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Rays’ Odorizzi bears a familiar frustration in loss

May 30, 2016 general

  Monday, 6 a.m. The treasure is there, bright and glistening. All you have to do is pick it up and carry it away. All you have to do is claim one moment, and is yours forever. And then it slips through your fingers. Can you imagine it, being so close to excellence you can […]

Tagged as: Odorizzi, One-Hitter, Rays, Yankees

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Random Thoughts: Goodell encourages, well, everyone

May 29, 2016 College Sports in Florida

Sunday,, 6 a.m. Hi, I’m Roger Goodell, and I’m here to urge Kenneth City to continue to try for Super Bowls, too. – Sometimes, I think USA Today thinks the world started Thursday. The website ranked Greg Schiano as the worst coach in Bucs history, which is just stupid. Hint, guys. Here are some Bucs […]

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Rays overpower Yankees in easy victory

May 29, 2016 general

5:45 a.m. Sunday Which one of these teams are the Bronx Bombers? Which one is the home of Murderer’s Row? If you said the New York Yankees, shame on you. The Tampa Bay Rays clobbered the Yankees Sunday, winning 9-5 after taking a 9-1 lead. They had nine extra base hits, and six of the […]

Tagged as: Conger, Longoria, Rays, Yankees

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Ask Gary: Does Lightning need to tweak roster?

May 28, 2016 general

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Pitching still needs to define this Rays team

May 27, 2016 general

Friday, 5:45 a.m. The hitting has been better lately, but the Tampa Bay Rays are not exactly known as a hitting club. The defense has its nights, but the Rays aren’t exactly known as a fielding team. It isn’t a baserunning team. It isn’t a slick team or a fast team or a closing team. […]

Tagged as: Pedestrian, pitching, Rays, Strength

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Rays fall to Marlins despite Morrison’s hot bat

May 26, 2016 Tampa Bay Rays

Thursday, 9 a.m. They lost. The defense wasn’t good enough. The hitting wasn’t timely enough. The baserunning wasn’t good enough. And so the Tampa Bay Rays lost a 4-3 decision to the Miami Marlins. On the other hand, Logan Morrison has been reborn. Morrison, an empty uniform for much of the year, continued his torrid […]

Tagged as: defeat, Marlins, Morrison, Rays

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Ask Gary: Are relievers paid by the hour?

May 21, 2016 general

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Tagged as: Donovan, Lynch, Relievers, Safer

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Rays get impressive start from Matt Andriese

May 15, 2016 general

Sunday, 6 a.m. Chris Archer? Yeah, Chris Archer. Arch is the guy you would have expected to pitch a game like this, right? He would have the command. He would have been in control. And if not Archer, maybe Drew Smyly. Yeah, for it would have been Drew Smyly. It would have been Smyly who […]

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Rays lose a lead as A’s Valencia hits three home runs

May 15, 2016 general

Monday, 5:30 a.m. Some losses hurt more than others. There are losses when a team falls just short, or has a great pitching performance. There are losses when there is a wobbly call by the umpire or a ground ball that wasn’t fielded. There are games that get away on the basepaths or in the […]

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Ask Gary: What’s the price of delusion in baseball?

May 14, 2016 general

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