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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP Tampa Bay Rays will just say "yes" when it comes to Carl Crawford's $10 million dollar option for 2010. Browse more photos » One of the first orders of business to take care of during the hot stove league is squaring away options. So far 11 options have been accepted or declined since the end of the World Series with several more looming....
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
In part sixteen of my almost 50 part series "Better Know An Oriole" (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles retrospective), I take a look at reliever Brian Bass... THE FIGHTIN' UNUSUAL HOME RUN RATE! Bass came over to the O's at the end of the 2008 season, and took Lance Cormier's long-man job going into 2009. Despite being 27 years old, he had only one year of experience in the majors under his...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP about 1 month ago: Colorado Rockies' Jason Hammel works against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Browse more photos » Entering Spring Training this past season, the Rays found themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place in the battle for the 5 th spot in...
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Not exactly the "fire" I wanted for Dale Thayer but it is a start. A pLI of 0.60 , his highest this season, getting Lou Montanez to fly out in the seventh inning with two outs after allowing the inherited runner to move up to third base after a wild pitch. That out became be huge as Willy Aybar hit a game tying 3-run home run in the bottom half of the seventh. This gave Thayer a generous...
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Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E TB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4 10 0 WP - Jonathan Albaladejo (5-1) LP - Lance Cormier (2-3) SV - Phil Coke (2) First, let's start with the Captain. Derek Jeter came into tonight's game needing three hits to tie Lou Gehrig for first all-time on the Yankees hits list at 2721. He led off the bottom of the first with a bunt single. It...
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lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
The Yankees (91-50) were shut down by Jeff Niemann for seven innings, but the Rays (72-68) blew their lead in the eighth and lost 4-2. Derek Jeter received a long standing ovation after tying Lou Gehrig’s all-time hits record as a Yankee with a seventh-inning single. "He's one of the classiest people to ever play this game," Jeter said during an on-field, postgame television interview...
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Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
WP - Phil Hughes (6-3) LP - Lance Cormier (2-2 SV - Mariano Rivera (39) Derek Jeter went 0-4 in today's game, so he didn't break, or tie Lou Gehrig's record of most hits by a Yankee. But the game was still very exciting, as CC Sabathia tossed another gem, and the Yanks won Game 1 of the day-night double-header 4-1 against the Rays. Early on this game didn't look to promising for the Rays, as in the...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
More photos » by Mike Carlson - AP This is like the fourth different "smashed wall" pic from the homestand. I don't know what's going on here. Browse more photos » Before the game the Rays playoff chances were at 13.5%. After the victory (and before the Boston score went final) the odds were up to 15.4%. Scott Kazmir was quite efficient tonight, including a handful of sub-10 pitch...
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Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
More photos » by Steve Nesius - AP about 4 hours ago: Baltimore Orioles' Brian Roberts hits a grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays reliever Lance Cormier during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) Browse more photos » The O's beat the Rays tonight to avoid the sweep but as usual, didn't make it easy. Starter Brian Matusz pitched...
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
He had been pretty solid all season but Lance Cormier did not throw what he had been throwing all year to Brian Roberts: his curveball. Not a terrific curve, it serves a good purpose by getting some ground balls and setting up his cutter. This was not the case when Joe Maddon put him in the game to face Brian Roberts with the bases loaded. This was an unusual at-bat as Cormier's only pitch over the...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
This is the type of loss that hurts more than it should. James Shields pitched okay, the offense scored runs, and somehow the Rays lose. The common theme is wastefulness. Want an exhibit as to why designated closers are wasteful? Look at Lance Cormier entering when he did instead of J.P. Howell . I can understand why Grant Balfour isn't ideal - he has control issues at times - or Dan Wheeler , or Russ...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
via www.fangraphs.com Lance Cormier -.462 WPA
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Mediocre Rays reliever Lance Cormier pitched a third of an inning against Baltimore Thursday night, walking two batters who scored on a three-run homer by Nolan Riemold. But the real story was - or, in this case, wasn’t - on the top of Cormier’s head. As our distinguished alum Meech pointed out in one of our most popular posts ever , New Era 59-Fifty hats have buttons on the top. But what...
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The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
On a night that the offense seemed to be clicking on almost all cylinders, Rays pitchers failed to come through as the Rays moved to 1-3 on this current six-game West Coast road trip. Starter Matt Garza failed to go at least five innings for the first time this year, going 3 1\3 innings and giving up six runs on eight hits, four of those runs earned. Lance Cormier then came in to get the final two...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
More photos » by Mary Schwalm - AP Lance Cormier's role has evolved from mop-up man to one of their more recent set-up men in a span of months with the Rays. Browse more photos » It's no secret that before the season I was self-appointed as the chairman of the Lance Cormier fan club. Since calling for the Rays to sign him in December of last year to arguing for him to be included on the...
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