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The New What Next: Rays vs. Indians — the Final Series

The funeral procession that is the Rays’ season will conclude this weekend in Cleveland, where Tampa Bay is slated to take on the Indians in a three-game set. Any hopes of a positive outcome to the season came to pass days ago, and we’re left with an overwhelming desire to just nail the coffin shut. Thursday night’s 11-1 loss to the Red Sox certainly didn’t help.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Fall 11-3 — A Recap as a Series of Tweets

You may call it lazy journalism, however the last thing I wanted to do was relive Wednesday night’s UGLY 11-3 loss to the Red Sox. Instead, I decided to recap the game as a series of tweets from Marc Topkin and the Tampa Bay Rays.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Take Down BoSox, 6-2

The Tampa Bay Rays started their final push for .500 with a 6-2 win against the last place Red Sox, Tuesday night. I read two things on the internet, in the midst of the game, that summed up the contest perfectly.

First, the Rays updated their Facebook page with the following,

Some updated Alex Cobb digits:

1.49 ERA after All-Star break (1st in MLB)
2.75 ERA overall (6th in AL)
81.1 IP without allowing HR (Rays record)

Then a dashing, yet anonymous, writer updated his Facebook page with this,

Irrelevant baseball? For sure. Whatever the case, watching Buchholz getting it handed to him is still gratifying!

The New What Next: Rays vs. Red Sox — Take Six

The end is nigh. Six road games separate the Tampa Bay Rays from a long off-season – the death knell of their first non-winning season in six years. First stop Boston, where they’ll take on the Red Sox in the sixth and final series against the two AL East foes.