Tampa Bay comes home on a high after a series win against the Rangers last night in Texas. The good: 18 of the next 29 games will be under the big top where the Rays are 8-1 so far this season. The bad: Tampa Bay has to match whits with “King” Felix Hernandez tonight…a pitcher …
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Hideki Matsui, A Ray? Hideki Matsui, A Ray. (Update, it’s official)
4/30/12 Update: According to MLB Trade Rumors, Hideki Matsui is now officially a Ray…or a Durham Bull, whatever. Of the acquisition, Rays executive VP of baseball operations Andrew Friedman had this to say, “Over the past two decades, Hideki has been one of the most consistently productive hitters in the world. We are happy to add …
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Wait, ESPN Isn’t Very Objective?
Last night the Rays won their fifth series of the season with a 5-2 win over the Rangers. Yet you certainly didn’t hear Orel or Tito mention it on last night’s nationally televised broadcast, on ESPN. Why? Because the narrative was almost entirely about the Rangers and how much they’re yadayadayada. And if anything was …
Rays vs. Rangers, 4/29/12 (updated with the starting lineup)
Update: Tampa Bay Rays 4/29/12 Starting Lineup Jennings LF Pena 1B Longoria 3B Zobrist RF Keppinger 2B Upton CF Scott DH Rodriguez SS Gimenez C Price LHP I’d really like to forget last night’s abomination; the 7-2 loss at the hands of the Rangers. I will give a lukewarm hats-off to Jeff Niemann for doing …
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Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words, AKA Rays vs. Rangers 4/28/12 (Starting lineup included)
Update: In a tweet by Marc Topkin, the absence of CF BJ Upton was cleared up. “#Rays Maddon said CF B.J. Upton planned day off and wanted to get Allen a start to be ready for PH duty.” Ah, Gotcha. Tampa Bay attempts to tack on another game onto their six game winning streak against …