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  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    September 19, 2016 at 9:54 am 1 comment

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Orioles 2, RAYS 1 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Evan Longoria now has a career-high 35 home runs and has an outside shot to reach 40 home runs with […]

     
  • Rays thumb their nose at local Red Sox fans, won’t give them the satisfaction of a David Ortiz farewell ceremony

    Rays thumb their nose at local Red Sox fans, won’t give them the satisfaction of a David Ortiz farewell ceremony

    September 16, 2016 at 9:34 am 7 comments

    When the Tampa Bay Rays play the Boston Red Sox this weekend, it will mark the final games for David Ortiz at Tropicana Field. While most teams have used these opportunities to honor Big Papi with gifts, the Rays will not and now they look silly. Rather than present Ortiz […]

     
  • Fantastic shot of Evan Longoria and Mikie Mahtook reacting to Jose Bautista’s home run

    Fantastic shot of Evan Longoria and Mikie Mahtook reacting to Jose Bautista’s home run

    September 13, 2016 at 12:41 pm 0 comments

    The Rays lost to the Blue Jays on Monday night, thanks in large part to Steven Souza Jr. not hitting a ball as far as he thought he did and because of Jose Bautista hitting a ball exactly as far as he thought he did. The latter produced this shot […]

     
  • The Rays and Blue Jays nearly brawled because one player tried to compliment another

    The Rays and Blue Jays nearly brawled because one player tried to compliment another

    September 13, 2016 at 8:30 am 2 comments

    Steven Souza thought he had hit a go-ahead 2-run home run in the ninth against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Instead, Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar caught the ball on the warning track and it was game over. But that is when the fireworks started and it was all […]

     
  • The Rays will not sign Tim Tebow

    The Rays will not sign Tim Tebow

    September 9, 2016 at 10:06 am 2 comments

    The Mets have announced that they have signed Tim Tebow to a minor league contract. This seems significant just because of the gamut of emotions I have gone through as a Rays fans over the last few weeks. It went something like this: Tim Tebow wants to play baseball! He’ll […]

     
  • Derek Shelton has been fired

    Derek Shelton has been fired

    September 6, 2016 at 12:15 pm 3 comments

    Derek Shelton has been fired by the Tampa Bay Rays, effective immediately, the team has announced. Chad Mottola has been promoted to take his place. Mottolla has spent the last three seasons as the Rays’ minor league hitting instructor. “We are grateful for all that Derek has given to the […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    September 6, 2016 at 9:38 am 1 comment

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Orioles 7, RAYS 3 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Is there a more hot-or-cold hitter than Logan Morrison? He had the one bright moment on Monday, hitting a 3-run […]

     
  • Tim Beckham’s brainfart leads to yet another loss

    Tim Beckham’s brainfart leads to yet another loss

    August 31, 2016 at 4:08 pm 11 comments

    The Rays lost 8-6 to the Red Sox on Wednesday afternoon. It was a loss that once again saw the Rays struggle with the fundamentals, something that has plagued this team all season. The latest came in the fourth inning with the Rays already leading 4-1. Kevin Kiermaier singled up […]

     
  • [Rays 4, Red Sox 3] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [Rays 4, Red Sox 3] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    August 31, 2016 at 9:07 am 0 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS (boxscore) THE GOOD: If you had Luke Maile in your Pick To Click pool, you win! With the Rays trailing 3-1 in the 7th inning and […]

     
  • [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    [THE HANGOVER] What Rays fans will be talking about today

    August 29, 2016 at 9:39 am 4 comments

    The GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 10, Astros 4 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Matt Duffy has been good in his first two weeks with the Rays. In 14 games, he has 17 hits […]