The Rays picked up another loss, 8-5 against the Red Sox. The Rays needed this win to help gain some ground, but now the Rays are two back of the Red Sox and three back of the Yankees. The Rays were hurt by the pitching staff, as the offense got it going late. James Shields [...]
Archive for June, 2010
What’s Important Now: Huge Loss in a Must Win
Posted: 30th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important Now0
Rays Farm Report for Tuesday, June 29
Posted: 30th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Desmond Jennings, Henry Wrigley, Joe Cruz, Virgil Vasquez
Triple-A Durham Bulls (47-31, 1st place) - beat Louisville 7-5 The Bulls scored four in the eighth to overtake Louisville. Desmond Jennings was 2-5, including his first home run of the season. His batting average now stands at .301. Virgil Vasquez returned after being out since April 21 after suffering two broken wrists in a scooter [...]
What’s Important Now: Rays @ Red Sox, Series Opener
Posted: 29th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays will open up a very important midseason series against the Red Sox tonight. The Rays have a chance to put themselves alone in second after this series. We are going to need to get wins. The Rays will hope to start the series on a good note with James Shields on the mound, [...]
Rays Farm Report for Monday, June 28
Posted: 29th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Darin Downs, Henry Wrigley, JJ Furmaniak
Triple-A Durham Bulls (46-31, 1st place) - beat Lehigh Valley 3-2 The Bulls got two runs in the bottom of the ninth to win when JJ Furmaniak doubled in Angel Chavez and Desmond Jennings. Chavez was pinch running for Jose Lobaton, who had singled to start things off. Jennings followed with a single, leading to Furmaniak’s [...]
Hustle. I think that is something I learned in 1st grade gym class. Run your hardest at everything. I think that should be easy for somebody making millions to play a GAME which involves the need to HUSTLE. BJ, you made yourself look bad by not running after the double. Sure, it was mute because [...]
Rays Farm Report for Sunday, June 27
Posted: 28th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: fernando perez, Heath Phillips, Matt Moore
Triple-A Durham Bulls (45-31, 1st place) - lost to Lehigh Valley 4-2 Fernando Perez homered for the second night in a row. He now has three for the season. Quite the power outburst from Perez. Desmond Jennings was 2-5 with a double and his 18th stolen base. Heath Phillips allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits [...]
[picappgallerysingle id="8492478"]Clearly, BJ Upton loafed after the ball hit by Rusty Ryal. That lead to a verbal conflict between he and Evan Longoria between innings. The world will make a big deal about the obvious disagreement between the two, but I’m not sure it needs to be a big deal. I’m probably the last [...]
Justin O’Conner — An In-Depth Look from Indiana
Posted: 27th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays NewsTags: Justin O'Conner, rocco baldelli
I stumbled across an excellent piece by Thomas St. Myer in the Star-Press of Muncie, IN. St. Myer spent this spring following Rays first-round draft pick Justin O’Conner as he played through his senior season heading toward the baseball draft. In total, St. Myer wrote seven stories, profiling every aspect of the prospect and his journey toward professional baseball. [...]
The Sunday Papers – They’re Writing About Us in Buffalo
Posted: 27th June 2010 by Michael Emdeyar in The Sunday PapersTags: Buffalo News, Howard Frankland Bridge, Tropicana Field
The Trop has some fan-friendly features like a pretty cool soaring atrium and the live ray tank in center field. But it’s tucked away in downtown St. Petersburg and it’s just too far from where most Tampa Bay folks live. Mike Harrington — buffalonews.com Most? I just wish I knew how many times Mike Harrington [...]
What’s Important Now: Former Rays>Former Yankees
Posted: 27th June 2010 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe day after former Ray Edwin Jackson threw a no-no, former Yankee Ian Kennedy came in and got the loss in the 5-3 Rays win. He was more wild than Jackson, allowing 9 walks to Edwin’s 8. The big story is David Price, who picked up his AL leading 11th win yesterday. Price went [...]