baseball

Ask Gary: Can the Bucs win five straight games?

December 3, 2016 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment […]

Tagged as: baseball, Buc;s, defense, Lightning

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Could the Rays be the worst team in baseball?

June 27, 2016 Baseball

Monday, 6 a.m. Cincinnati, they can catch. Maybe by the weekend. Atlanta may take a while, however. Maybe by the All-Star Break. Minnesota seems safe for the moment. It’ll take some doing in the stretch run to get the Twins. But if you’re asking if the Tampa Bay Rays are the worst team in baseball, […]

Tagged as: baseball, Longoria, Ryas, Worst

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The wrong man catches the ball in Rays’ defeat

April 5, 2016 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. The fan caught the ball. The star did not. And because of  it, the Tampa Bay Rays lost. Again. The first play was simply an oddity, a fan reaching for a fly ball, surprised and delighted when it plopped into his glove. Who would have expected him to catch it? Who would […]

Tagged as: baseball, Blue Jays, Rays, Smyly

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In a busy time for sports, who won the weekend?

March 14, 2016 general

Monday, 6 a.m. There were athletes who succeeded in the quiet. There were athletes who triumphed in the noise. There were athletes who were good on the ice, and great on the greens, or terrific in the infield. There was even one who did well on the dotted line. But, in all of Tampa Bay, […]

Tagged as: baseball, golf, Hockey, Racing

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USF falls behind quickly, loses to FGCU

February 24, 2016 Baseball

Wednesday, 6 a.m. The USF Bulls dropped a 13-6 game to Florida Gulf Coast Tuesday. USF fell behind 8-0. “We needed to be better in all areas tonight, not just pitching” said USF head baseball coach Mark Kingston. “Our defense made two errors and I thought we should have scored a lot more than six […]

Tagged as: baseball, FGCU, Merrell, USF

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To Tampa Bay, Rays’ vote means a fresh chance

January 15, 2016 general

Friday, 6 a.m. After all of the politics, after all of the posturing, after both sides acting as if they were the ones driving the vehicle, the Rays’ ability to look across Tampa Bay for a new stadium means this: A new chance. Perhaps a last chance. This was the reason for the large exhale […]

Tagged as: baseball, Rays, Stadium, Tampa

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Baseball trumps football in competitive balance

January 15, 2016 Baseball

Friday, 6:00 a.m. When I was a young boy growing up in the 50’s (the 1950’s, not the 1850’s), there were 16 MLB teams and 12 NFL teams. It was reasonable for all of us young fans to assume that our favorite teams in each sport would win it all, or at least get to […]

Tagged as: Balance, baseball, Championship, Football

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When will another Ray make the Hall of Fame?

January 7, 2016 general

Wednesday, 5:45 a.m. The Hall of Fame doesn’t happen here. Not anymore. Not a career’s worth, anyway. If you found a smile to match Ken Griffey Jr.’s on Tuesday when he was a near-unanimous selection to the Hall, or one for Mike Piazza, the tough-hitting catcher, that was good. It’s getting hard to find keepers […]

Tagged as: baseball, Boggs, Hall of Fame, Longoria

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Rose remains outside the Hall, where he belongs

December 15, 2015 Baseball

Tuesday, 6 a.m. It would be easy to cave on Pete Rose. As a nation, we love to forgive celebrities, don’t we? And so we can remember the spunky player we cheered. We can notice the time that has passed. We can talk about a game — and other games — that has gone so […]

Tagged as: Ban, baseball, Gambling, Hall of Fame, Rose

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Rays waste a solid outing by Archer

April 21, 2015 general

Tuesday, 11:47 p.m. Nothing. Zip. Nada. As a town, Tampa Bay was shut out Tuesday evening. Not only did the Lightning lose 3-0 to the Red Wings, the Rays lost 1-0 to the Red Sox and managed only four hits. It stretched the Rays’ losing streak to four in a row, all in the American […]

Tagged as: Archer, baseball, Four hits, Lose, Rays, Red Sox

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