Tag Archives: MLB

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays Lose to the Tigers 5-2, Enter the Orioles

Tampa Bay dropped the rubber match of the Tigers series Thursday by a score of 5-2, in gem of well pitched game by Max Scherzer. The same culprits that killed the Rays throughout the course of the series — Victor Martinez, Prince Fielder, and Miguel Cabrera — were responsible for Detroit’s five runs, while the Rays offense couldn’t muster enough umph in a game where a win was obtainable — at least when former Ray Joaquin Benoit took the mound in relief.

…Because Sometimes You Can Hate the Player and the Game: A Tale of PED’s, A-Rod and the Yankees, and MLB

Over the course of the last decade the highest levels of athletics in the United States has become a minefield of over political aberrance, the sporting world becoming nearly unrecognizable. The most notable of these over politicized happenings being the many scandals involving college athletes brokering trades and accepting gifts, congress’ decision to get involved in the structure of the college football postseason, and the congressional hearings regarding the use of performance enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays, Cobb Shutout Tigers 3-0

With a pair of starting pitchers posting +55% ground ball percentages, most of us figured that Wednesday night’s match-up between Alex Cobb and Doug Fister would be a pitching dual of the ages. However, I’m not certain if any of us would have foreseen a double shutout going into the eighth inning. Though one pitcher had to lose, both Cobb and Fister were excellent Wednesday night. If I may, it’s just a damn shame that Alex Cobb couldn’t be credited with the win; after all, Cobb was incredible.

Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Rays, Matt Moore Clobbered 10-1

I’m still a bit punch drunk after the Tigers 10-1 shellacking of the Rays Tuesday night. I had the full intention of putting together a complete summary of the game, however I’d reckon it’d be just as easy for you to head to our Tumblr page where we live blogged the debacle in its entirety.