I must confess; between celebrating my brother’s birthday and writing a piece on the Rays infield moving forward, I didn’t get a chance to write about the 7-4 loss at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays. Let’s be honest, Chris Archer yielding six runs and a power outage — both literal and proverbial — don’t really make for a compelling game of baseball. The short and narrow, Tampa Bay dropped its first home series to Toronto for the first time since April 2007 — a span lasting 21 series. Ouch.
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Looking Backward While Moving Forward: Hellickson, Rays Pounded 8-2
My friend, Tim, who works at the Ale and the Witch summed up last night’s 8-2 loss in layman’s terms,
Hellickson was Hellickson, Dickey was Dickey, and the Blue Jays offense was the Blue Jays offense.
I can’t argue with his assessment of the game.
Rays 9/2/14 Starting Lineup, Etc
Rays 9/2/14 Starting Lineup Zobrist 2B Myers RF Joyce LF Longoria 3B Loney 1B Escobar SS DeJesus DH Hanigan C Kiermaier CF Hellickson RHP Noteworthiness The recently retired Jesse Litsch throwing out first pitch tonight at The Trop. The former Dixie Hollins High product was the Rays intern/batboy, and most recently a Blue Jays pitcher. …
The New What Next: The Blue Jays Are In For a Three-Game Set
A day after they closed out the series with a split against those dastardly Red Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays will welcome the Toronto Blue Jays into The Trop for a three game set. For the Rays, they’ll attempt to use their Labor Day win as a springboard for a run in the final month of play. With all reasonable expectations of a postseason berth off the table, there is the running hope they can end the season on a high note.
Of Rays’ Roster Moves — Both Current and Future (the Outfield)
Instead of writing about yesterday’s offensive letdown of a game, I wanted to switch things up a bit and look ahead. Before I move on, if you wanted a recap of sorts, head over to DRaysBay where Ian put together a brief writeup.