When Jason Bartlett was with Minnesota, he wanted to play his game. An article posted yesterday in the St. Paul Pioneer Press highlights how Bartlett felt the Twins were trying to change him. To be more of a leader. They wanted him to do things a certain way to fix errors he was making in [...]
Archive for May, 2009
* The Rays love the Trop. They go for three in a row this afternoon and Matt Garza is on the mound. You have to like the Rays chances when he’s pitching. But, Nick Blackburn beat the Rays at the Metrodome. * Matt Joyce returns to the Rays and is expected to be inserted immediately [...]
Myself and Michael apoligize for the difficulties we have had lately. Apparently you guys have been able to see the site and we have not. We are sorry for not posting in quite a while but we are back now and will still write daily. Hopefully you guys will come back and we are sorry [...]
AAA – RF Ray Sadler homered and drove in five and Jon Weber added a double, home run and three RBI as the Durham Bulls pounded Buffalo 10-2. Starting pitcher improved his record to 4-2 by allowing just two earned runs in eight innings. Joe Bateman pitched a scoreless ninth to improve his ERA to [...]
AAA – Durham got seven runs in the first five innings and held on to beat Rochester 8-7. Newcomer Matt DeSalvo made his first start with the Bulls, allowing three runs on five hits in four innings of work. DeSalvo spent last year in the Braves organization, making two appearances with the Braves. Jason Childers [...]
Google “worst leadoff hitter in baseball” and you’ll find an interesting article by Steve Treder in the Hardball Times that dates back to March, 2008. But, I think it’s still relevant today. This article “highlights” the ten worst leadoff hitters of the past 50+ years. BJ Upton is such an easy target right now. We’re 50 [...]
…when they are battling for the AL East title in September, they don’t have a trip to Cleveland staring them in the face. The Rays are done in Progressive Field for the season. Have they really lost 17 in a row there? Wow. …they are playing so poorly, they are already being written off. The Sporting News debates [...]
Game Recap: This has Just Gone Too Far: Indians 12, Rays 7
Posted: 28th May 2009 by Devon Rogers in UncategorizedThe Rays came up in the first knowing they would need offense, and they were right. The Rays picked up a 5 run first. In most major league cases, that would be perfect. Not for the Rays. Andy Sonnanstine is on the mound. He can blow anything. I don’t think I need to go into great [...]
On Monday, they lost a 10-run lead. Last night, it was a five-run first that the Rays squandered. Joe Maddon used the word “inappropriate” to describe the leads that were lost in Cleveland. I can think of a few others. Andy Sonnanstine is now 3-5 with a 7.66 ERA. Is it his turn to go? If the Durham [...]
AAA – The Durham Bulls seem to be getting used to their new lineup, as they went on to beat Rochester 13-2 Wednesday night. Matt Joyce exploded for three doubles in five at bats, driving in six runs. And, Brandon Chaves, in his second game since being called up from Montgomery went 4-4 with an [...]