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The Tampa Bay Rays‘ perfect 2023 season rolls on after they won their 13th straight game 9-3 over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday afternoon. The club matched the 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1987 Milwaukee Brewers as the only teams since 1900 to start 13-0. The Tampa Bay Rays have matched the longest season-opening winning streak […] READ MORE
Tyler Glasnow is scheduled to rejoin the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night against the Cleveland Guardians. The right-hander hasn’t pitched this season after having Tommy John surgery in August 2021. The Rays’ Opening Day starter in 2021 was 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA in 14 starts. Glasnow will be a key addition as Tampa […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Rays‘ closer committee (bullpen-by-committee) is once again proving to be top notch. It is one of the things keeping this team in the race for a playoff spot. Also, the closer-by-committee they are using is once again proving naysayers wrong, as it shows they have mastered this strategy to their advantage. What […] READ MORE
Hindsight is Watching Leaks Spring Forth From the Dam The Johnstown Flood This is a story about the 2020 Tampa Bay Rays and Game 6 of the World Series. In 1879 a bunch of rich men, including Andrew Carnegie, wanted to create a pleasure lake. They found an abandoned earthen dam in western Pennsylvania and […] READ MORE
Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays and Don Mattingly of the Miami Marlins took home the AL and NL Manager of the Year awards Tuesday. READ MORE
One was fired after a winning season and another dealt with the first massive COVID outbreak. Nonetheless, Rick Renteria of the Chicago White Sox and Don Mattingly of the Miami Marlins were named Manager of the Year finalists announced Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays, Charlie […] READ MORE
Dodgers 3, Rays 1 2020 World Series Game Six Dodgers Win Series, 4-2 After a managerial move that will be questioned for years to come, the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays, 3-1, and win the 2020 World Series. This win Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas gave them their first World […] READ MORE
Rays 4, Astros 2 Game Sevens are what sports fans dream about. Unless you are of course a fan of one of the teams. The Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros series has been an incredible roller coaster, with many twists and turns and upset stomachs along the way. When it came down to it, […] READ MORE
Rays 2, Astros 1 The Tampa Bay Rays and the Houston Astros series is the classic offense vs defense matchup. The Astros will look to win slugfests while the Rays rely on pitching and defense. Game One went the way of the Rays as they defeated the Astros behind their strengths. Houston got off to […] READ MORE
Rays 2, Yankees 1 With Game Five on the line, the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees were wondering who would be the hero. After one solo homer for each side, the Rays headed to the bottom of the eighth with their big bats due up. One out into the inning, the stage was […] READ MORE
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I worked for the Tampa Bay Rays as a bat boy/clubhouse assistant during the 2007 and 2008 (World Series year).
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