For once, Rays don’t let the lead slip away

May 13, 2017 general

Saturday, 2 a.m. You’ve seen this before. The Tampa Bay Rays were in the middle of a mess. A big lead was dwindling. The defense was faulty. The opponent was coming back. Alex Colome was being asked to work overtime. And then the Rays slammed the door. For once. The Rays held on to beat […]

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Once again, the last-place Royals embarrass Rays

May 12, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Thank goodness the Kansas City Royals are leaving town. The Royals, which have been absolutely dreadful against the rest of the American League, left St. Petersburg Thursday night with little chunks of Tampa Bay Rays between their cleats.The Royals, still in last place in the AL Central, took three of four from […]

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Bucs hope they improved on defense, too

May 11, 2017 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. On paper, they are a scoring machine in waiting. On concept, they will have receivers streaming down the field, daring the defenses to stop them. In theory, they will have a quarterback who will have his pick of who to throw touchdown passes toward. In actuality, however, the question is this: Will […]

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Rays come back strong, bash Kansas City

May 11, 2017 general

Thursday, 2 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays took out some of their frustrations on the Kansas City Royals Wednesday night. The Rays, after losing two straight to Kansas City and four of their last five overall, erupted for 12-1 victory over the Royals. Tampa Bay had lost back-to-back frustrating games before its win. The Rays […]

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Quirk in law overturns Hernandez’ conviction

May 10, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. And so, after all of this time, Aaron Hernandez is not a murderer. Of course, that will be great news for Odin Lloyd, who we can assume is safe to rejoin the living. Wait. What? He can’t? Anyway, according to an antique quirk in Massachusetts law, kind of the one that let’s […]

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This time, Cash can turn away from Rays’ meltdown

May 10, 2017 general

Wednesday, 2 a.m. At least this time, Kevin Cash didn’t have to watch. This time, Cash was safely ejected, and from his seat in the manager’s office, he could look away as the Rays blew a game one more time Tuesday night. Tampa Bay lost a 7-6 game in 12 innings for its third straight […]

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Rays suffer their sloppiest loss of all

May 9, 2017 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. After a game like this, your eyes hurt. After a game like this, you feel nauseous, and you feel dizzy, and there is flop sweat all over. You need a shower worse than the players. After a game like this, there is but one question to ask about the Tampa Bay Rays: […]

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Once again, Rays cannot a hold a lead

May 8, 2017 general

Monday, 2 a.m. The Tampa Bay Rays keep getting leads. Unfortunately, the Rays also keep blowing them. Once again, the Rays took a lead but failed to hold onto it Sunday, dropping a 2-1 game to the last-place Toronto Blue Jays in which they managed only three hits. The Rays are now 16-17 on the […]

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Good quarterbacks are hard to define

May 8, 2017 general

Monday, 4 a.m. If you go by yardage, Blake Bortles was better than Tom Brady last year. Kirk Cousins was better than Aaron Rodgers. Sam Bradford was better than Dak Prescott. If you go by quarterback rating, Nick Foles was better than Drew Brees. Brian Hoyer was better than Derek Carr. Mike Glennon was better […]

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Random thoughts: Cash’s firemen carry gas

May 7, 2017 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Random thoughts: Just wondering: Is there a lead the Rays can’t blow? Going into Saturday night’s game, the Rays had lost the lead in 18 of their previous 19 games. –  This should have been Kevin Cash’s response when he was asked why he allowed Chris Archer to pitch to Kendrys Morales. […]

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