Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Cobb, Rays Fall to Blue Jays, 4-2

Baseball can teach a valuable lesson every now and then. No matter the immense expectations placed on the Rays 2014 season, or the obvious advantage Alex Cobb had over Drew Hutchinson, you’re inevitably going to lose some games. And it just so happened that Tampa Bay’s first loss of the year came in the second game of the season, by a score of 4-2. Alex Cobb followed David Price’s outstanding 7-1/3 inning outing Monday, with a buggy 5 IP/4 H/4 ER/4 BB/3 K/1 HR affair Tuesday evening. But oh, did they ever make it exciting in the bottom of the ninth.

A Rays and Jays series preview of sorts: the I got Kruked edition

In addendum: I wrote this series preview on Monday, prior to the Blue Jays official announcement of who they’d start and when. I based the rotation order off of ESPN.com, who obviously had it wrong themselves. I guess I got Kruked! In any case, the problem is fixed. Sorry for the confusion. The Rays are …