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ESPN baseball analyst and former Boston Red Sox manager Francona and ESPN's Hershiser talk with Red Sox manager Valentine before a spring training baseball game against the New York Yankees in Fort Myers

I have three small children so, Sunday nights are generally to peace and quiet in my house (at least until Mad Men starts).  Because of that, I don't often watch ...

Posted by Mark On April - 30 - 2012 3 Comments
Chris Gimenez, Joel Peralta

Even the most casual Rays fan knew at the end of 2011 knew the Rays needed to spend some time focused on their catching corps during the winter.  Kelly Shoppach, ...

Posted by Mark On April - 26 - 2012 5 Comments
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Up is down.  Black is white.  Night games are day games. The Rays' offense keeps bailing out their inability to pitch or play defense. We are truly through the looking glass ...

Posted by Mark On April - 23 - 2012 4 Comments
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Based on the stories I am reading this morning, the Rays lost last night because Evan Longoria made three errors and for no other reason.  It had nothing to do ...

Posted by Mark On April - 18 - 2012 2 Comments
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Yeah, I know it isn't called SkyDome anymore.  But that was such a cool name, we shouldn't let it die. As many of you know, we here at The Ray Area ...

Posted by Mark On April - 17 - 2012 5 Comments
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(Anybody get that headline?  My mom watched Days of Our Lives when I was a kid.) At long last, day 8 is here.  It is Patriot's Day in Boston which means, ...

Posted by Mark On April - 16 - 2012 2 Comments
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As usual, Joe Maddon is the talk of baseball. This time, of course, his newfound predilection to shift against every single hitter has become the talk of the game.  Opposing hitters ...

Posted by Mark On April - 12 - 2012 2 Comments
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Despite the unbalanced schedule, the Rays do occasionally get to play teams other than the Yankees and Red Sox (who knew?).  They kick off a big series (well, as big ...

Posted by Mark On April - 10 - 2012 3 Comments
NY Post, April 9, 2012

[caption id="attachment_2127" align="aligncenter" width="725" caption="NY Post, April 9, 2012"][/caption] Last year, around this time, I wrote: Cooler heads must prevail.  It is April 5.  No World Series Championship has ever been won ...

Posted by Mark On April - 9 - 2012 3 Comments
(J. Meric, Getty Images / April 6, 2012)

[caption id="attachment_2124" align="aligncenter" width="725" caption="(J. Meric, Getty Images / April 6, 2012)"][/caption] There was a lot of good stuff that happened yesterday.  But most of it was the good stuff that ...

Posted by Mark On April - 7 - 2012 4 Comments

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