Lets start with congratulations to David Price.  In fact, lets add congratulations to the Rays’ crack PR staff for helping ensure that the Cy vote didn’t come down to established market vs. “small” market. There is more to say about Price’s win but I am not going to be the person to say it.  After  [ Read More ]

The Times has a blurb this morning in the business section about a news Rays ballpark.  Apparently, Chuck Sykes has gathered a group of industry leaders that will publish a report evaluating options for raising the estimated $500MM-$600MM needed to build a new yard for our boys, regardless of where that yard is located. Unfortunately,  [ Read More ]

At long last, it is World Series time. There is plenty of winter ahead.  Plenty of time to talk about what the Rays should do.  Plenty of time to worry about what the Yankees and Red Sox do (John Farrell?  Seriously?  I know he is a Boston guy and appears to be a decent manager  [ Read More ]

Last night was one final knife.  One more great pitching performance squandered. Lets not talk about.  Because there are more important things.  I’m not ready to move on to what went wrong.  And I can’t bring myself to think about what we do now.  Mostly because the body is still warm and the family is  [ Read More ]

…I’m still alive. I just am being cautious because: September 18, 2012: Loyalty vs. Honesy, Red Sox 7, Rays 5; September 10, 2012: Nice Guys Rarely Finish First, Orioles 9, Rays 2 (9-11-12) September 5, 2012: Something Interesting is Afoot, Yankees 6, Rays 4. But this thing we got going, that will remain unnamed, just  [ Read More ]

I think we can all agree that this is one of the toughest stretch in club history.  It is definitely the worst period since 2008.  We’re floundering here and, based on the season this pitching staff has had, squandering a potentially huge opportunity. Watching us go down in flames like this is brutal.  I feel  [ Read More ]

Mathematically, yesterday’s loss to Baltimore wasn’t a must-win for the Rays.  The Rays are still in the thick of the playoff hunt and still have plenty of opportunities to win the AL East. But, in a decidedly different way, the Rays’ postseason hopes may have died yesterday.  Baseball is two games being played simultaneously. There  [ Read More ]

The incredible collective performance of the Rays’ pitching staff has been a popular topic of discussion as of late.  Everyone seems to agree that Pitching Wins Championships because that is what some grizzled old guy in West Tampa told them once. I don’t know if pitching actually wins championships or not.  I do know that  [ Read More ]

I was listening to Ron and Ian while driving to a meeting last week (As an aside, I have been pretty hard on Ron Diaz in this space in the past but, I have to admit that he has won me over.  He’s no baseball analyst but his passion for the ballclub cannot be questioned.)  [ Read More ]

I should be writing about the Rays’ crushing 4-game skid.  I should be writing about the remaining schedule.  I should be writing about the fact that this thing might take all 162 again.  I should be writing about how the machinations necessary for the Republican National Convention upset the Rays’ apple cart at precisely the  [ Read More ]