Rays flex muscles in win over Angels

August 20, 2023 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Suddenly, the Tampa Bay Rays seem to have plenty of offense for baseball’s stretch run. The Rays, whose bats turned into toothpicks in their July swoon, completed a successful road trip Saturday night with a humiliating torching of the Los Angeles Angels. They scored the most runs they have scored this year, […]

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Did Trask make coaches think about race?

August 20, 2023 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. It didn’t matter much, and it won’t matter long. It was a dress-up practice, like most of these preseason football games, and for the Tampa Bay Bucs, it merely meant that winning is better than losing. But to Kyle Trask, it mattered. Trask, trying to convince the world that the Bucs’ quarterback […]

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Angels have big moments, but Rays win

August 19, 2023 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. When it was over, when the highlights had finally stopped, the Tampa Bay Rays were left with one thought Friday night. They think they won. Didn’t they? The Rays survived a fistful of uncommon plays to somehow beat the Los Angeles Angels, 9-6. It was a memorable win in the way the […]

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Bucs have more than one question mark

August 18, 2023 general

Friday, 4 a.m. They are in the middle of training camp, and the season is rushing toward them harder than they are rushing toward it. And still, there is but one story with the Tampa Bay Bucs. It’s the quarterback, and who is worse. Content beyond this point is for members only. Already a member? […]

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Civale takes his first win with the Rays

August 17, 2023 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. So that’s the Aaron Civale the Tampa Bay Rays thought they had traded for. Civale, pedestrian in his first two starts for the Rays, came back with six strong innings of shutout baseball in the Rays’ 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants Wednesday afternoon. He allowed only five hits and struck […]

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Rays’ offense vanishes against Giants

August 16, 2023 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Considering the offensive explosion of the previous night, it might have been understandable if the Tampa Bay Rays had a little bit of a falloff. You wouldn’t have expected them to fall off a cliff. Over 24 hours, the Rays lost 15 hits. They scored 10 fewer runs. They lost 7-0, the […]

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Glasnow leads Rays to win over Giants

August 15, 2023 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. Good thing that Tyler Glasnow’s back looks okay. After all, the Tampa Bay Rays may have to ride it for a while. Glasnow returned to the mound Monday night after missing two weeks due to back spasms, and boy, were the Rays glad to see him. They’ve had enough trouble with missing […]

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Cleveland hammers Rays, Eflin

August 14, 2023 general

Monday, 4 a.m. Now, more than ever, the Tampa Bay Rays need for Zach Eflin to be a rock. Sunday afternoon, he was a pebble , easily picked up and tossed aside. With the Rays’ starting rotation in tatters, the Rays turned to Eflin to complete a sweep of the Cleveland Guardians. Instead, he was […]

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Arozarena delivers another walk-off win

August 13, 2023 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. Maybe Randy Arozarena wasn’t really in a slump. Maybe the moments just weren’t big enough for him. The Grand Poser, Arozarena, allowed the Rays to win their second straight game by walk-off Saturday afternoon. Arozarena singled to right field to drive in Brandon Lowe for the win, the third walk-off hit he […]

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Franco picks up Rays with walk-off homer

August 12, 2023 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. Perhaps it was worth all of the ugliness. Perhaps it was worth watching Pete Fairbanks forget how to throw a strike. Perhaps it was worth blowing a  three-run lead in the ninth. Perhaps it was worth the three errors. Perhaps it was worth perhaps the worst closing effort in Rays’ memory. When […]

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