The runs

Usually i wish that the rays could score more then 2 runs per game like they have been. Tonight, i was begging for 2. Shields does not deserve a loss tonight but he gets one for going 7.1 innings (should have been 8 if Evan doesn't make an error in the 8th) giving up only one run, the lead off homer to Ichiro. Great pitching wins games, the Rays got out pitched by one pitch today.

i just thought this was funny

Yadier Molina

Bucs and Rays team up

I have hoped for a long time that the Rays and the Bucs would team up. In a time when teams in football are airing it out and teams in baseball are going for the 3 run homers, the Rays and Bucs are playing it old school by running the ball and stealing bases to win. I hope that the next step that should be taken is to turn Ray J into a baseball compatable stadium and then the name Ray J could help the Rays move into a better place, somewhere other then the trop, which i like. More people would show up i think so long as they play mostly night games, its to hot to watch a game outside in Florida during the summer. And that kid from that high school is a great story, i hope he plays for the Rays.

All star voting

You have to shitting me. It is less then 3 weeks into the season and there is already voting. For a game that is supposed to be about putting the top talent into the game for everyone to see this is disgusting to me. There is no way you could possibly know who the best players are already. I mean you know some names that are usually good and can generally pencil them in to the all star game every year, but other people need time to prove themselves. Do you really think that the hottest team in the league right now, the Marlins, are going to have anybody in? They are playing the best baseball and yet they don't really have much national recognition. This is really pissing me off. I hate that there is voting now. I can't describe how stupid this is... On second thought, i actually can. Voting now is as stupid as making an exhibition game between multiple players from all the teams all over the league worth something. OH WAIT, that's what it currently is. If a bunch of people who aren't going to be playing in the world series get to decide home field advantage then why doesn't the league just legalize steroids. At the same time you might as well give all the money that the entire league earns and just give it to the Yanks. This is so stupid, i am not very happy with how things are being handled right now in baseball. There is no salary cap, the all star game controls something it shouldn't, there is no real instant replay, there is steroid use out the ass (pun intended), and there is a team that is spending more then a half a billion dollars in one off season while there are other teams that can't afford a 50 million dollar pay roll. I love the sport and how it is supposed to be played, that's why when i see the yanks give up 20+ runs i laugh my ass off because they are spending a billion dollars on their players. Certain things need to be fixed and this all star balloting is just one of many. Change the things i have listed above and baseball will again be the number one sport in America. I love football too but it just doesn't have the same history as baseball, the best sport any country has every produced.

Fernado Perez

He is really cool, what a well spoken person for being a baseball player. I love that he is such a big fan of his own team, i just hope that the team starts to turn it around soon, we can't take many more losses.

Final Prediction

This is the last prediction and it is coming from the best division in baseball. AL East.

• Ok so being a Rays fan i would love to just say that this is an easy call and that the Rays are going to win it all and never lose a game. Being a fan of baseball i know that's not even close to happening so why would i be stupid and just blindly go for it. The Rays are off to an even worse start this year then last year. They are 4 games under .500 14 games into the season and at this point last year they were 6-8, not great but a full game better then this year. If you recall the East last year won by less then 2 games so one game does make a big difference. The Sox are improved this year by adding some veteran pitching and keeping Jason Bay. They are going to make a run at winning the division this year just like they always do so you can't count them out. The Yanks are not as good as they were last year at this point, the current pitching staff is not good enough to really do much damage. The minor leaguers that they have are seemingly a lot better then the pro ball players that they have. Chin Ming Wong is hurt still i think and he just isn't going to be able to pitch like he has before. I used to think that he was one of the best pitchers in baseball but then he got hurt and just hasn't been the same since. The Orioles are really good this year and they have a chance at making a run at the East. The outfield that they have is one of the best in all of baseball, they have speed and good arms in all three spots. Their hitting is vastly improved over last year and they can go a long way if the pitching is just OK. They don't have to pitch to well because they are going to score 6-7 runs per game. Lastly the Blue Jays are the best team in the division. Doc Holladay and the rest of the pitching staff is the best in the east if not the entire league. They have good enough hitting to really do some damage and early in the year they are the leading the division. They can drive in runs and play good solid defense to go along with great pitching. This is the most well rounded team and if they can stay healthy then they will be headed to the world sereies. All this being said i don't think that the Blue Jays are going to win the division. That honor belongs to the Red Sox this year, as much as it kills me to type this i think they are going to really get going and become unstoppable about half way through the year and then just coast for a month or so going into the playoffs. The Rays will be in contension battling with the Jays for the wild card spot and the O's are going to fade out late because pitching and defense wins games, not offense. The Rays are going to get the supposed high power offense going, there are sparks right now, just no fire yet. The Yanks are living in the past and trying to outspend everyone to win, they didn't do it right and now have to try and win with their team of overrated players. I hate the Red Sox so this is really depressing me but i think that when push comes to shove they are the best team this decade and are going to win the East again. I really wanted to pick the Rays to win it but they are already 4.5 games back of the lead and can't really afford to fall much further back, but they are going to until the offense shows up. The pitching is ok and will come around. 

So there you have it, every division picked and the only thing left to do is call the world sereies. That'll be left for a later post, can't give it all away now.

No need to worry

WTF.  Why in the hell wouldn't you be worrying? The same sorta thing happened to Carl last year where he just had a small little injury at the beginning of the year and then it turned into his worst year as a starter. This is terrible for the struggling rays, they need offense and this doesn't help. I'm starting to worry and think about next year already, its still early but they don't look like they want it.