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Tampa City Council Averts Rays Stadium Bond Crisis After Dramatic Last-Minute Vote
A suddenly high-stakes vote on stadium financing for the Tampa Bay Rays nearly collapsed Thursday at the Tampa City Council, only to be salvaged in dramatic fashion when an absent member joined remotely and flipped the outcome. Council members initially deadlocked 3-3 on approving a stadium bond, causing the measure to fail under council rules, […]
ALCS Game 3 GDT: Best-of-five
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ALCS Game Three Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians
In 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays dropped the first game of the American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox. The offense couldn’t muster anything against Daisuke Matsuzaka and the team suffered a 2-0 shutout. The next day, the bats woke up and the two teams engaged in a forgotten classic with Tampa Bay […]
Taylor Walls, Chandler Simpson named Gold Glove award finalists
The Tampa Bay Rays have two players nominated for baseball’s top honor for defense in SS Taylor Walls and LF Chandler Simpson. Perhaps the most underappreciated player on the Rays roster, this is Walls’ third time being named as a finalists for the Gold Glove, as he was nominated in 2023 for his work as […]
5 Lessons Learned from Game 1 & 2 of the ALCS
Lessons Learned from ALCS Game 1 & 2 Bonus: Attendance issues are back, and it certainly had something to do with prices. After much chatter online about the Rays not selling out, it was 35k instead of 42k in Game 1, and only 32k in Game 2. Those margins could have been filled if a […]
Rays 3, Guardians 1: He put the Fastball in Fastball Freddy
Monday night was not fun. But there was no time to sulk for the Rays, as they were right back at it tonight for Game 2 of the ALCS. You lose, and you face the prospect of not getting back to the Trop, You win, and it’s a brand new series in Cleveland on Thursday. […]
ALCS Game 2 GDT: Five Nights at Fastball Freddy’s
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ALCS Game Two Preview: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians
The first game of the American League Championship Series was going splendidly for the Tampa Bay Rays, until it wasn’t. The Rays offense took a 2-0 lead early and Drew Rasmussen battled through a tough Cleveland offense for six innings. He was hit around a bunch, but worked around trouble. Unfortunately, the Guardians were able […]
Kevin Kiermaier to throw out ALCS Game Two first pitch
The Outlaw is back! The best center fielder in franchise history will make his return to Tropicana Field later tonight to toss out the ceremonial first pitch ahead of the second game of the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians. Kevin Kiermaier was taken by the Rays in the […]
Cleveland rocks the Trop: Rays 3, Cleveland 7
Truly top to bottom, this was Cleveland Gaurdians taking the Rays to school. The pioneers of dragging old school small ball baseball into the modern era kicking and screaming show why the original is oftentimes the best. Matchups make fights, and one thing is certain after tonight: the Cleveland Guardians are a much scarier and […]
ALCS Game 1 GDT: Small Ball All Day
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Tampa Bay Rays ALCS roster finalized
The rosters are out for the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians. The Rays look to keep the good times rolling after sweeping the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series as they’ve kept the group of 26 players mostly the same. In fact, the Rays only […]
ALCS Game One Preview
For the first time in nearly twenty years, the League Championship series is back at Tropicana Field. Over the past two decades, the Tampa Bay Rays have been one of the best franchises in all of baseball. Since the start of the 2008 season, the Rays have the 3rd highest winning percentage in the game […]
Should the Rays be scared of Guardians?
As I sat down to write about the Rays triumphant return to the ALCS, I was beset by a nagging question. The Rays have a nasty habit of playing up to some opponents and down to others. Will that tradition rear its ugly head in the American League Championship Series? I recognize the absurdity of […]
Carl Crawford to throw ALCS Game One first pitch
A Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Famer will be one hand throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the first game of the 2026 American League Championship Series. Carl Crawford, a 4-time All-Star and winner of a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger award, will throw out the first pitch as the Rays play their […]
Ball don’t lie: Rays 4, Yankees 3
On a crisp 62-degree night in the Bronx, the Tampa Bay Rays went into the Boogie-Down and defeated the New York Yankees 4-3 to advance to their third ALCS in franchise history. It didn’t come without drama, however. In the top of the third inning, Jonathan Aranda drove in Jonny DeLuca with an RBI single, […]
ALDS Game 3 GDT: Para bailar Bronx bamba
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ALDS Game 3 Preview: Rays seek to complete Yankees humiliation
Go back a week, and you’ll see that the Yankees had been favored to win this series. They had former Cy Young Gerrit Cole on the mound for game one and the should the unthinkable happen and New York drop game one, they’d have the for sure victory in game two behind probable 2026 Cy […]
Cam Booser and the baseball story you need to know (Updated)
The Tampa Bay Rays made several franchise altering moves this offseason as they traded away Shane Baz and Brandon Lowe in separate trades made just hours apart. The deals also included Jake Mangum and southpaw Mason Montgomery. The inclusion of Montgomery was significant because the Rays have a lack of left-handed pitchers on the roster. […]
Rays announce new Ballpark and District Experience Center for 2027
Following last month’s approval of the new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark financing by the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and Tampa City Council, the Rays today took another step toward bringing the project to life with the announcement of the Rays Ballpark Experience Center opening in early 2027. The Rays Ballpark Experience Center will […]
ALDS Game 2: Rays 5, Ben Rice 2
How important is the second game in a five-game series? Sarah Langs from MLB.com reminds us that winning the first two games of a five-game series is a significant leg up: New York apparently did not get the memo the way they booted and threw the ball around for several innings in this contest. The […]
ALDS Game 2 GDT: Rock the Trop!
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My five favorite pitches from Drew Rasmussen’s near no-no
In case you were sleeping under a rock, Drew Rasmussen gave the Yankees their worst performance in playoff history by nearly no-hitting them in Game 1 of the ALDS, including a (for them) record 23 swinging strikes, a feat all the more remarkable given that he didn’t pick up his tenth until the top of […]
ALDS Game Two Preview: Must win for the Yankees
The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees are back at it tonight for the second game of the American League Division Series. The two teams met up on Saturday for an epic pitcher’s duel. The Rays won thanks to a masterful performance from Drew Rasmussen, who came just four outs shy of throwing the […]
We all bow to Drew Rasmussen: Rays 1, Yankees 0
Like me, no doubt, you feel as though you just had the most wonderful, awful, stressful and joyous 2.5 hours of your baseball fan life. The actual recap can be quick. The Rays got five hits. Kudos to Palacios and Hicks for hitting doubles, both of which bounced off the right-center wall just feet away […]
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