Adames leads the Rays to a walk-off victory

September 21, 2019 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Tommy Pham has the stare. Charlie Morton has the arm. Austin Meadows has the wrists. And Willy Adames? He has the heart. Adames, who just turned 24, slammed a pitch into left field late Friday night, giving his Rays a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over Boston to stay in the AL Wild Card […]

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The predictions: Bucs should expose rookie quarterback

September 21, 2019 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 3 a.m. The offenses, we can assume, are excited. The defenses? Not so much. When the Giants visit the Tampa Bay Bucs on Sunday (4:05 p.m.), there is plenty of reason to expect plenty of points. Never mind that the teams are a combined 1-3.  The  Giants won a 38-35 game a year ago. […]

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For Bucs, Winston must be efficient, not spectacular

September 20, 2019 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They have won exactly one game in a row, and that one, they won by a foot. Their quarterback has played one game without throwing touchdowns to the other team. Their coach just notched his first victory, one that he suggested the team won “despite” him. And yet, there is a different […]

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Pham, Meadows lead Rays to comeback win over L.A.

September 19, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Maybe this was the key  for the Tampa Bay Rays taking one of their biggest wins of the year Wednesday night. Maybe they were scared not to. After all, Tommy Pham, the man with the scowl, had scolded the whole bunch of them after a loss to the Dodgers Tuesday night. Whatever, […]

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Bucs ready for a large dose of the Giants’ Barkley

September 19, 2019 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. With no Eli Manning to face, the Bucs figure to get an extra dose of Saquon Barkely in Sunday’s game. Manning, who has often excelled against the Bucs in his career, has been benched for rookie Daniel Jones as he goes into his third game. Jones, a controversial draft pick, is certain […]

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Rays take one on the chin against Dodgers

September 18, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. The playoff hopes of the Tampa Bay Rays suffered a blow Tuesday night. It wasn’t a killer, but it didn’t help. The Rays, in a three-team scramble with Oakland and Cleveland, absorbed a 7-5 beating at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers while both Oakland and Cleveland won. With 10 games […]

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Can the Bucs finally make Manning look old?

September 18, 2019 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Elsewhere, they curse his name. Elsewhere, they await the transition to a new quarterback. Elsewhere, they are tired of seeing him fail. But around here, Eli Manning is still a star. Manning, the quarterback of the New York Giants, is the perfect example of a quarterback and the way he is observed […]

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Can Rays outlast the A’s, Indians for the wild card?

September 17, 2019 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. They have 11 games left to play. Just to be safe, they need to win about 15 of them. They are at the finish line now, these Rays. After all the good moments, and all of the bad ones, they will go into this mini-stretch run with a chance. Perhaps that’s all […]

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Angels, Pujols deal the Rays a difficult defeat

September 16, 2019 general

 Monday, 4 a.m. The reason it hurts so much when the Tampa Bay Rays lose is simple. The Oakland A’s won’t. The Rays lost to the Anaheim Angels, 6-4, on Sunday afternoon, a frustrating bit of news when you consider that the A’s won their sixth straight, and their eighth the last 10. The A’s […]

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d’Arnaud delivers again as Rays defeat Anaheim

September 15, 2019 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. It’s hard to imagine now, which makes it a perfect time to bring it up. Do you remember when the world threw Travis d’Arnaud away? Do you remember when the Mets cut him? Remember when the Dodgers didn’t have a use for him. Remember when he was one of a revolving door […]

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