SWEEP
Longoria lost to oblique strain
Offense looks lost
Orioles look like it's 1997
Trop less than full on Saturday of Opening Weekend, only 22,000 bother to show up
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
AL East Slip-Up
Price goes 7 but Rays slide to last place in division
It's okay, because who cares about scoring runs when you can eat ribs and premium burgers?
Congratulations to Coach Tom Foley for celebrating 10 opening days with the Rays
Don't worry, B.J. Every Little League ump knew that was obstruction
Who needs aging stars when we've got Zorilla?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Evan Longoria Replica AK-47 Giveaway Night!
Rays announce new promotion to 2011 schedule!
Evan Longoria Replica AK-47 Giveaway Night!
First 20,000 fans in the Trop receive an official replica AK-47, complete with Longoria's name and number 3 on the stock.
Rays players will be dressed in special camouflage jerseys
Free parking to anyone in a 4x4 with a gun rack
Half price shots & shooters at Everglades BBQ Smokehouse before the game
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Does an 0-7-1 Spring start give Rays fans cause for concern?
The Rays never stalked Carl Crawford
Keeping up with old friends: Carlos Pena now batting .071 with 5 strikeouts in 14 Spring at-bats.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
AL East Champs are done.
Fat lady sings, and Carlos Pena strikes out again.
Are Shoppach and Johnson just more of Maddon's hunches?
Maddon's hunches would never be allowed on professional teams like the Yankees or Red Sox.
As you were reading this, Cliff Lee struck out two more Rays.
Don't we wish we had hitters like Josh Hamilton?
All Yankee Haters, just became Rangers fans. Go Rangers.
At least fans in Tampa can still listen to the Yankees on the radio.
Pitchers & Catchers report in 124 days.
At least fans in Tampa can still listen to the Yankees on the radio.
Pitchers & Catchers report in 124 days.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Go to Rays Games at the Trop
Top 10 Reasons I Don’t Go to Rays Games at the Trop
We have heard countless reasons from area residents for not attending games in downtown St. Petersburg, where the stadium is one of the most easily accessible sports arenas in the nation. Here are the ten most often-heard excuses this season.
10. “I’ve been banned ever since I tried to see if the annoying jerk next to me could blow his vuvuzela through his ah-noos.”
9. “I’m afraid one of the catwalks will fall on me.”
8. “I get lost when I try to find the Trop’s First Avenue entrance from the Interstate’s Fifth Avenue exit.”
7. “There’s no Nordstrom’s or Saks on that side of Tampa Bay.”
6. “Too many obnoxious Packer fans.”
5. “I lost my cowbell in a canasta game.”
4. “I keep forgetting that I can eat before I go to the game and not spend an extra eighty dollars on cold hot dogs and
stale beer.”
3. “Raymond scares my children — and they’re in their thirties.”
2. “I can’t find three other people to go with me so I can get the full-car parking discount.”
And the Number One reason I don’t go to Rays games at the Trop in St. Petersburg:
1. “I live in Tampa — so, of course, I only attend Yankee games!”
P.S.: You know that St. Paul is not Minneapolis. You know that Fort Worth is not Dallas. So what’s so hard about recognizing that St. Petersburg isn’t Tampa?
We have heard countless reasons from area residents for not attending games in downtown St. Petersburg, where the stadium is one of the most easily accessible sports arenas in the nation. Here are the ten most often-heard excuses this season.
10. “I’ve been banned ever since I tried to see if the annoying jerk next to me could blow his vuvuzela through his ah-noos.”
9. “I’m afraid one of the catwalks will fall on me.”
8. “I get lost when I try to find the Trop’s First Avenue entrance from the Interstate’s Fifth Avenue exit.”
7. “There’s no Nordstrom’s or Saks on that side of Tampa Bay.”
6. “Too many obnoxious Packer fans.”
5. “I lost my cowbell in a canasta game.”
4. “I keep forgetting that I can eat before I go to the game and not spend an extra eighty dollars on cold hot dogs and
stale beer.”
3. “Raymond scares my children — and they’re in their thirties.”
2. “I can’t find three other people to go with me so I can get the full-car parking discount.”
And the Number One reason I don’t go to Rays games at the Trop in St. Petersburg:
1. “I live in Tampa — so, of course, I only attend Yankee games!”
P.S.: You know that St. Paul is not Minneapolis. You know that Fort Worth is not Dallas. So what’s so hard about recognizing that St. Petersburg isn’t Tampa?
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Jason Stark: Deadline Winners and Losers
"It wouldn't surprise us if this team addresses all its bat and bullpen needs in August, and probably at a much more reasonable cost than it was staring at over the last week. It's a franchise run by some of the brightest people we know. And when the bat market collapsed around them, the Rays' fearless leaders were determined not to overpay for guys like Dunn who they believed didn't really fit. But on the other hand, this is a column about July. And this is a big, big year for this franchise -- the year before Carl Crawford departs and the payroll plummets. So given the circumstances, it's tough to applaud the acquisition of only Chad Qualls as any kind of solution. For one thing, they took on all $1.5 million of his salary. For another, he's about the least dependable "quality" bullpen arm alive. "What can I say?" said an official of one rival team. "I'm just not a fan of that guy. He's Mr. Low Pressure. I just can't imagine walking into that Tampa Bay clubhouse and telling those guys, 'Hey, we got you Chad Qualls and his 8.50 ERA (OK, so it's actually 8.27). Now go get 'em.'"
"It wouldn't surprise us if this team addresses all its bat and bullpen needs in August, and probably at a much more reasonable cost than it was staring at over the last week. It's a franchise run by some of the brightest people we know. And when the bat market collapsed around them, the Rays' fearless leaders were determined not to overpay for guys like Dunn who they believed didn't really fit. But on the other hand, this is a column about July. And this is a big, big year for this franchise -- the year before Carl Crawford departs and the payroll plummets. So given the circumstances, it's tough to applaud the acquisition of only Chad Qualls as any kind of solution. For one thing, they took on all $1.5 million of his salary. For another, he's about the least dependable "quality" bullpen arm alive. "What can I say?" said an official of one rival team. "I'm just not a fan of that guy. He's Mr. Low Pressure. I just can't imagine walking into that Tampa Bay clubhouse and telling those guys, 'Hey, we got you Chad Qualls and his 8.50 ERA (OK, so it's actually 8.27). Now go get 'em.'"
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
BYE GEORGE
New York Daily News: An unbelievable story
New York Post: Death'$ perfect timing
New York Times: Choice Quotes
-Don Zimmer
New York Daily News: An unbelievable story
New York Post: Death'$ perfect timing
New York Times: Choice Quotes
"I would prefer to remember him just as he was the first time I met him. I was managing the Red Sox and sitting in the dugout several hours before a game at Yankee Stadium. He was on the mound in a white shirt pitching batting practice to his son. A father throwing to his son.
His impact on the game is impossible to measure. If you were a Yankee fan there was no better owner because he would do anything at any cost to put the best team on the field.
My deepest sympathies go out to his family."-Don Zimmer
Monday, June 28, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Food chain? 2nd Place Rays can't solve sub- .500 Fish, fall to 2nd place.
Rays in tie for Wild Card with washed up Red Sox.
Marlins need to learn "vuvuzela etiquette".
Meanwhile, Pat Burrell is hitting .341 with 3 doubles and 3 homers with the Giants.
Just what "important announcement" is Stuart Sternberg going to make today?
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Barely still in 1st Place Rays too tired to hang on against Braves.
Don't look now but Boston is only 3 games back.
What happened to the fire they played with in April and May?
Don't they know What's Important Now?
The good news is they still have a 3 game lead in the Wild Card.
Rays Republic needs to step up and vote for Rays All Stars
Let this be a lesson when you have a family argument over what to watch.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
EXTENDING THE LEAD
Rays pound Yanks, hold them to 2 runs through 8 innings
Best team in baseball now has a 4 game lead
Bartlett's power drought officially over
Maddon plans to keep his starters on a short pitch count. How's that workin out so far, Joe?
Navi who? Jaso 3 for 4, now hitting .333
4 stolen bases in 1 inning is better than being caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
BJ Upton has the best bubble gum in baseball
Sonnanstine enters with an 8-run lead in the 9th, leaves with a 4-run lead
Nothing like giving the defending champs some momentum after the game is in hand
Monday, May 17, 2010
Great catch, Navi. Please spend some more time in the batting cages.
Rays continue to beat Cy Young winners with pitching and defense. Now, if they could only start to hit.
Team Batting Average - 21st
Hits - 23rd
Home Runs - 20th
On Base Percentage - 19th
Welcome to the Rays, Hank Blalock. 0-for-3 is positively Burrell-like.
Fans who run onto the field should always get tazed.
Dan Sileo: The reason nobody is calling you about the Rays is because you are such a Yankee homer that all Rays fans stopped listening to you long ago. If this were a major league town, all the Yankee homers would have been driven off our talk radio stations long ago.
Rays continue to beat Cy Young winners with pitching and defense. Now, if they could only start to hit.
Team Batting Average - 21st
Hits - 23rd
Home Runs - 20th
On Base Percentage - 19th
Welcome to the Rays, Hank Blalock. 0-for-3 is positively Burrell-like.
Fans who run onto the field should always get tazed.
Dan Sileo: The reason nobody is calling you about the Rays is because you are such a Yankee homer that all Rays fans stopped listening to you long ago. If this were a major league town, all the Yankee homers would have been driven off our talk radio stations long ago.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Blown Opportunity
Rays rally to tie, then lose in the 11th
Just a small speed bump on the road to the pennant
That's 3 straight losses, for those of you who are keeping score
Lead over Yanks now 1/2 game
Maddon still proud, and still starting guys who are hitting .179
When does Willy Aybar get to platoon with Pena? Meanwhile, Dan Johnson leads the International League in HR's
Hank Blalock is hitting .375 in Durham, while Pat Burrell is hitting .221 in the Majors
Did anybody see that catch Crawford made?
That's 3 straight losses, for those of you who are keeping score
Lead over Yanks now 1/2 game
Maddon still proud, and still starting guys who are hitting .179
When does Willy Aybar get to platoon with Pena? Meanwhile, Dan Johnson leads the International League in HR's
Hank Blalock is hitting .375 in Durham, while Pat Burrell is hitting .221 in the Majors
Did anybody see that catch Crawford made?
Monday, May 10, 2010
Perfect Again!
Rays just the 3rd team in history to lose 2 perfect games.
Only team to lose 2 perfect games in less than 1 year. (Buehrle 7/23/2009, Braden 5/9/2010).
Best team in baseball is 8th in team AVG.
How can a manager field a lineup with four hitters at .225 or less?
When do the fans start to demand John Jaso?
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
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