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Thursday, 4 a.m. All series long, he was in the background, lurking, waiting. Sooner or later, the game was going to come down to Andrei Vasilevskiy. For five games, the whispers had continued that the Florida Panthers, frankly, weren’t cowed by Vasilevskiy. He gave up 16. goals in the first five games of the series, […]

Wednesday, 4 a.m. And the king of the hill remains … Lou Piniella. As impressive as the 11-game winning streak was that died Tuesday night, Piniella’s 2004 Rays did it one better. And, you can argue, they didn’t have nearly as much going on (the Rays won 70 games all year). The Rays lost their […]

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Boy, must the Toronto Blue Jays be weary of seeing the Tampa Bay Rays. And frankly, they aren’t too fond of Manuel Margot, either. Also, they’ve seen all they care to of Francisco Mejia. The Rays continued to drub the Blue Jays Monday afternoon, erupting in extra innings for a 14-8, 11-inning […]

Sunday, 4 a.m. Say this for the Tampa Bay Lightning. As a unit, it can take a punch. No, no. No one is talking about the Panthers’ dropping all pretense of playing hockey and turning into the goon squad at the end. That was a product of desperation, irritation and a bit of embarassment. No, […]