Rays Drop Another, Look to Right the Ship

There isn’t much that can be said following Tuesday night’s disappointing loss to the Rangers. Too bad there wasn’t a controversial call to blame the it on. I guess we’ll just have to go back to the old standard of blaming things on an anemic offense that couldn’t, again, get the job done. From a …

Jeff Niemann: Out For the Season

Bare with me for a moment. I fell for conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory when I was younger. I believed that the Freemasons ran the world, that George Bush meant one world order when he mentioned “new world order” in a speech, that the government obviously controlled the weather, so on and so forth. Not taking …

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: The Pick Up the Pieces Edition

The Tampa Bay Rays are back in Arlington Tuesday night, following the rally killing — game ending — debacle which found them on the wrong side of a 5-4 loss to the Texas Rangers Monday. All things controversial aside, the Rays seemed to be a half step behind the Rangers all night, not really putting …

“That can’t happen in a major league game.”

Forget the fact that the Rays went 2-12 wRISP. Forget the fact that they are now 0-9 with the bases loaded, and 0-11 extending back to 2012. Forget the fact that Tampa Bay seemed to be a half step behind the Rangers all night; this has absolutely nothing to do with that. The scenario: Down …

Rays 4/8/13 Starting Lineup, Vogt and Chirinos Acquired by A’s and Rangers (Respectively)

The Rays flew into Texas for a three game set against the Rangers following the royal 13-0 shellacking at the hands of the Indians Sunday. Jeremy Hellickson will try to right the ship opposite of Alexi Ogando in the 8:05 meeting. In case you missed it, you can read our series preview here. Rays 4/8/13 …