Go Rays Go..

Not to make a useless thread, but its not often my Rays cruise by the Yankees..


13-4 top 8th....7 run inning so far, 6 runs on 2 outs. Also had a 5 run 3rd...



<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD width=347>Upton singled to right.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Pena homered to right, Iwamura and Crawford scored.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Kyle Farnsworth relieved LaTroy Hawkins.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Crawford singled to left, Bartlett scored, Iwamura to second.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Iwamura singled to center, Bartlett to third.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Bartlett singled to center, Hinske and Haynes scored.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Haynes stole second.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Haynes reached on an infield single, Hinske to third.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Hinske doubled to left.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Riggans grounded out to pitcher.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Floyd homered to right.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>Upton grounded out to shortstop.</TD></TR><TR class=bg2 vAlign=top><TD>LaTroy Hawkins relieved Billy Traber.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



Dont screw up BP..

All the young kids in the pen pitch well, and a guy they go out and sign sucks. When do you ever get good bullpen guy from another team, it rarely happens.

krk1030 said:

All the young kids in the pen pitch well, and a guy they go out and sign sucks. When do you ever get good bullpen guy from another team, it rarely happens.

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Your right. Seems everytime I watch Hawkins on TV, he is giving up runs.

I keep balking at the Rays games....sigh.

With that said, does anyone ever take the Yankees? I dont think I have ever touched the Yanks against a bad team. Ill grab them when they are playing a good team and the juice is low but against the Rays or other low fanbase teams, they get juiced like crazy.

SHAMELESS BUMP for Apr 13 update

TB DRays a solid 6-6 through first two weeks with five vs lower half (Balt) and seven vs supposed upper half (NYY, SEA)

In a tight field, they are 6th in league scoring and 8th in league ERA. Even better they are 5th in league WHIP - a category where they've been accustomed to being in bottom two or three for most of their history.

Jason Hamel has had two strong starts to give him eight consecutive starts now with an ERA of under 4.00

Ed Jackson has had two strong starts in line with last season's 13 start stretch where he had an ERA under 3.50

This bears mention because if Kazmir and Garza can get back in rotation by early May, the DRays could have five very legitimate starting pitchers (including Jimmy Shields) and that's without including Sonnanstine.

This concludes tonight's boogey dance around the DRays campfire.