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Morton, Garcia team up to clobber Marlins

May 15, 2019 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. It’s hard to say an undefeated pitcher returned to form Tuesday night. On the other hand, welcome back, Charlie Morton. Morton, despite a 4-0 record, came off a shaky start in a 4-0 victory over the Miami Marlins. In his previous game, Morton had allowed seven hits and four walks in five […]

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Rays have found a bit of trouble on their journey

May 14, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. In his last innocent moments, before he went from a horse trying to hold on to a cheater, this is how Maximum Security must have felt. There was sweat and slop and noise, and this competitor was breathing down his neck, and that one was coming up on the outside, and it […]

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Rays struggle again in loss to New York Yankees

May 13, 2019 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Officially, the power outage lasted 43 minutes. Realistically, it’s been going on a lot longer than that. The Rays mini-slump continued Sunday when the Yankees broke open a game late to won 7-1. The Rays are just 3-4 in their last seven games and 5-6 since the start of May. It was […]

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Random thoughts: Here in Tampa Bay, we’re hurting

May 12, 2019 general

It started when Victor Hedman was hurt in the playoffs. Then it was Jason Pierre-Paul. Now it’s Tyler Glasnow. Suddenly, Tampa Bay Sports are a MASH unit. — Not only that, but the Red Power Ranger died. — According to theBigLead.com, the Rays’ Kevin Cash is the third-best manager in baseball. That’s three slots ahead […]

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Diaz’ power enables Rays to hold onto first place

May 12, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. He has muscles, okay? And those muscles have muscles. And those muscles have muscles. And these days, Yandy Diaz is flexing them for the world to see. Diaz put on a show Saturday night, homering to left, homering to right and hitting two deep fly balls to center to lead the Rays […]

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Ask Gary: What’s the future of the Tampa Bay Rays?

May 11, 2019 general

Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, […]

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Rays lose, but concern over Glasnow is bigger

May 11, 2019 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. The division lead is in doubt. The bats have disappeared. The team cannot win a one-run game. But forget all of that for a moment. For the time being, the Rays’ immediate future is somewhere inside of Tyler Glasnow’s left arm. Glasnow left the game abruptly Friday night after 5 1/3 innings […]

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Rays have flashed their brain power so far

May 10, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Once again, they seem to be getting smarter. Once again, they are deep thinkers. In the good years of the Tampa Bay Rays, and there really haven’t been a lot of them, this was the ability that set them apart from richer, deeper baseball teams. Even if they didn’t outhit many teams, […]

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Base-running gaffe leads to Rays defeat

May 9, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. They struck out 23 times. They left 11 men on base. They struck out 10 times with runners in scoring position. They were one-for-16 with runners in scoring position. Yet, when the smoke had cleared from Tampa Bay’s 3-2, 13-inning loss to the Arizona Diamond back, there was one memory that resonated. […]

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Lowe’s hot streak lifts Rays to another win

May 8, 2019 Alabama

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Oh, so that’s why they gave Brandon Lowe the contract extension. Perhaps you looked at Lowe and wondered why. After all, he is just 5-10 and 185 pounds, a normal size guy in a supersized sport. Still, it took one pitch Tuesday night for the Rays to jump to a lead, and […]

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