Saturday, 4 a.m. We have seen Austin Meadows trot after a home run. We have seen him sprint after hitting a double into the gap. Then there was Friday night, when Meadows lifted the Tampa Bay Rays without an extra base hit at all. Meadows drove in three runs with two singles and a sacrifice […]

Thursday, 4 a.m. The hitting will continue to be ordinary. Oh, there are times that they can hit, and the Tampa Bay Rays look pretty good. But there are nights when they seem to be in blindfolds, swinging at a pinata. Those are the Tampa Bay Rays at the bat — a swing and a […]

Tuesday, 4 a.m. At last count, Nikita Kucherov was, in no particular order, opinionated, shirtless, profane and somewhat intoxicated. He was also correct. Say this for Kuch. For all the points he made in the offseason — technically, it was a lot — he made more in his beer-fueled post-press conference on Wednesday night. He […]

Sunday, 4 a.m. There have been too many times this season that Brandon Lowe didn’t look like a big-league hitter, too many times when he looked like an automatic out in the middle of the batting order, too many times when it seemed that he was being held up by last year’s performance. Maybe, just […]