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Small mistakes cost Rays a victory

July 30, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The New York Yankees won the big moments Tuesday night, the home runs and the pitching. But they won the little moments, too. The Tampa Bay Rays, continuing the play the worst baseball in the major leagues, dropped a 7-5 decision to the New York Yankees. The Yankees bombed two home runs […]

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Rays finally win; shut down Yankees

July 29, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Yes, the margin should have been bigger. Yes, the Rays should have scored more. On the other hand, they won. Considering the way the last month has gone, that’ll do. The Rays slid past the New York Yankees Monday night, winning a 4-2 victory. It stopped a four-game losing streak, a run […]

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Rays bats quiet in another loss

July 28, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. There for a while, the Tampa Bay Rays had you fooled. Themselves, too. There for a while, they looked like a contender. They climbed to within a half-game of the AL East lead. They were 11 games over .500. They were 33-22 in May and June. And then the bottom fell out. […]

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Rays are crunched by Cincinnati

July 27, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. The closer Major League Baseball’s trading deadline gets, the more you might figure players would fight to avoid it. With the Tampa Bay Rays, well, not so much. The nosediving Rays were clobbered again Saturday night, losing a 6-2 game to the Cincinnati Reds. It was the team’s fifth loss in its […]

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Rays’ slump continues against Reds

July 26, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. They are falling, and they are picking up speed. They are flailing, and who knows how hard they will land? The midsummer swoon of the Tampa Bay Rays continued Friday night in a 7-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. It was a similar loss to the ones that have come recently, a […]

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Rays blow game against White Sox

July 24, 2025 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Remember that awful, miserable slump that the Tampa Bay Rays went through just before the All-Star break. Bad news. It isn’t over yet. The Rays lost again to the Chicago White Sox, the worst team in the American League, on Thursday night. It was 11-9, and it was as ugly as it […]

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Caballero leads Rays to narrow win

July 23, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The opponent, frankly, is awful. The offense, bluntly, was terrible. Still, the Tampa Bay Rays won. For a game, that will do. The Rays slipped past Chicago, the American League’s worst team, 4-3, Wednesday night. They didn’t hit and they didn’t score and, in the end, they barely hung on. But for […]

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Rays fall to another bad team

July 22, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. One of these teams is the worst team in the American League. Can you tell which one? Oh, the numbers will suggest that it is the Chicago White Sox, the team that entered Monday night’s game 30 games below .500. On the other hand, that White Sox team spent the evening stomping […]

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Homers doom Rays in loss to O’s

July 21, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. There was a problem with the Tampa Bay Rays’ attempt to go for a series sweep on Sunday afternoon. They just couldn’t keep the ball on the right side of the fence. The Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs and went on to capture a 5-3 win over the Rays.It was a […]

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Rays come from behind to beat O’s

July 20, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. They don’t always hit. There are times they don’t pitch. But, man, can they run. Hand it to the Tampa Bay Rays. At any moment, they have the ability to turn a baseball game into a track meet. They can be slogging along, as if the game was just too much for […]

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