Hargreaves, Bucs, stop the Panthers just short

September 13, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. A year ago, they do not win this game. Five years ago, 10 years ago, for most of the years this franchise has tried to play this game, the Bucs do not win this game. On the road? With the other team driving? With too many penalties? Squint, and you can picture […]

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Bad pitching again trips up the Rays in Texas

September 13, 2019 general

Friday, 3 a.m. For most of the season, you have been able to count on the pitching of the Tampa Bay Rays. But now, at the most important point in the season, they appear to have run out. One night after Andrew Kittredge and Jalen Beeks took turns throwing gas on the fire, Brendan McKay […]

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Baserunning keeps Rays from beating Rangers

September 12, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. At this rate, the Tampa Bay Rays may run themselves out of the American League Wild-Card race. The Rays lost four runners to pickoffs Wednesday night, keeping them from coming from behind for a second time in a 10-9 defeat. The Rays fell to a half-game ahead of Oakland and one game […]

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The Predictions: Bucs Need to Learn to Win

September 12, 2019 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. As far as aging defensive tackles, one side likes Gerald McCoy. The other side prefers  Ndamukong Suh. As far as Heisman-winning quarterbacks, both teams would probably vote for Cam Newton…but not by much over Jameis Winston. As far as fast little running backs, everyone likes Christian McCaffrey over Ronald Jones. Hey, it’ll […]

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Rays pull one out as Rangers fall apart

September 11, 2019 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The formula is simple. You play baseball until the other team forgets how. And then you win. Again. The Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of the Texas Rangers falling apart in the 11th inning Tuesday night, winning their sixth straight game (and 11th of the last 12). The Rays rallied from three […]

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Winston has to rebound quickly for Bucs

September 11, 2019 general

Wednesday, 3 a.m. James Winston says his eyes are looking forward. Good thing. What’s behind him is too painful to consider. Yeah, yeah. Bucs’ coach Bruce Arians has said that two of his three interceptions weren’t his fault. But of all the quarterbacks in the NFL, only Winston and Baker Mayfield had three. Clearly, he […]

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Looking back on the Bucs loss to the 49ers

September 10, 2019 general

5 Thoughts 1. The Bucs’ defense is better. That’s the good news. It wasn’t just that they held the 49ers’ offense to 17 points, they challenged more passes in a day than the Bucs did all last season. Let’s count the hands of everyone who missed Brent Grimes. Okay, that’s Miko. Anyone else? 2. The […]

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Bucs suffer familiar loss as they hope for improvement

September 9, 2019 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Same old Bucs. Same old Jameis Winston. Same old lack of hope. The new and hopefully improved Tampa Bay Bucs opened their season Sunday afternoon, and frankly, it felt familiar. Once again, the Bucs were plagued by turnovers and penalties. Once again, they were sloppy with the football. And once again, they […]

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Rays finish sweep of Blue Jays in Glasnow’s return

September 9, 2019 general

Monday, 3 a.m. They started with a broken pitcher. They finished with another broken pitcher. But in the middle, the Tampa Bay Rays continued to do well at the expense of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Rays won, 8-3, sweeping the four-game series against the Jays. They have now won 10 of their last 11, […]

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Rays come from behind to beat Toronto again

September 8, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. For most of the season, he has been lost, forgotten. For most of the season, he has been just another guy. Until Saturday, when Daniel Robertson was rediscovered by his team. Robertson had a single and a double to drive in two runs late in the game, enabling the Rays to come […]

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