Rays 7/19/12 Starting Lineup:

Rays 7/19/12 Starting Lineup: Upton CF Pena 1B Zobrist 2B Scott DH Keppinger 3B Matsui RF (Ugggggh) Jennings LF Molina C Rodriguez SS Price LHP Noteworthiness: Really? Matsui in RF? The only justification for that, at least that I can see, is that Maddon is trying to nudge him in the direction of the DL. …

Rays take game two against the Tribe, 4-2, and look forward to tonight’s game (7/18/12 starting lineup included)

Aight. The Rays are now 2-3 in their current 10-game home stand and they’ll attempt to tack another one on in the win column tonight when they take on Justin Masterson (6-8, 4.14 ERA) and the Cleveland Indians. The Rays, who scored four runs on seven hits last night, including extra base hits from ‘Los …

Rays and Sox 7/15/12 (starting lineup included)

Oh Josh Beckett, how we loathe facing thee. That he’s posted a 10-4 record with a 2.82 ERA in 21 starts against the Rays speaks volumes. It says that Beckett has been a tough nut to crack. He’s not infallible mind you, but he is pretty damn close…against the Rays at least. On the positive …

Patience at the plate tonight my dear Rays, patience

Yup, last night sucked. The Rays had ample opportunity to beat up on the Red Sox, yet they squandered those chances. Tonight the good guys will take on Clay Buchholz (8-2, 5.53 ERA). For the life of me, I still cannot figure out how a five-plus ERA pitcher has an 8-2 record. Oh wait, yes …

Friday the 13th; A Haiku

Los, Upton, and Scott Whiffing at stuff they shouldn’t O* for five with RISP *0 should be read as oh, not zero. If read as zero, the last line would have one too many syllables, and therefore would not be a proper haiku. The more you know…