Rays

Scenes of team getting ready to get ready

February 6, 2015 general

Friday, 2:22 p.m. They rolled the baseballs onto the field Friday. No one wondered if they were deflated. They rolled them past the seats that were still covered in plastic, and past the stacks of dirt that will be used underneath the turf. They rolled them onto the field which, thankfully, was in the shape […]

Tagged as: Archer, Cash, Cobb, Maddon, Rays, Siverman

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Ask the Expert: Doug Waechter

January 30, 2015 general

Friday, 6 a.m. Doug Waechter spent four of his major league seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, his hometown team. Over his time in the bigs, Waechter won 18 games. In his first start at Tropicana Field, Waechter threw a two-hit shutout against Seattle. He joins GarySheltonsports.com weekly to answer your questions about major league […]

Tagged as: Jonny Gomes, Jose Vera, Josh Hamilton, pitch clock, Rays, Rob Manfred, shift ban

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My speech to the Clearwater Rotarians

January 21, 2015 College Sports in Florida

I spoke to the good folks at the Clearwater Rotary Club on Wednesday. Here are the notes to my speech. In questions, they wanted to know about inflate-gate, whether it had any affect on the final score (no), who the Bucs should draft (Winston unless they’re afraid of him). Wednesday, 4:55 p.m. Before there were […]

Tagged as: Bolts, Bucs, Rays

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Ask the Expert: Doug Waechter

January 21, 2015 general

Wednesday, 4:06 p.m. Doug Waechter spent four of his major league seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, his hometown team. Over his time in the bigs, Waechter won 18 games. In his first start at Tropicana Field, Waechter threw a two-hit shutout against Seattle. He joins GarySheltonsports.com weekly to answer your questions about major league […]

Tagged as: Longoria, Rays, Shields

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Could young athletes give Tampa Bay a new chance?

January 19, 2015 general

Monday, 6 a.m. There was a time the meek of Tampa Bay inherited the earth. There were a time when young, promising athletes flooded the market. There was a time when the scoreboard changed. There was a time when Tampa Bay mattered. Could it happen again? Perhaps you remember the last time. It was in […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Lightning, Rays

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To all fields: Bowden again is second in victories

January 17, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Saturday, 11:17 a.m. In Tallahassee… Once again, he is second best. Once again, he is the silver medalist. On the other hand, doesn’t Bobby Bowden’s statue look nice. These days, you’d have to visit an unnamed closet to visit Joe Paterno’s. You’ll find it in the back with your plaid sports coat. Content beyond this […]

Tagged as: Bowden, Rays

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Here in Caboose City, we hunger to win another title

January 16, 2015 general

Friday, 11:22 a.m. We lose. That’s what we do. We fumble. We strike out. In the world of sports, we sit in the penalty box. This is the lot of Tampa Bay. Fourth Place Bay, you might call it. The place where end zones are the promised land, where drafts are hope, where new coaches […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Bulls, Lightning, Rays

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The Rays ship the middle of their infield to Oakland

January 10, 2015 general

As it turns out, Asdrubal Cabrera will get to play second base and shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays. At the same time. The Rays turned loose of both local fan favorite Ben Zobrist and shortstop Yunel Escobar in a trade with the As, gutting the middle of their infield for the return of catcher […]

Tagged as: Rays, Zobrist

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A vote for Freddie to reach the Hall the clean way

January 6, 2015 general

Sometimes, you go with your gut. Sometimes, that’s all you have. Take the case of the baseball Hall of Fame. From the moment I put ink to paper, I believed, accurately, that Fred McGriff would not get enough votes. But on ballot, McGriff is a Hall of Fame. It isn’t just that I covered Fred, […]

Tagged as: Hall, McGriff, Rays

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Thank goodness the year 2014 is over for Tampa Bay

January 1, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Thursday, 2:15 p.m. Is it safe yet? Is 2014 over? And if not, could we please shoot it? Wow, what a terrible year we just finished. You couldn’t blame a Tampa Bay sports fan for hiding underneath the coffee table until it was all over. If losing was a disease, then Tampa Bay would be […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Lightning, Rays

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