suckers playground wrote:
pitching will continue to be their problem. kazmir is a stud, but rocco baldelli's mitochondria problem must be contagious, cause dude can't stay healthy at all. the lineup is tampa bay's true strength, and i don't think they'll be able to out-slug boston or new york when the time comes, but i've really enjoyed keeping track of their progress over the years (i'm a closet fan).
+$.02:
1. if you told me last year that tampa bay would be in first place this season WITHOUT delmon young and elijah dukes, i would have laughed my ass off.
2. the d-backs used to have the same color scheme as the rays and they did pretty well for themselves.
I'll tack on 4 cents:
1. I heard Baldelli's career was over. I was shocked to hear he was even taking some swings, much less still on the roster. I'd hope he gets healthy, he was fun to watch when he was healthy (for the one or two games).
2. The D-Backs used to wear teal, purple, gold and black. Sorry to be a hard-on, but the Rays wore purple, black, green, yellow, and it was all this horrific gradient thing that was embarrassing, and made the players look just plain silly. While I'm a fan of the D-Backs new Astros/Chili's uniforms, I hated the purple/teal days, and actually was disappointed when the Rays unveiled their new look. I mean it looks okay, but they're like the 28th team in the league with blue in their color scheme. Oh well.
3. The Rays also have the worst ballpark in the majors. Tropicana makes me sad just to look at. Anytime I see highlights from inside that carpeted dome, it looks like they're playing in a Sam's Choice warehouse. What a fucking dump. There's catwalks hanging down into the field, the ceiling is this puke-tan, and you can't even tell the field is in a beautiful Florida town. I hope their new field gets built sooner than 2012, because it looks amazing and would give a blossoming franchise some credibility.
4. I agree in that this swoon won't last the entire season, but it'd be cool for their fan base if they made it a fight. Boston and the Yanks are playing like ass right now, but I like what I'm seeing in the growing rivalry between the Yanks and Rays. Ever since Girardi wet his pants in spring training over the train rolling of his catcher, these two teams have played some pretty intense games against one another.
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