Bullpen leads Rays in split vs. Yankees

August 9, 2020 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. Nick Anderson threw the ball with power. Aaron Judge swung the bat with power. And in the end, Anderson won the battle. Because he kept the ball in the park. It was a crucial moment, to be sure. It was the bottom of the seventh, and Judge — the leading home run […]

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Rays’ pitching shines in win over Yankees

August 8, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Saturday, 4 a.m. The hitting was off-line…again. The run-scoring didn’t produce enough … again. Ah, but this time, the Rays’ pitchers made the offense of the opponent — the powerful New York Yankees — look as feeble as their own in a 1-0 victory. After losing six of their previous seven games, […]

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Brady works hard at trying to fit in with Bucs

August 7, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. More than anyone, Tom Brady knows that time is growing short. He just passed his 43rd birthday, so the calendar would suggest the there aren’t a lot of Sundays left in his career. And, with Covid-19 affecting the off-season, and with the preseason games canceled, there isn’t a lot of time to […]

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Bolts’ Johnson comes up big in final moments

August 6, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. In the post-season, he grows. Normally, Tyler Johnson is 5-8, and because of it he absorbs an undue amount of punishment. Then the playoffs begin, and Johnson grows taller. Some days, he seems like a giant. Johnson, the eighth-year pro, scored a goal with 87 seconds remaining to help the Lightning to […]

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Rays’ bats whittled down by Red Sox

August 6, 2020 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Often, they’re hitless. Sometimes, they’re hapless. Take Wednesday night, when the Rays’ stumbled through the empty Tropicana Field — where they had been very good this season — en route to a 5–0 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The loss was the Rays’ sixth in their last seven games, a run […]

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Meadows’ return sparks Rays over Red Sox

August 5, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Ah, yes. The good old days. After a gut-wrenching slump (five games’ worth), the Rays finally looked like the team you saw a year ago in Tuesday night’s 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. It looked good in 2019; it looked perhaps better this time. — The Rays finally saw Tropicana […]

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McCoy hopes to make a difference with Bucs

August 5, 2020 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. Think of him as insurance. Think of him as an alternative. Think of him as another piece of a threatening offense. When it’s all over, think of the Bucs as the next (final?) stop on the LeSean McCoy tour. McCoy had his first practice with the Bucs’ Tuesday after signing with the […]

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Bolts successful in their return to ice

August 4, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Is this really the Stanley Cup playoffs? No fans? A three-on-three overtime? A shootout (the first in the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs)? To the Tampa Bay Lightning, it doesn’t matter. After 806 days without a playoff victory, the team was pleased to take whatever post-season victory it could. The team […]

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Bucs’ Barrett wants big numbers once again

August 4, 2020 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. Nice number, 12. Nice thought, a dozen. Unless you’re Bucs’ defensive end Shaquil Barrett, whose aim is much higher than that. Granted, 12 sacks is a solid number for a defensive end. A lot of great ends have had had less than that. But for Barrett, 12 means something else is wrong. […]

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Sinking Rays swept by Baltimore

August 3, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. They are a stone in water. Every day, they sink a little farther. The Tampa Bay Rays lost again Sunday, and what else is new? They were swept by the lowly Orioles, a team you wouldn’t exactly confuse with a contender, and their losing streak reached five games — matching last season’s […]

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