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Lomo hits two as Rays beat Cards in 10 innings

August 28, 2017 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Well, welcome back, Logan Morrison. The Rays missed you. Morrison, much of the reason for the Rays’ earlier success, has spent the last three weeks being lost in the desert. Before Sunday, he had only one home run in his last 20 games, and he was hitting just .182 over his previous […]

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This time, Rays’ bullpen can’t hold the lead

August 27, 2017 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Given another opportunity to stand up, the Tampa Bay Rays instead watched the St. Louis Cardinals walk off. The Rays’ bullpen, excellent as of late, couldn’t hold back the Cards Saturday night in a 6-4 defeat. Tampa Bay had led 4-2 going into the bottom of the eighth, but with six outs […]

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Random thoughts: Ringside seat at the circus

August 27, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Now , can Floyd   Mayweather return, and can Conor McGregor go back to being invisible? – The reason that I didn’t think the Mayweather-McGregor match is a “circus,” as Oscar De La Hoya has charged: Not enough clowns. – Of course, once the cries of “rematch” begin, I may reconsider. – […]

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Do the Bucs need more time before the season?

August 27, 2017 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Call a time-out. Take a penalty. Push it back. Get the commissioner on the horn and tell you him need to take a break. Whatever it takes, delay the coming season at all costs. There are 14 days to go, and from the looks of it, from the feel of it, the […]

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USF’s Strong finish leads to comeback victory

August 27, 2017 general

Sunday, 2 a.m. There for a minute, or fifteen, everything seemed wrong. USF had hired the wrong coach. Quinton Flowers had become ordinary. And USF seemed to be headed for one of the most disappointing starts in its history. Charlie Strong had lost the playbook. The team had practiced in the dark. It was living […]

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Ask Gary: Do the Rays have enough urgency?

August 26, 2017 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, make a comment […]

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Will former USF coaches pay attention to Strong?

August 26, 2017 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. They are memories now, scattered by time and fortunes. They have their own players to prepare, their own programs to build. Their time here is now just a line on their resumes. Yet, you wonder. Do they remember still? Are they prepared to look over the shoulder of Charlie Strong as he […]

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Elway and dog biscuits: Reflections of Cleveland

August 26, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. It was cold and dismal that day in Cleveland. A lot of people say it always. Even in June. It hadn’t been a great day. It was freezing, and the press elevator had gotten stuck, and another writer had started to freak out because of it. Ah, but outside, a classic was […]

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Rays’ bullpen locks down another victory

August 26, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. They come at you all at once, daring you to find a weak spot. One of them is good, two of them are better and, these days, five of them are pretty close to flawless. They are the bullpen of the Tampa Bay Rays. And if the team had gathered them together […]

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Kiermaier’s glove golden in win over Blue Jays

August 25, 2017 general

Friday, 3 a.m. In baseball, can a centerfielder earn a save? And if not, why not? With apologies to the Rays’ bullpen, which was very good once again in a 2-0 victory over Toronto, it was centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier who stole the game — and a couple of hits — on Thursday afternoon. In an […]

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