Aight. The Rays are now 2-3 in their current 10-game home stand and they’ll attempt to tack another one on in the win column tonight when they take on Justin Masterson (6-8, 4.14 ERA) and the Cleveland Indians. The Rays, who scored four runs on seven hits last night, including extra base hits from ‘Los …
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Rays and Sox 7/15/12 (starting lineup included)
Oh Josh Beckett, how we loathe facing thee. That he’s posted a 10-4 record with a 2.82 ERA in 21 starts against the Rays speaks volumes. It says that Beckett has been a tough nut to crack. He’s not infallible mind you, but he is pretty damn close…against the Rays at least. On the positive …
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Patience at the plate tonight my dear Rays, patience
Yup, last night sucked. The Rays had ample opportunity to beat up on the Red Sox, yet they squandered those chances. Tonight the good guys will take on Clay Buchholz (8-2, 5.53 ERA). For the life of me, I still cannot figure out how a five-plus ERA pitcher has an 8-2 record. Oh wait, yes …
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The second half of the season starts now! AKA, the ballad of ‘Los and Upton
Aight kiddies, today marks the start of the second half of the season. The Rays performed well in the first half, all things considered. However, a few things have got to change if they Rays are going to be contenders in a few short months from now, namely defense and hitting. Joe Maddon touched on …
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Bud Selig calls Rays’ attendance ‘inexcusable,’ ‘disappointing’
“To see that they’re No. 29, I think it is, in attendance, it’s inexcusable. Nobody can defend that. -Bud Selig The non-objective, hyperbolic criticisms of all things Rays have, again, reared their ugly heads when MLB commissioner, Bud Selig, let his tongue work, without abandon, on the topic of the Rays attendance situation. We all …
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