The New What Next: Looking Backward While Moving Forward; Rays vs Phillies 3/9/13 (Starting Lineup Included)

Tampa Bay Rays reliever Kyle Farnsworth looked good in his first outing of the spring, as the Rays eked out a W against the Philadelphia Phillies Friday, by a score of 3-2. The Rays will face the Phillies for the second consecutive day, this time in Clearwater. Farnsworth worked a 1-2-3 inning and hitting 92 …

The New What Next: Rays vs Phillies 3/8/13 (Starting Lineup Included)

The Rays head back to Port Charlotte Friday to face the Phillies, following a 4-2 win against the Pirates in Bradenton, Thursday. They’ll, again, take on the Phillies Saturday, this time in Clearwater. Alex Cobb had another impressive outing Thursday. The first Rays’ starter to be stretched out to four innings, Cobb allowed only one hit and walked …

All Sports Talk and X-Rays Spex Unite for Blogosphere Domination

I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank the folks at All Sports Talk (AST), for giving me the opportunity to contribute to their AL East Preview. Aaron from AST got in touch with us a few weeks back about having one of us contribute a piece on the Rays strengths and weaknesses going …

The New What Next: Rays 3/7/13 Starting Lineup, Noteworthiness, and That Flushing Sound….

The Rays find themselves in Bradenton today, taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The starting lineup and other random nuggets of grizzle are below. Rays 3/7/13 Starting Lineup: Jennings CF Fontenot SS Roberts 2B Joyce RF Loney 1B Cust DH Rodriguez LF Gimenez 3B Lobaton C Cobb RHP Noteworthiness:  Wil Myers, Tim Beckham, Hak-Ju Lee, Chris …

Rays Take the Twins 8-5, Improve to 3-0 in the Knutson Cup

The Tampa Bay Rays improved their Spring Training record in games against the Minnesota Twins to 3-0, with an 8-5 win Tuesday in Ft. Myers. They also improved their overall Grapefruit League record to 8-4 on the spring. Since I live tweeted the game, I won’t bore you with the gory details of Tuesdays matchup. …