Rays Drop Another, Look to Right the Ship

There isn’t much that can be said following Tuesday night’s disappointing loss to the Rangers. Too bad there wasn’t a controversial call to blame the it on. I guess we’ll just have to go back to the old standard of blaming things on an anemic offense that couldn’t, again, get the job done. From a …

Jeff Niemann: Out For the Season

Bare with me for a moment. I fell for conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory when I was younger. I believed that the Freemasons ran the world, that George Bush meant one world order when he mentioned “new world order” in a speech, that the government obviously controlled the weather, so on and so forth. Not taking …

…So, We’re Trying to Put Together Some Viewing Parties, and We Need Your Input, Niemann Goes on the DL, Starting Lineup, and More

As the title suggests, we’d love to put together some X-Rays Spex Rays game viewing parties/group meet-ups. The only problem; we haven’t a clue of any locations that you, dear reader, frequent — ones that would be hospitable to such activities. That’s where you come in! What spots do you frequent around the Bay Area? …

Rays Season Preview, Hello Shelley Duncan, and Other Roster Moves

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 …

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Price Kills, Luke Runs, and Hernandez Starts

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 …