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Glasnow dominates Rangers before being pulled

April 13, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. This time, it worked out. This time, Kevin Cash was smart. Poor Cash. Ten games into the season, and here he was again, at the site of his greatest controversy. Once again, his starting pitcher had been superb. Once again, that pitcher was pleading to stay in the game. Once again, Cash […]

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Yanks break Rays’ game open in 10th inning

April 12, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. It ended with the New York Yankees running away in the 10th inning. Before that, however, it was a matter of what the Tampa Bay Rays ran out of along the way. They ran out of bullpen. They ran out of bats. They ran out of control. To a degree, they ran […]

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Rays’ bullpen shuts down the Yankees

April 11, 2021 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Andrew Kittredge? Jeffrey Springs? You could see the puzzlement in the faces of the mighty New York Yankees as they walked from the plate. Who are these guys? Where did they come from? And don’t they know who we are? What is happening to the bats in our hands? Ryan Thompson? Cody […]

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Vasilevskiy sharp in shutting out Preds

April 11, 2021 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. News flash: This cat they call the Big Cat is pretty darned good. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was impressive in the net once again Saturday night, stopping 36 shots to continue his ownership of the Nashville Predators. Vasilevskiy won his 25th game of the season, an NHL high, in the 3-0 win over […]

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Rays mash Yankees in home opener

April 10, 2021 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Turns out, there is life after a World Series trip, after all. Turns out, there also is life to the Tampa Bay Rays’ pitching rotation, and life in the bats of the order and life in a very young season. The Rays showed flashes of all of that in their home opener […]

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Bolts offense surges in win over Jackets

April 9, 2021 general

Friday, 4 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was a nice night. But does it mean the Bolts are back? Well, partially. The Bolts stopped their slump Thursday night, and stopped their offensive funk along with it, in a 6-4 road victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Bolts jumped to a 3-0 lead […]

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Rays blasted again in Red Sox sweep

April 8, 2021 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays are scheduled to play their home opener on Friday. Yippee. Has there ever been a defending league champion who has entered a season with less sizzle than this one? The Rays dropped their fourth straight game Wednesday, getting blasted once again. This time, it was 9-2 to last […]

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April 6, 2021 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Can Blake Snell please come home? And can he bring Charlie Morton with him. All along, this was the fear. The despite their reputation for rebuilding pitchers, the pitching staff of the Tampa Bay Rays wouldn’t be able to hold up. Well, so far, so bad. For the second straight game Monday […]

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Different goalie, same result for Bolts

February 9, 2021 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Hey, didn’t you used to be Curtis McElhinney? It had been so long since Lightning fans had seen McElhinney, the way-backup goaltender for Tampa Bay. Seldom seen, seldom heard. That’s the life of McElhinney, one of the league’s least-played backups. For 11 months, McElhinney might as well have been in an equipment […]

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CHAMPA BAY: Bucs back atop the NFL

February 8, 2021 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Here on the mountain top, it all seems worth it. After all of the misery, all of the heartache, all of the disappointment. Winston and Freeman and McCown. Morris and Smith and Schiano. Aguayo and Gay and Brindza. All of the tears. All of the doubts. All of the pain. It has […]

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