Rays 5/19/15 Starting Lineup
Kiermaier CF
Souza RF
Longoria 3B
Loney 1B
Forsythe 2B
DeJesus LF
Cabrera SS
Rivera C
Ramirez RHP
Noteworthiness
— Wait, someone from ESPN actually complimented the Rays? Is the sky falling? Pssh…what’s next? A non-hyperbolic article on attendance throughout Major League Baseball?
Rays Start To The Season Is Simply Amazing: ‘ESPN’s MLB Insider Jayson Stark Joined The Sports … http://t.co/621DkEnjJk#theSportsPage
— WDAE 620 AM/95.3 FM (@620wdae) May 19, 2015
— Would you look at that, Maury Brown’s (Forbes) wrote a short, but interesting article on how more and more fan are choosing to watch the games on TV. As Noah Pransky (Shadow of the Stadium) asserted,
Maybe the most amazing discovery in the article is that a higher percentage of Tampa Bay households were watching sports last Wednesday than households in Boston…and the Rays game drew a higher rating than the Red Sox (and many other MLB teams in their home markets).
— Deep Thoughts on tonight’s starter, Erasmo Ramirez. The righty was shelled by the Braves last season, allowing five runs and eight hits in three innings. However, this bears mentioning:
Over the past month, Erasmo Ramirez ranks 5th in the AL with a 1.42 ERA and 4th with a .143 opponents’ avg. (min. 15 IP).
— Dave Haller (@HallerDave) May 19, 2015
— You can read about tonight’s pitching matchup in our series preview. If you’ve already read the piece, make it a two’fer!