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The Stat Line Of The Night — 5/5/11 — David Price
The Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price was looking to rebound following a season-worst performance where he gave up 12 hits and five earned runs over 4 1/3 innings during a loss against the Angels. He did just that yesterday afternoon. The Toronto Blue Jays’ hitters had no answer for Price on this day, as they [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 4/18/11 — David Price
The Tampa Bay Rays struggled out of the gate this season, losing their first six games and eight of their first nine, but they have since turned things around, and entered yesterday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a 6-9 record. David Price’s season can be described in a much similar manner – seven [...]
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Joe Maddon Explodes, Ejects Entire Umpire Crew (Video)
Times have been tough for the Tamp Bay Rays through the opening two weeks of the 2011 MLB season. After a successful 2010 campaign that saw them win 96 games before losing in the ALDS to the eventual American League champion Texas Rangers, expectations were high heading into this season, but the Rays have managed [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night — 10/12/10 — Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball over the last few years, if not the most dominant, and he went out and showed it once again in a deciding Game 5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rangers acquired Lee for just this type of stage, so they could [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 8/8/10 – Brandon Morrow
In a year of no-hitters, it should come as no surprise that another pitching gem was tossed yesterday. And of course what would a no-hit bid be in 2010 without somehow involving the Tampa Bay Rays. Although Brandon Morrow couldn’t quite finish the job, his performance was still one for the books as the Toronto [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 7/26/10 – Matt Garza
The Tampa Bay Rays have been no-hit 3 times in the past year and 4 times in their short 13 year history. That is a lot for one of the rarest events in sports to occur against you. They were due to put on a no-hit performance of their own and they finally got one [...]
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Carl Crawford’s Groin Gets Picked-Off At First Base (Video)
Perhaps Major League Baseball should make jockstraps mandatory. I know one guy who would likely be in favor of such a decision, and his name is Carl Crawford. During last night’s game between the Rays and the Orioles, Crawford found himself on first base, but would not be there for long thanks to a Jake [...]
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Longoria And Upton Have A Heated Exchange In Rays’ Dugout
How would you feel if a guy with a stupid looking faux hawk told you how to do your job? If your answer is “pissed off”, then surely you can sympathize with Tampa Bay’s BJ Upton following his heated dugout confrontation with teammate Evan Longoria. The lack of effort put forth by Upton on a [...]
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Define Irony: Tampa Bay Rays’ Player Stung By Actual Stingray
Should we consider this to be just another case of “When Mascots Attack”? In a rather ironic twist of fate, Tampa Bay Rays’ second baseman Sean Rodriguez was taking a stroll down the beach when he was stung by an actual stingray. Rodriguez was with his two-year-old daughter, Sofia, behind their rental condo in Redington [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 09/17/09 – Wade Davis
Total Pro Sports – It is likely a case of “too little, too late,” but the Tampa Bay Rays put on the type performance last night against the Baltimore Orioles that they could have desperately used over the past month or so when they saw themselves fall out of contention in the AL East and [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays Rookie David Price Dresses In Drag
Total Pro Sports – Although hazing may be frowned upon by many, when done in a tasteful manner it can be quite the amusing event. The Tampa Bay Rays are the perfect example of this. While they didn’t take it as far as the Bandera High School cheerleaders, who smeared feces over their victim’s locker, [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 07/29/09 – Joba Chamberlain
Total Pro Sports – Playing against a division rival with the opportunity to increase their lead in the AL East, the New York Yankees sent Joba Chamberlain to the mound and got just the type of performance they were looking for. It was more than enough to assure the Yanks the victory over the Tampa [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 07/23/09 – Mark Buehrle
Total Pro Sports – This one was a no-brainer. Yesterday afternoon Mark Buehrle took the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays at U.S. Cellular Field. Twenty-seven of their players stepped into the batters box to face him and they all went down, one by one as he became only the 18th pitcher in MLB history [...]
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Incredible 9th Inning Catch By Dewayne Wise Saves Perfect Game For Mark Buehrle
Total Pro Sports – Those outfielders in Chicago aren’t only about making bad plays that lose your team the game. Leave that to the Cubs and Milton Bradley. At the south end of the city, we have Dewayne Wise out there patrolling the field, and Thursday afternoon he was busy protecting Mark Buehrle‘s perfect game [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night – 07/12/09 – Josh Beckett
Total Pro Sports – On the final day of games before the All-Star break, Roy Halladay was named as the AL’s starting pitcher. That seemed to put Josh Beckett out on the mound with something to prove against the Kansas City Royals and he did just that. leading the way in a Boston Red Sox [...]
