It’s been a long off-season — too long, if you ask me. I wouldn’t go as far as to say baseball defines who I am. However, I do love baseball and I feel a bit empty when I don’t have it in my life. And though I’ve been consumed by other things in the interim — things that deserved my whole, undivided attention — there’s a little piece of me that springs to life at this point of the year. Friends, at long last, the Rays’ pitchers and catchers have reported to Port Charlotte, and I couldn’t be more excited!
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Hot-Stove: On the Winter Development Camp, Recent Acquisitions, Arbitration, and Improved Offensive Output
Wednesday marked the start of the annual Rays Winter Development Camp at the Trop. Amid the football configuration and a banquet setup, prospects like Cole Figueroa and Nick Ciuffo took the field with the likes of Matt Joyce, collectively working out a month (give or take) ahead of Spring Training. We got a sneak-peek of the renovations at the Trop, thanks to Marc Topkin who tweeted a photo Wednesday afternoon.
Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Win 5-4 in Grandiose Fashion
Let me put it to you this way, I’m tired…neigh, wiped out. Yes, I’m still completely psyched that Tampa Bay was able to walk away with a 5-4 win in grandiose, walk-off, fashion. However, it doesn’t detract from the fact that I stayed up well passed my bedtime Monday night. Such is life, I’d rather …
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The New What Next: Rays vs. Red Sox, An ALDS Series Preview
Its been written, that no team is more battle tested on the road than the Tampa Bay Rays. And on the heels of a 4-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the AL Wild Card Play-In Game Wednesday, the Rays will partake in two more road games against the Red Sox before they come home to …
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: October Baseball Bound!
It’s been said that perception is everything. For example, take the Rays in the months of April, June, and August — months where Tampa Bay posted a sub .500, 36-44 record. On paper, it seemed unfathomable that the Rays would end the regular season with a 92-71 record, much less clinch a postseason berth. Yet here we sit on the cusp of the Rays fourth playoff appearance in six years, following a huge 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers, Monday night. How sweet it is.