The Orioles beat the Rays by a score of 7-4, taking the first game of a three game set to open the 2013 season. The Rays had their ace David Price on the mound, toeing the rubber opposite of Jason Hammel in front of a sold out crowd at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. It …
Continue reading “Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Opening Day 2013 Among Other Things”
Ladies and gents, Tuesday marks the day every Rays fan has pined for for seven months, Opening Day. The Rays will open things up at home against the Orioles for the third time in four years, followed by a three game set against the Indians at the Trop prior to their first road trip of …
Continue reading “The New What Next: Opening Day…Urm, Series!”
Alright ladies and gents, with this being Opening Day, I figured that it couldn’t hurt to repost the Rays season preview that I wrote for All Sports Talk. I made a few changes to make it relevant to where we are, just shy of t-minus two days and counting until the Rays officially start the …
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The Rays will waltz into the Trop today to once more take on the Tigers in their last Spring Training game of the 2013 Grapefruit League season. Le Tigre beat up on the Rays number two pitcher Jeremy Hellickson Friday, tagging him for eight runs (six earned) on seven hits with two walks in his three …
Continue reading “The New What Next: Just One Last Exhibition Game…”
The Rays left Ed Smith Stadium Thursday night with a 4-4 tie to Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles who they’ll face next week in the first three games of the season. David Price looked sharp in his final start of the spring, one last tune-up before Opening Day if you will. Posting a 4 …
