Nifty slide by Arozarena leads to Rays’ win

June 27, 2022 general

Monday, 3 a.m. Shane McClanahan continued to rule the major leagues. Isaac Paredes continued to own the week. For the Tampa Bay Rays, however, a baseball game came down to a man sliding in the dirt. It’s odd for a slide on a stolen base to be the key part of a game, but Randy […]

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Rays take Pirates to Paredes City

June 26, 2022 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Isaac Paredes gives. More importantly, Isaac Paredes forgives. Parades gave a pardon to the rest of the Tampa Bay Rays’ organization Saturday. He allowed the team to erase a blow up by reliever Jalen Beeks. He forgave a baserunner blunder by Randy Arozarena. And he further erased any lingering criticism for the […]

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Lightning stay alive on Palat’s winner

June 25, 2022 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. The best part about being down to your last heartbeat is this: Sometimes, that heart belongs to Ondrej Palat. One more time, the Tampa Bay Lightning fought off elimination. One more time, they skated into an opposing ice rink and won. One more time, they wore down a skilled, fleet team to […]

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Ramirez delivers late in Tampa Bay win

June 25, 2022 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. The kid with the blue hair kept shaking the popcorn out of it. For the most part, Harold Ramirez was a success at that, too. Ramirez was hopping around first base, popcorn and gum in the air. A teammate placed an empty gum bucket on his head. And the Tampa Bay Rays […]

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Bolts can blame bad call, or blame themselves

June 24, 2022 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Today, outrage has replaced out play. Today, the Tampa Bay Lightning is not just beaten. They are cheated. And so the howls continue over the final goal of the Avs’ 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avs had too many men on the ice (and not enough referees to call […]

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Rays blow big lead in loss to Yankees

June 23, 2022 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. The first requirement to beating the big boys is this: You have to do the little things on the way. Otherwise, you watch a lead fritter away and you end up losing 5-4 to the New York Yankees. You end looking at the division lead from fourth place. You end up losing […]

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Avs push Bolts to brink of elimination

June 23, 2022 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. They are down to their final heartbeat. One more loss, and the Tampa Bay Lightning can turn out the lights. One more disappointment, and their season is over. The Bolts lost a controversial, 3-2 overtime decision to the Colorado Avalanche Wednesday night, a game they needed to tie the Stanley Cup Final […]

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Paredes’ 3 homers leads Rays over Yankees

June 22, 2022 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Perhaps you measure a home run by its distance. Perhaps you measure by its moment. Perhaps you measure it by its impact. For Isaac Paredes, there was plenty of room — and plenty of homers —- to dissect in Wednesday night’s 5-4 Rays victory over the New York Yankees. Paredes hit more […]

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Bolts punch back in Stanley Cup finals

June 21, 2022 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Did you expect them to surrender? Did you expect them to take a knee? After all the times you have seen the fight in the Tampa Bay Lightning, did you expect them to usher the Colorado Avs across the carpet and point them to the Stanley Cup? Oh, the Lightning still trail […]

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Rays running short of players, victories

June 21, 2022 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays are running out of players. Sadly, they seem to have already run out of offense. The Rays lost two starting outfielders — centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier and right fielder Manny Margot — in their latest defeat, a 4-2 decision at the hands of the New York Yankees. It was […]

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