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.
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Rays 9/23/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Rays 9/23/14 Starting Lineup Zobrist CF DeJesus DH Longoria 3B Loney 1B Myers RF Franklin 2B Joyce LF Escobar SS Hanigan C Cobb RHP Noteworthiness Ben Zobrist needs one steal to join McCutchen and Ramirez as the only players with double-digit home runs and stolen bases over the last six seasons. I’ve got to say, …
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.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Strike Back, 7-0
For those of you pining for the acerbity of the Rays and Red Sox games of yore, the acrimonious linkage returned to The Trop Saturday night, in what would go down as one of the more truly bizarre games in recent history. A power outage to start the game, five hit batsmen, and a TKO of Dustin Pedroia later, the Tampa Bay Rays walked away with a combined 7-0, one hit shutout of the Boston Red Sox.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Red Sox Rip Rays, 8-4
It didn’t feel like a Rays/Red Sox game Friday night. It also didn’t feel like a contest that was relevant or important — and let’s be honest, it wasn’t. From the half empty stands to the hushed crowd, the atmosphere at The Trop felt stale. And despite what Joe Maddon said, about the Rays still having a shot at the playoffs, the good guys are playing as though they’ve resigned themselves to mediocrity. The first and second innings epitomized that feeling to a T. If only the Rays could be credited with a win based on their play in segments, not as a whole — they easily would have won the game from the third through ninth innings.