New York Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
What was once lost is gained again. A source close to the situation has informed us that Swindle is indeed back in the organization on a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. As you can expect, his velocity will not scare many batters. His average fastball sits in the low-80s and tops out below 85. He throws a smorgasbord of complimentary pitches though, some that even confuse the...
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....
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...
The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Don't tie this with the recent frustrations in the Rays bullpen. I really don't want to see (most) of these guys pitching in a Rays uniform after this season. And we don't even need to use statistics to know that! Just dollar figures because that is what is being wasted here. Brian Shouse - I am not sure how many other non-knuckleballers throw slower than him (I know one) but he doesn't really fool...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
More photos » by Reinhold Matay - AP Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon asks first base umpire Eric Cooper after the game if he can still make another pitching change. Okay, not really. But Maddon might want to call a Mulligan on that eighth inning, in which Brandon Inge hit a grand slam for the Tigers. Browse more photos » Does anyone else have Journey running through their head right now?...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
More photos » by Reinhold Matay - AP Against a sea of empty blue seats in Tampa, Detroit's Miguel Cabrera came up with a big, game-tying homer in the sixth inning. Browse more photos » I don't know if you've heard, but... the pennant race is on. Last night's game had that kind of feel, as Justin Verlander and Jeff Niemann once again locked up in pitching duel. And much like last Sunday...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP about 2 hours ago: Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Pena hits his second home run of the game off of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil during the third inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Darren Calabrese) Browse more photos » This will be a short recap since we did not get to watch any of the game....
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
LAND O' LAKES - Randy Choate, a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, spoke at the Kids' Stuff summer camp in Land O' Lakes on Wednesday. And he brought along a coterie of special guests ready to entertain the campers and Kids' Stuff preschool and kindergarten students at the presentation.
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
More photos » by Chris O'Meara - AP about 1 hour ago: Baltimore Orioles' Matt Wieters (15) celebrates with Luke Scott after Wieters hit an eighth-inning, two-run home run off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Randy Choate during a baseball game Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009 in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rays won 5-4. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Browse more photos » Jason Berken was himself tonight, giving up 5...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
More photos » by Reed Saxon - AP Browse more photos » For all the talk about the Angels playing "Angels baseball", they hit two homers today and four on Monday. That's an average of two home runs per game. Entering today the Angels had 125 home runs in 111 games, or 1.13 per. That's more than the Cubs , Brewers , Indians , and Cardinals ; two less than the Diamondbacks , three...
The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
August 8, 2009 Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 10 8 1 Seattle 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 0 Niemann and the bullpen didn't help a good offensive showing last night but quickly changed that last night holding a 6-4 lead to win 10-4. James Shields struggled with his rare run support but was able to hold off a threats in the fifth and sixth to keep the lead. The two lefty specialist,...
The Rays Party (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
The Rays have made yet another waiver wire deal acquiring veteran reliever Russ Springer from the Oakland A's . I wrote a bit about him a month ago on MLB Notebook and how he has gained some velocity on his fastball during this season. The righty had a tremendous O-Swing% but Springer has had a scary high flyball rate which works in Oakland but not in places like New Yankee Stadium or the against the...
The Bucky Channel (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
What's one thing that's true of the Milwaukee Brewers no matter how good or how bad they may be? Rookie pitchers always win against us. After Friday night, you can add Bud Norris to that list, as he struck out seven batters in six innings to lead the 'Stros over the Crew 6-3. Kind of lame. The Brewers had a chance to take the lead at one point in the seventh, but Prince Fielder couldn't turn a bases...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
More photos » by Darren Calabrese - AP Who's Your Loogy? Browse more photos » A day after a healthy bullpen discussion, it's time to discuss some more. No, I'm not talking about J.P. Howell being taken deep by the evil Dr. Langerhans. I said yesterday even the best bullpen will have a hiccup and that was a full burp. I'm talking about the unnecessary carrying of two members of a seven man...
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