By Thom Henninger The Tampa Bay Rays continued their fast start by taking two of three from the stumbling Seattle Mariners this weekend. The Rays improved to a major league-best 26-11 playing at the Trop, but what has generated buzz in the early going is the team’s success on the road. And rightfully so. The [...]
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By Thom Henninger It’s been a difficult spring for Rays pitching prospect Wade Davis. The 6-foot-5 right-hander gave up 10 hits and four earned runs in 5.2 innings in his most recent spring outing Friday, but his ERA actually dropped to 8.80.
By James Bailey Paul Richards bridged a baseball generation gap, working for managers like Wilbert Robinson and Connie Mack as a young player and passing the torch to current skipper Tony La Russa in his twilight years. His resume included stints as player, manager, general manager, scout and special assistant. He helped several Hall of [...]
By Bill Begley September games can be tough to play for teams with nowhere to go in October. Still, taking your frustrations out on other contenders sometimes can be enough. Take the case of the San Diego Padres, who are keeping things in the NL West interesting of late.
By Bill Begley Death. Taxes. A losing record by the Pirates. Don’t think Ben Franklin was a Pittsburgh fan, but after Monday’s 4-2 loss to Chicago he would have a hard time denying the certainty of the Pirates’ futility.
By James Bailey We’ve reached the final weekend of interleague play, with a second round of “rivalry” matchups pairing nearby teams in New York, Chicago and the nation’s capitol. Statewide bragging rights are on the line in Florida and Ohio. More notably, it’s the last Manny-free weekend of the major league season—unless he’s dumb enough [...]
By James Bailey On May 1 the Cardinals sat atop the NL Central with a 17-7 record and a +41 run differential. Since then they’ve slipped 2.5 games behind the Brewers and allowed 36 more runs than they’ve scored. Their offense, which plated seven runs or more in a game eight times in April, has [...]
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By Michael Cooper The storylines just never seem to take a break around the baseball world. This weekend, they’ll be plenty of them. The team with the best record in baseball will face the defending World Series champions, who happen to be on a seven-game winning streak. The upstart American League West leaders will take [...]
By Pete Sabatini After 53 games and nearly two full months, it’s about time to take another look at how the divisions are shaping up. To get things started we’ll check in with baseball’s most feared, and hyped – the American League East. Last time we discussed how the division was shaping up the Blue [...]
By Elizabeth Finn Every once in a while, a team will craft a season that defies all expectations—when the collective effort produces a result far greater than the individual pieces. Through some combination of luck, skill, chemistry, and sheer will, losers become winners and history is rewritten. In 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays (nee Devil) [...]
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