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Number 50
Over a week since I last posted anything, but things at work have now pretty much moved into laid-back summer mode, so hopefully I shall be getting back to something like normal here. In the meantime, lets try to get up to date with all things in Rays-world.
I shall start very briefly with yesterday’s game, which I haven’t watched yet. In fact, I had intended to avoid the score until I sit down and watch it this evening, but the problem with being the story in baseball is that it is now all do easy to accidentally see a headline giving away what happened… So all I shall say for now is that win number 50 is in the bag, and the Rays are happy atop the AL East. And indeed the whole of Major League Baseball. Its a nice place to be…
Net lag: Gold Gloves all round
Wow.
What a play that was.
So, last night I just about managed to watch the whole of Tuesday night’s series opener against the Cubs, and boy am I glad I did. It was a truly fantastic game of baseball that had just about everything. I mean, the first eight innings were entertaining enough, but the top of the ninth… Wow, just wow.
Scott Kazmir got the start, and was pitching pretty well – he didn’t allow a hit through the first four innings, but was throwing a lot of pitches. By the time he came out for the fifth, the Rays were 1-0 up thanks to a Cliff Floyd homerun. Unfortunately, Kaz couldn’t get out of the inning, allowing three hits and a run, and leaving with two outs and the bases loaded, having thrown 110 pitches on the night.
Thats ok, here come the cavalry. Grant Balfour, who has been solid since getting called up…
2 of 3 from the Fish; next up – Sweet Lou
Blitz recap from the weekend (and last week actually), before I get on with what I’m supposed to be doing… I am going to be super busy at work for the next couple of weeks (boo!), but then super un-busy for the following two months (yay!), so blogging might be a stop-start affair until then.
Right, here we go. The Angels series (and road-trip) ended with a hard-luck loss after another outstanding start from Scott Kazmir. Then it was back to the Trop for a three-game weekend series with the Marlins…
“He was Mr Everything tonight”
So said Joe Maddon. “It was the Sonny show. Thats all it was.”
I don’t think he could have summed up last night’s game any better.
Because Andy Sonnanstine was completely outstanding last night. And not only when on the mound…
Rays from across the Pond 