Looking Backward While Moving Forward, Rays Vs. O’s 5/12/12 (Updated with Starting Lineup)

Update: Neither Matt Joyce or Desmond Jennings will be in tonight’s lineup. They are, presumably, available as pinch hitters. 5/12/12 Starting Lineup: Zobrist RF Rodroguez 3B Upton CF Keppinger 1B Guyer LF Scott DH Johnson SS Gimenez C Rhymes 2B Moore LHP I’m not a huge fan of what can be deemed pointless statistics. Call …

Rays vs. O’s, 5/11/12 (Starting Lineup Included)

As we, collectively, try to put the last series behind us, Tampa Bay walks into Cockroach City to take on the O’s for a three game set. Honestly, the Rays/Yanks series could have gone in either direction, and at least Tampa Bay avoided a sweep. Nevertheless, history is history, and now it’s time for the …

Rays vs Yankees, 5/10/12 (Updated with Starting Lineup, Injuries, Etc)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vih4Lq4d1-A] David Price (5-1, 2.35 ERA) and the Rays will take on Grimmace (4-0, 4.15 ERA) and Yankees tonight in the rubber match of this three game set. This is the fifth time that the two have toed the rubber against one another. The fortune has fallen on the Rays side of things, with Price going …

Rays Take Game Two From the Yanks, 4-1; AKA What’s Wrong with Yankees Fans? Can’t They Even Fill Their Half-Full Stadium?

Hey, do you all remember when Matt Joyce hit the three-run home run at a half full stadium last night? You know, the home run that came on the heels of a David Robertson blown save…just after the BJ Upton sac-fly to score the tying run. You know, off of the Robertson fastball that caught …

Rays vs Yanks, 5/9/12 (Starting Lineup)

The Rays will take on the Yankees for the second game of their current three game set. The Big Nyquil (2-3, 4.05 ERA, 3-0 vs. NYY) will take to the mound against David Phelps (0-1, 3.74 ERA) as he continues his quest at pitching into the seventh inning, if not longer. This may shock you, …