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Rays continue slide after not sliding

September 15, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, it’s hard to get a hit. Sometimes, it’s difficult to get an out. Sometimes, it’s a struggle to make a catch. But how hard is it to slide? Once again, the Rays were unable to make the simplest of plays in Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs. It’s enough to […]

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Miami gives USF a rude awakening

September 14, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. After two weeks of playing with the big boys, here’s what the USF Bulls got as a reward. The bigger boys. The Bulls, who had impressed most onlookers with upset wins over Boise State and Florida, were brought back to reality Saturday night. No. 5 Miami overwhelmed the Bulls in a 49-12 […]

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Fortes leads Rays to comeback win

September 14, 2025 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It didn’t take much for the Tampa Bay Rays to snap their latest losing streak on Saturday. Easy as pie, you might say. All it took for the Rays to win a 5-4 game over the Chicago Cubs was: — A solo home run by .225-hitting Nick Fortes in the ninth inning […]

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Rays have fast start, end with slow death

September 13, 2025 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. It gets uglier. It gets weaker. The Tampa Bay Rays are sinking like a stone. They lost again Friday afternoon, falling 6-4 to the Chicago Cubs, to fall back to three games under .500. They’ve lost six of their last seven. They don’t hit. They can’t hold a lead. They can’t focus […]

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Rays’ swoon continues with defeat

September 12, 2025 general

Friday, 4 a.m. What we have here is a matter of two ships sinking in the night. Here, we have a bad team. There, we have a worse one. The big question is just which one really is the worst team in the American League. Oh, if you weigh the entire season, it’s the Chicago […]

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Rays fall short in loss to White Sox

September 11, 2025 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The teams that make the baseball playoffs win games like this. They talk about comebacks and resolve and determination. The teams that don’t … remember. They talk about missed opportunities and bad bounces. The Rays came close to coming from behind in Wednesday night’s 6-5 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Isn’t […]

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Unlikely homers lead Rays’ victory

September 10, 2025 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Sometimes, it isn’t how often a team hits the baseball. Sometimes, it’s how far. The Tampa Bay Rays barely slipped past a 90-loss Chicago White Sox team Tuesday night, winning 5-4. The Rays’ recent hitting woes continued with the team collecting only seven hits. Three of them, however, were home runs, none […]

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Looking back on Bucs win over Falcons

September 9, 2025 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts How long do we have to wait before we can put Emeke Egbuka in the Ring of Honor? 2. I keep waiting for the game officials to invoke one more play review to give the Falcons one more chance. Maybe two. 4. Yeah, I was hoping for more impact out […]

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Bucs shake off mistakes, beat Falcons

September 8, 2025 general

Monday, 4 a.m. They staggered. At times, they stumbled. There were times when they looked stale. Alas, the Tampa Bay Bucs somehow won. And isn’t that the point? The Bucs held on to beat the Atlanta Falcons in their opener Sunday, 23-20. Tampa Bay survived a missed touchdown pass, a blown extra point, a wayward […]

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Fading Rays lose third in a row

September 8, 2025 general

Monday, 3 a.m. On second thought, maybe the Rays aren’t that interested in the post-season, after all. It wasn’t just that the Rays lost their third straight game to Cleveland Sunday afternoon. It was the ragged way in which they played. Consider: — The Rays scored only four runs in their last three losses. They […]

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