Rays' Akinori Iwamura Out for the Season

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura is out for the season after an MRI revealed a torn ligament in his left knee.

Iwamura was attempting to turn a double-play in the eighth inning of the Rays game against the Florida Marlins yesterday when a hard slide by Chris Coghlan wiped him out.

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Line-up Error Forces Rays' Pitcher To Bat Third

On the line-up card for the Tampa Bay Rays-Cleveland Indians game this afternoon, Rays manager Joe Maddon listed both Evan Longoria and Ben Zobrist as the starting third baseman for the game. Joe ment to have Evan as the DH batting third, but because of the mistake, Tampa Bay lost the DH spot for [...]

Carl Crawford is Fast

Before the season began, I predicted that Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Carl Crawford would steal 57 bases. Well, Carl got 11% of that yesterday, stealing 6 bases in a 5-3 Tampa win over the Boston Red Sox.

Carl tied a modern day record with his 6 steals. Eric Young, Otis Nixon and Eddie Collins [...]

Rays' Reliever Joe Nelson is a Nerd

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Joe Nelson has trouble throwing a traditional curveball because of the grip it requires. So instead of just not throwing the pitch, Nelson “jammed” the ball in between his middle and ring fingers, creating a new grip for his curve. I am sure that a good amount of players [...]

The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, a Fluke or the Real Deal?

It was quite an off-season for the AL East.

The New York Yankees added three key, and expensive, pieces to their ball club in hopes to returning the franchise to the playoffs after missing out of postseason play last year. Mark Teixeira was added as a much needed slugger to protect [...]

Nick Swisher Did In Fact Pitch Today

It was the bottom of the 8th inning and the the New York Yankees were down 15-5 against the Tampa Bay Rays. Most key starters were out of the game for both teams and Yankees manager Joe Girardi had already used 4 pitchers. So instead of wasting another bullpen pitcher by putting him in [...]

Rounding the Diamond: Are the Padres Trying to Be Good?

San Fransisco Giants 1 – San Diego Padres 6: After seeing that I called them the most boring team in baseball, the San Diego Padres did my fantasy team a disservice and knocked around Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum. Tim gave up 10 hits, 4 earned runs and 3 walks in 5.1 innings en [...]

What to Watch for Tomorrow

Games to watch for:

Milwaukee Brewers (Jeff Suppan) @ San Fransisco Giants (Tim Lincecum): The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner will face off against top MVP candidate Ryan Braun. I was a little shocked to see that Yovanni Gallardo wasn’t getting the nod for this one, being that he is the ace of [...]

Weather Impacting Opening Day

Just a day into the season and the weather is already impacting the schedule.

Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced that the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals game would be cancelled due to snow storms in Chicago and earlier today they announced the the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays game has [...]

Weather Impacting Opening Day

Just a day into the season and the weather is already impacting the schedule.

Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced that the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals game would be cancelled due to snow storms in Chicago and earlier today they announced the the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays game has [...]