Posts Tagged ‘joe maddon’

Strike-out Sale at the Trop

Strike-out Sale at the Trop

Lakeland High’s Chris Sale sets Tropicana strike-out record as his White Sox beat the Rays in a pitcher’s battle…

Rays’ Maddon just being Joe

Rays’ Maddon just being Joe

DUNEDIN, Fla.–Tampa Bays Rays manager Joe Maddon sports his new coiffure or lack there of Friday prior to their game against the Blue Jays.  Maddon and the Rays raised approximately five thousand on Thursday for charity (Cut for a Cure) then sported T-shirts on Friday saying “Fortune Favors The Bald.” Editor’s note: From Yahoo Sports: […]

Hanigan Hammers Rays

Hanigan Hammers Rays

St. Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) –Just a little over fourteen hours after Evan Longoria’s walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday night off Cincinnati reliever Logan Ondrusek, James Shields took the hill for the Tampa Bay Rays.   Shields (8-4, 2.29) against righty Edinson Volquez (4-3, 5.77) in the matinee rubber match in the […]

Price Pitches 10 strike-out, 4 hit Gem, Rays One Game Out

Price Pitches 10 strike-out, 4 hit Gem, Rays One Game Out

St. Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) — The Tampa Bay Rays broke up a pitcher’s duel  in the home half of the 3rd when shortstop Sean Rodriguez lined a double down the line in left.  Catcher John Jasso would not be out done as he lined his own double down the right field line to score Rodriguez.  Sam Fuld would hit a long […]

Price Outpitched by Guthrie

Price Outpitched by Guthrie

St.Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) –Opening Day in MLB… something like a rite of passage; spring is in full swing  and the boys of summer are ready to put on the show.  Tonight at Tropicana Field was a pre-game to remember.  In what I thought was an early ceremonial first pitch, uh 25 minutes before game time? […]

Dress Rehearsal Final: Jays 5- Rays 3

Dress Rehearsal Final: Jays 5- Rays 3

St.Petersburg, Fl. (RSEN) –Jeff Niemann took the hill for the Rays in their final spring fling yesterday at Tropicana Field. In the top of the first Niemann expires  the first two Blue Jay hitters,  then Jose Bautista dribbles a single past Rays SS Elliott Johnson.  Adam Lind hits a lazy fly ball to BJ Upton, […]

BJ Upton chats with RSE

BJ Upton chats with RSE

B.J. Upton has been a lightning rod for discussion among Rays’ fans since he burst on the scene as a 19-year-old in 2004. People see his long, loping strides and assume he isn’t hustling. He’s been benched several times by Manager Joe Maddon, and few can forget his dust-up in the dugout with Evan Longoria […]