Whelp, I only get the chance to do this once more (after tonight, that is) this season, so here goes: Rays 10/2/12 Starting Lineup Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist SS Longoria 3B Keppinger 1B Joyce RF Roberts 2B Scott DH Gimenez C Shields RHP Noteworthiness: When asked about tonight’s lineup, Joe Maddon mentioned that he …
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I know, I’m bummed out about the Rays not making it to the postseason as well. I’d like to offer a million thanks to the Texas Rangers for screwing the Rays over AGAIN! For the sake of being a spiteful curmudgeon, I hope the Athletics sweep the Rangers and take the AL West, relegating them to …
Update: Go to sleep happy, wake up groggy… Well, it was a nice run, but with the Rangers 4-3 loss, the Rays are officially (mathematically) out of the playoff hunt. The emphasis officially shifts to “Rodney Watch: 2012,” and ending the season strongly. One would assume that the next two games will be the last …
With their backs up against the wall, the Rays walk into the Trop to face the Orioles in this all important series. The entire season depends on what the Rays and the A’s are able to do over the next three days. We could very well be talking about getting out to the Trop to …
Its come down to this. Tampa Bay has three more games to play in the regular season, and those three games are against the Baltimore Orioles, a team that’s already clinched a playoff berth. Throughout the season detractors have wondered when the O’s would sink. It’s finally set in: Buck Showalter and the Orioles are …
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