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Rays Score Every Which Way in Clobbering of Red Sox

By Matt Goisman ⋅ September 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

When they weren’t taking first base on a walk, the Tampa Bay Rays were taking home plate via home runs. The Rays homered five times and walked seven times Tuesday night at Fenway Park as they defeated the Red Sox, 14-5. The Red Sox began the game well, with the first two Boston hitters reaching [...]

Crawford Crushes Red Sox; Boston Now 6 1/2 Back in Both Races

By Matt Goisman ⋅ August 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s been almost five years since any Boston Red Sox catcher threw out Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Carl Crawford. He has stolen 35 consecutive bases. Sunday night, when the Red Sox and Rays played the rubber match of their three-game series at Tropicana Field, he stole no bases. Instead, he did his damage with his [...]

Wakefield, Sloppy Sox Swept Away by Rays

By KC Downey ⋅ July 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

And just like that, the team held together by strings finally fell apart. The Red Sox, who are fielding practically half of what they had in mind for the Opening Day lineup, dropped their third straight game in Tampa on Wednesday, falling to David Price, who earned his 12th win of the season. Price allowed [...]

Video: Longoria, Upton Nearly Fight in Dugout

By KC Downey ⋅ June 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In case you missed it, Evan Longoria and B.J. Upton got into a heated exchange in the dugout on Sunday after Upton lazily chased a ball in the gap in left-center that ended up being a triple. The Rays have hit the skids lately, and the Red Sox have now surpassed them in the AL [...]

Sox Give Rays a Taste of Their Own Medicine

By Katy Fitzpatrick ⋅ May 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

It was a beautiful sight for Red Sox Nation to see them sweep the top team in the AL East this week, but will this 3-game sweep over the Rays be enough to motivate the Sox to keep on trucking up the treacherous AL ladder?

Handicapping the AL MVP Race

By Adam ⋅ September 8, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Seeing as there’s less than a month left to the season, we can begin to predict what the award winners are going to look like. The one I’d like to take a look at is the AL MVP race, and this is because it will divide old school baseball fans and more sabermetrically-inclined fans for [...]

Longoria Home Runs Lead to Tired Sox Bullpen

By KC Downey ⋅ August 5, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Despite finishing with four strikeouts, Rays third baseman Evan Longoria hit two home runs, one to tie the game in the eighth inning off Daniel Bard, and one to win it in the 13th inning off Takashi Saito in a 4-2 Rays win. Jon Lester was magnificent on the mound yet again, allowing just three [...]

Pablo Sandoval Showing Some Signs of Power

By George ⋅ July 6, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Quick Hits Cody Ross (OF), Florida Marlins Cody Ross has quietly put up great numbers in the last two months. Since May 1st he has hit .302 with 11 homers and 34 RBI. The power numbers are legit, Ross hit 22 homers in 145 games last year. However, the .300 batting average is a mirage [...]

My 2009 MLB All-Star Ballot

By Adam ⋅ June 30, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

It’s the time of year again when somehow ESPN believes John Kruk, Steve Phillips, and many other wannabe experts can tell you who should be on the MLB All-Star team. The other night I was trying to catch highlights of an Albert Pujols home run and Baseball Tonight was trying to push the meme of [...]

TGIF: 2009 BABIP Leaders and Losers

By Pete Rampino ⋅ June 26, 2009 ⋅ One comment

One of my favorite tools for assessing players in fantasy baseball is Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP). A great piece done on BABIP can be found here. To those unfamiliar, here is a brief synopsis: “Simple logic states that once a ball is hit into play, there is nothing a hitter can do [...]

Lineup Card Error Forces Rays Pitcher to Hit

By KC Downey ⋅ May 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Rays manager Joe Maddon made a critical mistake in his lineup card before Sunday’s game against the Indians. The Rays penciled in Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria to play third base, while Maddon had intended Longoria play DH. When Ben Zobrist took the field in the top of the first, the umpires took more than [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 4 (4-27 – 5-3)

By Pete Rampino ⋅ May 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Apparently I am not the only one who believes that Kansas City’s Zack Greinke is in trouble. The good people over at Sports Illustrated have it in for the young ace as evident by the fact that they decided to put him on last week’s cover. Like many other stories of sports lore, the “Sports Illustrated [...]

Rays Pound Masterson, Beat Sox Again

By KC Downey ⋅ May 2, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Justin Masterson has pitched well lately for the Red Sox. So well, in fact, that many called for him to remain in the rotation even when Daisuke Matsuzaka returns from injury. His start Friday night against began well with four scoreless innings. With a 2-0 lead in the fifth inning, the wheels fell off the [...]

Fantasy Baseball Wrap-Up: Week 1 (4-5 – 4-12)

By Pete Rampino ⋅ April 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome to the 2009 season! Let me guess: You are already freaking out and making rash decisions. No, no, no. You are talking trash to every member in your league and demanding a plaque with your name on it. Then there is my personal favorite where you are in first place, but are just waiting [...]

The First Week of Baseball

By Adam ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

While nothing happened in the first week of baseball that was quite at the level of excitement of Boston University’s win of the NCAA hockey championship, there was some exciting action, but also a reminder of how short life can be. Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart made just his fourth major league start and later that night was killed [...]

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