giants into the Trop for the first time since 2004 — only the second time in the Rays 15 year history. It’s a homecoming of sorts: The Giants were slated to call The Trop home 21 years ago this month. I still have my St. Pete Giants shirt somewhere, but that’s neither here or now.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Ouch!

When things are rolling well, it becomes an expectation that they will continue to do so. Case in point, the Rays starting pitching over the last month and a half. Boy, does the hangover feel extra crappy when things don’t go your way. Case in point, Jeremy Hellickson’s 4.1 IP/7 H/4 ER/2 BB/3 K outing last night. The Rays fell flat on their faces, losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 7-0 in front of 25,000+ fans.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Robo Posts His First Complete Game in Three Years

Going into last night’s game, Roberto Hernandez hadn’t put together a complete game — or a shutout — since 2010. Two hours and thirty-four minutes *later, Hernandez walked off the mound with his eighth career complete game — having taken a shutout two-outs into the ninth inning. Tampa Bay was able to maintain its status as the top team in the AL East, after Hernandez and the Rays took the first game of a two-game set against the Diamondbacks by a score of 5-2.

In Defense of Something

We posted a piece titled In Defense of the Trop back on July 10th. Penned by a relative newcomer to the area, Ryan posits that many pathologically spend more time focusing on the superficial aspects stopping them from attending Rays games on a semi-regular basis, than actually attending the games themselves. In light of recent events, namely news that the City of St. Pete and the Rays are on a path — the right one or otherwise — to dealing with the Stadium Saga, I thought revisiting the topic might be apropos.