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Morton impressive again as Rays beat Orioles

July 3, 2019 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Oh, so that’s why Charlie Morton made the all-star game. Charlie Morton, the biggest bargain in the American League, showed everyone again Tuesday night why he made the summer classic, spinning his ninth victory in 11 decisions in a 6-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Along the way, Morton: — Struck out […]

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Kiermaier’s homer leads Rays to third straight win

July 2, 2019 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Do you recognize them? Is there something familiar about their stride? Is there something you remember in their swagger? Hey, it’s the good Tampa Bay Rays. And where have you guys been lately? The Rays have won three straight games for the first time since June 5-8. Their latest victory was Monday […]

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Snell finally puts a game together for Tampa Bay

July 1, 2019 general

Monday, 3 a.m. A winning streak? Whee! The surging (?) Tampa Bay Rays have won consecutive ballgames for the first time since June 9-10 against Boston and Oakland after Sunday’s 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers. The Rays are now 5-8 over their last 13 games and were 13-16 in the month of June. The […]

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McKay is everything he was promised to be against Rangers

June 30, 2019 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. How many others? And which positions? For a long time now, we have heard their footsteps approaching, and we have heard the drums beat to signal the future. There are pitchers and catchers and outfielders and first basemen, and soon, they will finally arrive. And if they are anything like Brendan McKay, […]

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Random thoughts: McKay dominates conversion after debut

June 30, 2019 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. If you’re like me, you have the same reaction to the Rays’ losing streak, or their romotion of Brendan McKay or the slump of Blake Snell. It’s “I wonder how this is playing in Montreal.” — The average reaction of Rays fans can be summed up like this: “Pardon my French, but […]

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Sloppy performance dooms the Rays once again

June 29, 2019 general

Friday, 3 a.m. Bad pitching. Bad offense. Bad defense. All in all, it was a bad start to the Rays’ plan to close out the pre-All-Star break on a hot streak. The Rays dropped their eighth game in the last 12, losing a badly played 5-0 game to the Rangers Friday night. The loss left […]

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Rays call up two-way star McKay

June 29, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. The future is shorter than you’d expect. Smaller. Nevertheless, in these precious non-Montreal days, it is here. Judging by the legend of Brendan McKay, you might have expected him to be a beast. Maybe 6-4. Maybe 260 pounds. After all, when you hear about a prospect coming, you expect large. You expect […]

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Rays play 18 innings before salvaging win against Twins

June 28, 2019 general

Friday, 3 a.m. For the Tampa Bay Rays, it took forever to win a baseball game. As rarely as that happens anymore, it was worth it. The Rays played for five hours and 42 minutes Thursday. They played for 18 innings  — two games worth — and used nine pitchers. Some of their hitters had […]

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Rays’ fall seven back with another loss to Twins

June 27, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Their comeback didn’t take. Their best pitcher didn’t win. Their defense didn’t hold up. And so the Rays of Tampa Bay (for now) faded a little farther back in the AL East division competition on Wednesday night, dropping a 6-4 decision to the Minnesota Twins. The Rays are now 31-31 in their […]

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Sternberg makes his pitch to play in two cities at once

June 26, 2019 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. Okay, let’s check the wish list of Rays’ owner Stu Sternberg, shall we? He wants to keep the market in Tampa Bay. But only part of the time. Also, he doesn’t want anyone to notice that, evidently, the Rays and Montreal have been talking even though their lease says they’re not supposed […]

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