Price

For a night, Price is worth the price

August 23, 2016 general

Tuesday, 5:30 a.m. For much of the year, fans have debated whether Boston’s David Price was the worth his paycheck. After Tuesday night, they may give him a raise. Price tamed his former Tampa Bay Rays teammates, throwing eight innings of two-hit, shutout baseball. It was Price’s second straight win over the Rays, and stretched […]

Tagged as: Longoria, Price, Rays, Red Sox

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Random Thoughts: Time-out to measure hypocrisy

November 8, 2015 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hi. I’m Urban Meyer, and I’d like to point out that Aaron Hernandez never took crab legs. I’d wouldn’t put up with that, by golly. – I wonder if Ray Rice cheers for Greg Hardy. – I understand why some critics want Hardy banned from the NFL, but who is going to […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Hardy, Kardashian, Price

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Crusher Casali hits 2 more HRs to pace Rays

July 29, 2015 general

Wednesday, 12:15 a.m. When he is old, when his hair is gray and his knees ache from all those days behind the plate, when baseball has defined him as only pro sports can, he will look back on this week. And Curt Casali will smile. His grandchildren will surround him, and they will beg for […]

Tagged as: Beckham, Casali, Odorizzi, Price, Rays, Tigers

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Remembering C.C., the best Ray of them all

July 15, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. For years, there was no light shining on his highlights. The stadium was empty. The team was losing. The footage of the game was something to save to go between softball and poker. So no wonder it is that the world seems to have forgotten about Carl Crawford, the best Ray there […]

Tagged as: Crawford, Longoria, Price, Rays, Shields, Zobrist

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At the ripe old age of 26, Archer has arrived

June 12, 2015 general

Friday, 5:42 p.m. You can see the age around the eyes. They are the eyes of experience, the eyes of age, the eyes of wisdom. He is 26 now, and he has seen some things. Yep. Chris Archer has done some growing up. Don’t look now, but almost overnight, Archer has gone from promise to […]

Tagged as: Archer, Cash, Hernandez, Price, Rays

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Canadiens show fight, set up Game Six showdown

May 9, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:23 p.m. There is a crack in the ice. The air is getting thinner. The net is getting smaller. And just like that, we have a series. The Montreal Canadiens took a 2-1 victory Saturday night to remain alive in its best-of-seven series in the NHL Playoffs, and as quick as a puck going […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Game Six, Lightning, Momentum, Montreal, Price, Showdown, Stamkos

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Don’t Look Now! Bishop is on a Roll

May 5, 2015 general

TUESDAY, 11:02 a.m. TAMPA In the playoffs, fortunes can change with the sounding of a horn. That’s all it takes. One moment, a goaltender is strong and regal in the net. The next, the wrong team is celebrating, and head is hung, and his team feels vulnerable. And so a fan of the Tampa Bay […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Lightning, Montreal, NHL, playoffs, Price

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In playoffs, Bishop is the Lightning’s great hope

April 13, 2015 general

Monday, 1:22 p.m. Trust the victories, he will tell you. Do not trust the stats. Trust the times he has skated away form a winning rink, he will tell you. Do not trust the times you rolled you eyes along the way. It is his season now, that of Ben Bishop and the other goaltenders […]

Tagged as: Bishop, goaltender, Khabibulin, Lightning, playoffs, Price, Rinne

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Imagine the Rays paying everyone

February 11, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6 a.m. You hate the way the Rays can squeeze nickels so hard they leave fingerprints. You hate how frugal they can be. You hate how money can define them. You hate the way it forces them to trade today’s players for tomorrow’s possibilities You hate the green ceiling. But what if the Rays […]

Tagged as: Crawford, Garza, Hamilton, payroll, Price, Rays, Rodney, Shields, Upton, Zobrist

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