Braves whack slumping Rays again

July 9, 2023 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Every day, they fall a little farther, a little faster. Every day, their embarrassment grows. Every day, they seem a greater distance from the dominance that defined their early season. The Tampa Bay Rays, presently, are not a very good baseball team. They are helpless, hapless, hopeless. They are punchless, clueless, direction-less. […]

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Rays losing as if it will last for a while

July 8, 2023 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Do you think the Tampa Bay Rays will ever win again? There for a while, it was as if the Rays were never going to lose. But, ah, the tables have turned, and the Rays’ bats are mum, and good pitching keeps dying. The Rays have now lost six in a row, […]

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Rays’ lose again as offense challenged

July 7, 2023 general

Friday, 4 a.m. There is a problem with the Tampa Bay Rays being on top of the AL East. The way they’re playing, they’re going to fall on someone. The Rays took it on the nose again Thursday night, losing a 3-1, 11-inning game to the Philadelphia Phillies. It completed a sweep of the Rays, […]

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Rays drop their fourth straight game

July 6, 2023 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. You can blame the pitching. Heck, why not. You cannot be rougher on the pitching of the Tampa Bay Rays than the Philadelphia Phillies were Wednesday night. The Phillies assaulted the Rays. They clobbered them. They had 17 hits and three walks in eight team at bats, and they ran away with […]

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Phillies’ Nola handcuffs Rays’ offense

July 5, 2023 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. The hot start is just a memory now. The Tampa Bay Rays continue to lead the AL East, but their days of dominance seem to have ended. They are still good on occasion, but you can no longer count on it. The latest reminder of the cooling of the Rays came Tuesday, […]

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Can re-invented Bolts keep winning?

July 4, 2023 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Now that the dust is mostly settled, I’m going to need a new program. The Tampa Bay Lightning has blown up the bottom half of its roster, and who knows if the window of contention is still open? Alex Killorn is gone, and he’s taking his knack for scoring a clutch goal […]

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Rays blow five-run lead in loss to Seattle

July 3, 2023 general

Monday, 4 a.m. When a team has blown a game this badly, it is natural to begin the search for the one to blame. So who do you pin the Rays’ 7-6 loss to Seattle on? — Jason Adam? The Rays’ reliever gave up  the winning run in the seventh inning without giving up a […]

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Rays’ bats, bullpen falter against Seattle

July 2, 2023 general

Sunday, 4 z.m One day, you’re a prince. The next, you’re a pauper. How often does this happen in baseball? A team assaults the ball one night, just crushes it. The next day, it can’t buy a hit. Ask the Tampa Bay Rays. On Friday night, they had 16 hits and scored 14 runs. On […]

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Slow start can’t stop surging Rays

July 1, 2023 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Before you can fully appreciate the margin of victory, which was a lot, you have to first consider the depth of the hole they were in, which was deep. The Tampa Bay Rays hammered the Seattle Mariners, 15-4, on Friday night. They pounded out 16 hits, and the game ended with Mariners’ […]

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Rays finally win a lopsided game

June 30, 2023 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Maybe you recognized them by their explosuin in the third inning. Maybe you knew them from the line of zeroes their opponent kept putting up on the scoreboard. By George, those are the Tampa Bay Rays. And that’s the way they are supposed to look. Content beyond this point is for members […]

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