Monday, 4 a.m. When they are hitting — and as you know, it doesn’t always happen — there is a completely different look to the Tampa Bay Rays. They look bigger. Stronger. More dangerous. On afternoons such as those, you can picture them in the post-season. They look … legit. The Rays continued their rebound […]

Saturday, 4 a.m. Corey Kluber got clobbered. Kevin Kiermaier’s gold glove turned to rust. And the runners in scoring position stayed there. The nosedive by the Tampa Bay Rays continued on Friday in a 9-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the Rays’ fourth straight loss, and their 15th loss in their last […]

Thursday, 4 a.m. Perhaps the Tampa Bay Rays made a tactical error in Wednesday afternoon’s game. Perhaps they should have played their outfielders on the other side of the fence. After all, that’s where the opposing Milwaukee Brewers kept hitting the ball. The Brewers homered four times — and twice more the night before — […]

Tuesday, 4 a.m. The inherent problem with success is that it never lasts long enough. One moment, you are dancing in confetti, and the next, the rest of the league is trying to take bites out of your hindquarters. One minute, you are top of the world, and the next, you’re at the same starting […]