For years now, the Rays attendance and the location of Tropicana Field have been debated ad nauseum in Tampa Bay and nationally. If the Rays played in Tampa, attendance concerns would go away, they say. In a roundabout way, Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel suggests that this theory wouldn’t necessarily be true. This morning, [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Is Tampa the Rays’ Attendance Solution?
Posted: 26th August 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in UncategorizedTags: andrew friedman*, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tropicana Field
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What’s Important Now: Hellickson Good, Offense Absent
Posted: 26th August 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowOnce again, the offense failed to show up to the game yesterday. They got 7 hits, but they were not able to get any runs. Desmond Jennings just keeps getting hits, going 2 for 4 with a double. Casey Kotchman went 2 for 3. Sam Fuld was 2 for 4 with a double. Jeremy Hellickson [...]
Rays Farm Report for Thursday, August 25
Posted: 26th August 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Derek Dietrich, Parker Markel, Ryan Brett
Durham Bulls 7, Charlotte Knights 12 Brian Baker fell to 3-4 as he allowed four runs on three hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings. Lance Cormier and Mike Ekstrom also gave up four runs each in relief. Robinson Chirinos (6) and Brandon Guyer (13) homered for the Bulls. Montgomery Biscuits 0, Mississippi Braves [...]
The Rays won yesterday’s game the Rays way, by hustling out a simple ground ball. Evan Longoria was on third and Sean Rodriguez was on 1st. Sean hustled out a ground ball, which he beat to the base, allowing the go- ahead run to score. Not necessarily the most glorious walkoff win, but it works. [...]
Rays Farm Report for Wednesday, August 24
Posted: 25th August 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Alex Colome, Alex Torres, Jacob Thompson, Matthew Spann
Durham Bulls 3, Norfolk Tides 4 Alex Torres walked seven batters in five innings to go along with two hits and three runs. But, the decisive run was scored off Dane De La Rosa, who falls to 5-5 on the season. Tim Beckham clubbed his fourth home run since being promoted from Montgomery last month. [...]
What’s Important Now: 11 Hits, 1 Run
Posted: 24th August 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowThe Rays certainly got plenty of men on base, with 11 hits and 4 walks, but they were only able to muster 1 run. In the end, it wasn’t enough to give David Price the win. He allowed 2 runs in 8 innings, allowing 6 hits. That handed him his 11th loss of the season [...]
Rays Farm Report for Tuesday, August 23
Posted: 24th August 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Brandon Guyer, Matt Moore, Tim Beckham
Durham Bulls 4, Norfolk Tides 6 Matt Moore left after pitching six shutout innings, allowing six hits and a walk while striking out six. But, Jay Buente, Adam Russell and Joe Bateman each gave up two runs in relief. Bateman takes the loss and falls to 1-3. All of the Bulls’ runs came on solo [...]
What’s Important Now: Verlander Too Tough
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by Devon Rogers in Uncategorized, What's Important NowJustin Verlander proved to be too much for the Rays offense, as they were only able to muster one run on 3 hits in his 7 innings. They were able to get a second run off of Jose Valverde, but it was too late at that point. Matt Joyce led off with a home run, [...]
Rays Farm Report for Monday, August 22
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by Michael Emdeyar in Rays Farm ReportTags: Chris Archer, Jonathan Koscso, Ryan Carpenter, Victor Mateo
Durham Bulls – off day The Bulls are 74-53 and sit 5 1/2 games ahead of Gwinnett in the IL South division. Matt Moore will be on the mound tonight for Durham. Montgomery Biscuits 5, Mississisppi Braves 8 Chris Archer was rocked for five runs on six hits and five walks over four innings to [...]
What’s Important Now: Damon Walks Off
Posted: 22nd August 2011 by Devon Rogers in What's Important NowJohnny Damon didn’t put the Rays ahead once, but he did it twice. The first one was a near grand slam double that scored three and put the Rays up 7-5. The second was a walkoff homer that gave the Rays the win on the first pitch in the 9th. Desmond Jennings had a nice [...]