Opening Day is Near

Never been more excited for opening day.(MLB)

As I sit here and watch the season opener between the Yanks and Sox (while heavily drinking of course), I am very excited for what this possible season can bring.

1. No more awful Sportscenter Top 10′s featuring only the NBA and womens basketball highlights.

2. The possibility of what can be with this seasons team.

We know the talent that is on this team and so does the whole baseball world. Do we see a team that lives up to the hype and produces? Or do we get the 09 team that underachieves?

One things for sure and that is the beginning of this season will be the most important time for the Rays. It will lead to a possible fire-sale or playoff run. Lets just hope for the latter.

Thoughts on Acquisitions

Thank you for noting being old and throwing over 90. (AP)

Time to dust the cobwebs off of this site a little bit. The Rays have been pretty active in the off-season and the winter meetings. Lets just take a look at some of the major movies and give our opinion on them.

Rays Leader: Carl Crawford

Carl Crawford is the leader of this team. (AP)

Short list before I get started:

• Carl must come back.
• Carl must be signed to a four to five year extension.
• Carl is the leader of this team.

Beating teams that need to be beat

Kid-K needs to be better than today's game. (AP)

Yes we still write post. Yes we still believe in this team. Yes we hate the fact that the Rays lose to teams that they should destroy.

I understand Joe Maddon’s philosophy behind the 30 minutes after the game to reflect on the performance. I am just trying to figure out during which bad loss you change that motive and try to figure out what the hell is going on.

BuildItDowntownTampa.org

The next push for a new stadium location comes from a group of people trying to build the stadium downtown. Now me being a student at the University of Tampa would love for this to happen. I wouldn’t mind waking up at three P.M. and walk from my dorm to the stadium to tailgate.

Where They Stand Now

Sorry for the lack of posts as busy schedules make writing hard right now. The Tampa Bay Rays now sit in third place in the standings with 85 games left. The type of ball they have been playing as of late is playoff worthy. The question is will they maintain this style for the rest of the season?

Mr. Dioner Navarro

We miss the old Navi. (AP)

Navi is having a season which makes people speculate a couple different things. These things being how did he make the all-star team last year? Was last season a complete fluke? Should he be the catcher of the future? The Rays need to figure out the problem with Navi and it needs to be done soon.

Series Preview: Los Angles Angles VS. Tampa Bay Rays

B.J. seems to be coming around. (AP)

The Angles come into town for a three game series starting today. The Rays just fell below .500 yet again and need to bounce back fast. This series could make or break the Rays.

Hello Tampa Bay Devil Rays

In the aftermath of one of the worst losses in franchise history, we are joining the cause over at Rays Index in no longer referring to this team as the Rays until they begin playing like the Rays. They are now (or have been) the Devil Rays. Tonight’s game is a true example of past Devil Ray teams. The offense scores a lot of runs early only to watch it disappear by terrible, terrible relief pitching. All too many times during the 2006 and 2007 campaigns have we seen such atrocities, which would force us to stop watching as soon as the starting pitcher is pulled just to save us the agony of witnessing such terrible pitching.

It isn’t only tonight’s game that has us doing this, it has been a season long trend, for instance the slow start in April. Now while the Devil Rays have played much better in May, they still haven’t put it all together to make a serious run. For example, last week when the Devil Rays took three of four from the Indians only to turn around and drop three of four to a last place Oakland team. Dan Wheeler has had a habit of giving up important runs and enough has already been said about Troy Percival.

Do we think the Devil Rays can shed the Devil? Absolutely, but until they prove it, they will be known as the Devil Rays.

*Disclaimer: we hear-by refuse to pay any fines inflicted.

Line-Up

Upton, cf
Crawford, lf
Longoria, 3b
Pena, 1b
Bartlett, ss
Aybar, dh
Iwamura, 2b
Kapler, rf
Navarro, c
Kazmir, p

Can we get are super utility king of all Zorilla on the field please?