Random Thoughts: Goodnight Josh Freeman

May 27, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays

Josh Freeman has looked in the mirror and decided that he’s done. Of course, that same mirror was there in 2012. — Now that Freeman has stopped playing, isn’t it time for Trent Dilfer? What? He did? Nevermind. — Interesting story by my old friend and co-worker Dave Hyde of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel on […]

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Rays’ Banda leads 5-1 victory over Baltimore

May 27, 2018 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. As a strategy goes, all of baseball seems to be discussing the Rays’ revolutionary new pitching blueprint. Perhaps, however, the controversy should not be over who opens the game for the Rays. Perhaps, just perhaps, the controversy should be over whichever pitcher pitches second. The Rays captured an easy 5-1 victory over […]

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Ask Gary: Should the Lightning stand pat or tweak?

May 26, 2018 general

Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports. Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, […]

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After trading two regulars, numb Rays lose to Orioles

May 26, 2018 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. What the Tampa Bay Rays needed, really needed, on Friday night was a good RBI man. He didn’t have to have the best average, mind you. He just needed a knack for finding a hole when a runner was in scoring position. Seeing how the Rays were zero-for-10 in scoring position, it […]

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Lightning’s roster needs tweaking, not fixing

May 25, 2018 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Steve Yzerman has been here before. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling then, either. It was back in 2011, and the Lightning was coming off a shutout in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup playoffs. His team was led by a hot young coach, and it had it had played well before losing […]

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Snell dominates early in Rays’ win over Red Sox

May 25, 2018 general

Friday, 3 a.m. He talks slowly. He works quickly. Yet, somehow, it is the time of Blake Snell. Snell, the 25-year-old left-hander of the Tampa Bay Rays, was solid again Thursday night. He threw a six scoreless innings of three-hit baseball, allowing the Rays to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3. Snell struck out eight. […]

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Ousted: Lightning loses scoring touch, loses series

May 24, 2018 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. The words were hollow, meaningless. Throughout the years, a hundred losing teams have repeated the clinches about losing and effort and bad breaks. Nothing new here. The faces, however, told a different story. It was a tale of pain and loss, of coming from behind and then falling from ahead. The eyes […]

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Rays unravel in ninth inning in latest loss to Red Sox

May 24, 2018 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. On the first night, he flashed his potential. On the second, however, Willie Adames proved he isn’t ripe yet. A ninth-inning error by Adames left the door open for the Tampa Bay Rays in Wednesday night’s 4-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The Rays are now 3-9 against the Red Sox […]

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Either the Lightning flies, or it falls in Game 7

May 23, 2018 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Someone’s going to go on. Someone’s going to go home. Someone’s going to rush toward the center of the ice to celebrate. Someone’s going to drop their head and skate away from it. Someone will feel like heaven. Someone will feel like hell. There is no other choice for either team, no […]

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Rays suffer painful loss to Sox, but Adames pleases

May 23, 2018 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. The future can be painful enough. A glimpse into the future? That looks nicer. The Rays added to their pain in Tuesday night’s 4-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox. In the third inning, the team lost pitcher Jake Faria to a left oblique strain. Later in the inning, a pitch in […]

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