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Opposition Research: Steve Slowinski Talks Tampa Bay Rays

Lewie Pollis — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:00:07 +0000

Three down, 159 to go. After taking two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays to kick off the 2013 season, the Cleveland Indians now head south for their first crack at the Tampa Bay Rays. To help preview the Tribe’s weekend opponents, I talked to Steve Slowinski, manager of the fantastic site DRaysBay, about some of Rays’ big offseason moves, Tampa Bay’s 2013 outlook, and a couple familiar faces Cleveland fans might recognize this weekend. (more…)

Chris Perez Blows Save in Heartbreaking Loss to Rays

Lewie Pollis — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:15:35 +0000

Asdrubal Cabrera made a costly error and Chris Perez blew his first save since Opening Day as the Indians ended the inaccurately dubbed “first half” of the 2012 season with a heartbreaking 7-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The loss drops the Tribe t0 44-41, three games behind the division-leading White Sox and just a half-game ahead of the third-place Tigers. (more…)

Opposition Research: Bradley Woodrum Talks Tampa Bay Rays

Lewie Pollis — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:51:54 +0000

The Tampa Bay ~~Devil~~ Rays come to town tonight to kick a four-game series. This is the first time we’ve seen the Rays this year, so I talked to Bradley Woodrum, one of the several fantastic writers (including our own Steve Kinsella) on the great DRaysBay blog, about what to expect from Tampa Bay. In addition to his work there, Bradley is the creative genius behind the “Luck Dragon” sabermetric tutorial videos and the inventor of Fielding Independent Offense, the basis of our Simple WAR Calculator v. 1.1. (more…)