The New What Next: Moore Improves, Vogt Goes Yard, and the Rays Travel to Ft. Myers to Take On the Sox

The Rays walked away from their 10-inning matchup against the Phillies yesterday, with a 3-1 win thanks to a Stephen Vogt two-run walkoff homer. Vogt, who ended the day 1-2 at the plate, took a high meatball over the plate to deep right, driving in Rich Thompson who was pinch running for Cole Figueroa. Matt Moore …

The New What Next: Rays vs. Jays 3/1/13 (Lineup Included), and Other Random Random Bits of Ephemera

The Rays are in the Bay Area today to take on their AL East rivals, the Toronto Blue Jays. Tampa Bay will attempt to bounce back from a very ugly loss at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. Left hander Matt Moore, by all accounts, didn’t look very good in his outing. Moore lasted 1-1/3 …

It’s A Great Day For Baseball, Let’s Play Two!

Happy First and Second Games of the Spring day! We figured that we’d share some fun/good news with you to celebrate. We plan to have the Raymones shirts ready to go by opening day. Even better, we’ll be sending them to any who may want one, assuming we can get them printed up beforehand. We’ll be …

Of Spring Training and Other Random Bits of Ephemera (Part One)

Can you feel that extra spring in the collective steps of every MLB baseball fan? Yes friends, baseball is back and we couldn’t be happier! The Rays pitchers and catchers have found their way down to Port Charlotte, while the position players aren’t far behind. The Rays had another active off-season, and we’ll discuss that …

Looking Backward While Moving Forward, Rays vs Mariners 8/14/12 (starting lineup included)

The Rays are in seventh heaven? Yeah, that sounds cheesy. Regardless, Tampa Bay is now on a seven game winning streak following an almost flawless start by Alex Cobb who, as Orestes Destrade calls it, had a super quality outing. Posting a 7 IP/4 H/1 ER/2 BB/5 K line, Cobb threw 91 pitches (59 for strikes) …