We Never Stop
We Never Stop
Everybody’s agog about the Japanese Jacker, Shohei Ohtani, who this season did something never done before since baseball began in 1869: hit 50 home runs and stole 50 bases. It’s great, mind-blowing actually when you consider he’s also a spectacular pitcher. The question is how great is this feat in the history of sports? Is […]
The Tampa Bay Rays split the first two games against the Boston Red Sox and last night was the rubber match. The Rays did something for the fourth time in franchise history when Ryan Pepiot threw an immaculate inning in Wednesday’s game. For those who do not know what that is, it’s when a pitcher […]
The Tampa Bay Rays came into game two against the San Diego Padres two games under .500. Tampa lost last night 13-5. Starting pitcher Taj Bradley struggled for his fifth straight start. On top of that, first baseman Yandy Diaz left the game with what the team calls patellar tendinitis in his left knee. Diaz […]
Hello and welcome to Issue 021 of Clearing The Bases, an email newsletter in conjunction with the My Baseball History podcast hosted by Dan Wallach. As I briefly mentioned in the last issue of the newsletter, I was recently in Minneapolis for the 52nd convention held by the Society for American Baseball Research. I helped a friend […]
The Tampa Bay Rays came into the final game of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. They won the series’ first two games against the team leading the league in runs scored. With the victory, the Rays secured their 21st series victory and the 11th at Tropicana Field. The offense has been great […]
A loss for the second straight night to the Houston Astros saw the Tampa Bay Rays fall below .500 again. Once again they struggled to score runs. One of the funniest things that happened last night was during batting practice. Yordan Alvarez hit a ball off the main scoreboard and broke it. For the rest […]
Down on the field before the game, the players looked loose during pre-game warmups. President of Baseball Operations Erik Neander was down hugging recent call-up Junior Caminero. The Tampa Bay Rays were looking for a spark after last night’s uninspired game. Their record slipped back to .500 giving the Houston Astros a six-game winning streak. […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have once again gone on a roller coaster ride. They got through the trade deadline and started to win games to get over .500. The Baltimore Orioles almost swept the Rays over the weekend. They are just one game over .500 after sneaking out a win yesterday 2-1. Until yesterday, Baltimore […]
