Bucs pick defensive lineman in first round

April 28, 2023 general

Friday, 2 a.m. Evidently, the Bucs are going to draft defensive linemen high until they get it right. The Rays, staying with the 19th pick in the draft, selected Pitt defensive lineman Calijah Kancey Thursday night. Kancey played defensive tackle at Pitt, but the Bucs listed him as a defensive end when they took him. […]

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Rays shut out again, drop series to Houston

April 27, 2023 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. Was this the offense that you feared? For all of the off-season, the chatter about the Tampa Bay Rays was that they couldn’t hit. The team put a lot of that to rest with its hot start, but doubts never completely die, do they. And the last two nights, when the Rays […]

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Rays finally lose their first home game

April 26, 2023 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. Is the sky falling? Have giant chasms appeared in the earth’s surface? The Rays have lost, which is rare. For that matter, the Rays have been shut out, which is unprecedented. The Rays were held to five hits, and no runs, in a 5-0 loss to the Houston Astros Tuesday night. Yes, […]

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Bucs must rebuild their offensive line

April 26, 2023 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. — Whenever I hear about the Bucs taking a right tackle and playing him on the left sides I remember Kenyatta Walker, who was too stiff too pull it off. The Bucs loved Walker. I still remember an offensive coach showing me the team’s want list, and Walker was first (he went […]

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Bolts’ huge collapse leaves them on brink

April 25, 2023 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. How do they recover from this? How do the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning get back to their feet again? How do they wipe the blood from their noses and proceed? The Lightning suffered perhaps the worst collapse in franchise history Monday night, blowing a 4-1 lead and losing 5-4 to […]

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Franco’s big game leads Rays over Astros

April 25, 2023 general

Tuesday, 3 a.m. The long ball took the night off. The long streak, however, lives on. The Tampa Bay Rays won again Monday night, running their record to a record-tying 21-3 with their 14th straight win at home. For the first time all season, the Rays won without a home run. Content beyond this point […]

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Rays’ pitching dominant against Sox

April 24, 2023 general

Monday, 4 a.m. This time, they didn’t walk it off. This time, they kind of trotted. The scalding-hot Tampa Bay Rays swept the Chicago White Sox, winning a rather routine 4-1 game. The previous two games, the Rays had beaten Chicago on walk-offs. This time, they clubbed them home runs in the second and third […]

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Leafs take lead in series with late goals

April 23, 2023 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. For a team that may be running out of time, the Tampa Bay Lightning was betrayed by the clock on Saturday night. With 60 seconds to play in regulation, the Bolts gave up the tying goal to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Ryan O’Reilly Sunday night. And with 45 seconds to play in […]

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Randy time strikes again for hot Rays

April 23, 2023 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. At this rate, Randy Land is going to need an expansion. Randy Arozarena, the charismatic , fun-loving outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays, completely seized control of the Rays’ latest victory, a 4-310th-inning victory over the Chicago White Sox. Arozarena singled in pinch-runner Vidal Brujan to lead the Rays to the win, […]

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Lowe’s walkoff home run leads Rays’ rally

April 22, 2023 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. He has hit home runs before — he has 90 of them in all. He has drive. in other runs — he has 252 of those. But Brandon Lowe has never had a feeling quite like this. Lowe hit a two-run walkoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday […]

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