The Tampa Bay Rays

[King Bootz]

Ho-hum. Franco gets his 3rd hit of the night

[King Bootz]

But T-Minus 15 minutes for Judge to crush one into the upper deck.

My bad. I didn't account for Rasmussen.

Mr swing and a miss

[Rocker]

Fuck all five of the boroughs.

LFG.

[nybf]

[These Are The Days]

That doesn't hurt at all

[Crocaneers]

Historic

[nybf]

And they WALLOPED the jays.

[These Are The Days]

Wtf is a bullpen

[Crocaneers]

[Buc2]

A little trivia...

Seattle clinched its first playoff appearance since 2001. They also are the only club never to have made a WS appearance.

[King Bootz]

A little trivia...

Seattle clinched its first playoff appearance since 2001. They also are the only club never to have made a WS appearance.

This is bad considering they had Ken Griffey Jr & Alex Rodriguez in their primes.

[nybf]

A little trivia...

Seattle clinched its first playoff appearance since 2001. They also are the only club never to have made a WS appearance.

This is bad considering they had Ken Griffey Jr & Alex Rodriguez in their primes.

Both of whom were gone by then.

[Kress]

GAME 1, Friday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay Rays (Shane McClanahan 12-8, 2.54 ERA) at Cleveland Guardians (Shane Bieber 13-8, 2.88 ERA). Time 12:07 p.m. ET. (TV: ESPN)

GAME 2, Saturday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay Rays (Tyler Glasnow 0-0. 1.35 ERA) at Cleveland Guardians (Triston McKenzie 11-11, 2.96 ERA). Time 12:07 p.m. ET. (TV: ESPN2)

GAME 3, if necessary, Sunday, Oct. 9: Tampa Bay Rays (TBA) at Cleveland Guardians (TBA), Time 4:07 p.m. ET. (TV: ESPN)

[Phantom]

Good luck @SaggyBallZ I don’t know if hes on suspension or anything like that.. his last post was on September 27th.. hope he’s alright

[These Are The Days]

It's not a sexy thing to do but you can (to an extent) blame injuries for a team not living up to its full potential. For the Rays, Oprah has been handing out injuries to the pitching staff like "You get Tommy John!" and so on. It's been such a damn grind to get guys heathy again. There's been so much turnover. Hell we probably won't ever see KK again. I have no expectations here. None. Every good thing that happens is just me getting spoiled.

It's great to be able to be THIS relaxed about it all

[These Are The Days]

I'm not expecting Shane or the pen to just take this whole thing on a 1-0 score. It's a start boys. Keep digging for more

[Kress]

Damnit, Rays, a little offense would be nice.

Runs scored today:
1
Previous 10 games:
3
0
3
1
1
7
1
1
6
1

A couple of random outbursts, surrounded by game after game after game of inept. That will not win you a series. You can win an oddball game or two, but not a freaking series when you play like that.

[acmillis]

It's not a sexy thing to do but you can (to an extent) blame injuries for a team not living up to its full potential. For the Rays, Oprah has been handing out injuries to the pitching staff like "You get Tommy John!" and so on. It's been such a damn grind to get guys heathy again. There's been so much turnover. Hell we probably won't ever see KK again. I have no expectations here. None. Every good thing that happens is just me getting spoiled.

It's great to be able to be THIS relaxed about it all

Hopefully we never see KK again. I have a better chance getting a hit than he does.

[nybf]

I thought you liked no hitters.

[acmillis]

I thought you liked no hitters.

Golf clap

[King Bootz]

What happened to this offense?

[King Bootz]

Why did Cash take Glasnow out? This bullpen is melting down.

[These Are The Days]

I think I've seen a clip somewhere of someone laughing while loading bullets into a revolver and you know he's gonna off himself. That's what the offense feels like sometimes

[These Are The Days]

Oh cool they lost. 1 run in 24 innings. Splendid job boys

[Snake]

Oh cool they lost. 1 run in 24 innings. Splendid job boys

It’s always mystifying, at least at first, when bats go cold like that.

[These Are The Days]

Oh cool they lost. 1 run in 24 innings. Splendid job boys

It’s always mystifying, at least at first, when bats go cold like that.

Not to me it isn't. It's stupid how much this team gets hurt. We didn't have a chance. It affects chemistry and concentration all up and down the lineup.

1660 man games lost to injury. And this is AFTER moving on from guys like Brent Honeywell who didn't play 3 FULL SEASONS. KK is probably done, Baz ain't playing at all next year. It goes on dude. On top of it you can only throw on so much super glue and duct tape every offseason and expect it to work. This team didn't lose for a lack of trying but resources. I was happy we even got this far

Like the best I have to hope for in a couple of years is "Hey you guys look! The Rays signed Scherzer and Verlander. Omg what a team" and both dudes are like 43 and don't know when to quit

Like.... Unless you guys want to actually spend some money for once I don't even know what bargain bin bullshit the front office is gonna pull this time

[Rocker]

Oh cool they lost. 1 run in 24 innings. Splendid job boys

It’s always mystifying, at least at first, when bats go cold like that.

Whatever mojo was keeping the team playoff hopes on life support died when Yandy and Randy squared off in the parking lot. I think we went like 3-13 after that and the chemistry just fell apart.

I'll be motivated to give a damn when Stu stops fucking around and works out a stadium deal. Dollars (aka players aka talent) will follow, and we can stop pretending that walking backwards into the WC spot is something worth celebrating.

[These Are The Days]

It’s always mystifying, at least at first, when bats go cold like that.

Whatever mojo was keeping the team playoff hopes on life support died when Yandy and Randy squared off in the parking lot. I think we went like 3-13 after that and the chemistry just fell apart.

I'll be motivated to give a damn when Stu stops fucking around and works out a stadium deal. Dollars (aka players aka talent) will follow, and we can stop pretending that walking backwards into the WC spot is something worth celebrating.

[nybf]

[These Are The Days]

https://www.fox13news.com/news/group-ca ... -mayor.amp

God please just shut the hell up. We finally get a deal after 15 years and we gotta hear from the fucking peanut gallery whining about it anyway.

[Kress]

I'm watching the Rays game (I know, right?) and the woman behind home plate has monster bewbs she's showcasing.

[Kress]

Watching again, I'm a glutton like that, and they're in Oakland tonight. There might be 5 people in attendance? 6? I don't know.

[BuccaNOLEer]

https://www.fox13news.com/news/group-ca ... -mayor.amp

God please just shut the hell up. We finally get a deal after 15 years and we gotta hear from the fucking peanut gallery whining about it anyway.

Because it shouldn't be in St. Pete. Put it in an area more accessible to Rays fans in the vicinity. The fairgrounds/casino area would be a great location.

[Navybuc]

https://www.fox13news.com/news/group-ca ... -mayor.amp

God please just shut the hell up. We finally get a deal after 15 years and we gotta hear from the fucking peanut gallery whining about it anyway.

Because it shouldn't be in St. Pete. Put it in an area more accessible to Rays fans in the vicinity. The fairgrounds/casino area would be a great location.

I agree. It should be in Tampa. The Ybor idea was awesome. That was the one that they let get away. Stadium itself looks pretty cool with the glass and all, but I thought they could have gotten something much better where more people would show.

[Kress]

Did anyone watching this game expect anything other than for Ohtani to walk up there and, first pitch, grand slam walk off win this? Before he even dug in, I had already mentally shut down. I mean, COME ON OHTANI!!!! It's not nice, stop it.