Rays 7/27/12 Starting Lineup Fuld LF Upton CF Zobrist 2B Joyce RF Keppinger DH, Pena 1B Roberts 3B Lobaton C Johnson SS Cobb RHP Noteworthiness: Sammy (LF) leads things off tonight, as DesJen gets the night off.
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Adios, Brandon Allen
Brandon Allen, a folk hero of sorts for hitting a game winning walk-off homer in his first game as a Rays, is no longer with the Rays organization. Roger Mooney of the Tampa Tribune reported that the Rays have sold his rights to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Allen appeared in seven games with the Rays …
The Ballad of Big Game James (the revenge)
Update: James Shields is a bit like Marty McFly. See, he revisited 2011 in his start against the Mariners on July 20th, then revisited 2010 in his last start against the Orioles yesterday. A lot has been made over why he isn’t performing in that “somewhere between 2010 and 2011” range that many of us …
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Looking backward while moving forward (Rays 7/26/12 starting lineup included)
Coming off of a huge 10-1 shellacking of the O’s, where the good guys reached base safely 22 times on 11 hits, seven walks, and four hit batsmen, the Rays will walk into a very hot Camden Yards and try to do something they haven’t done in some time: sweep a team. Tampa Bay was …
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Rays 7/25/12 Starting Lineup
Rays 7/25/12 Starting Lineup: Jennings LF Upton CF Zobrist 2B Joyce RF Keppinger DH Pena 1B Roberts 3B Lobaton C Johnson SS Price LHP Noteworthiness: Ryan Roberts will make his Rays debut at third, batting seventh. Good news on the Evan Longoria front. He will be starting his rehab stint with Triple-A Durham on Thursday. …