• Rays won’t let Yankees’ bean-ball spree go: ‘See where it goes from here’

    Rays won’t let Yankees’ bean-ball spree go: ‘See where it goes from here’

    Kevin Kiermaier said if the roles were reversed and it was Rays pitchers plunking the Yankees this past weekend series, there would’ve been “a lot more controversy.” In the three games,
  • Rays anger goes beyond Aroldis Chapman: ‘Tired act’ by Phil Nevin

    Rays anger goes beyond Aroldis Chapman: ‘Tired act’ by Phil Nevin

    The Tampa Bay Rays didn’t just have a problem with Aroldis Chapman after the flame-throwing closer buzzed Mike Brosseau’s head with a 101-mph fastball behind his head in the ninth inning of the Yankees’ 5-3 win Tuesday night at the Stadium. While Rays manager Kevin Cash charged afterwards that his team also has “a whole …
  • MLB needs to punish Yankees and Rays for ill-timed debacle

    MLB needs to punish Yankees and Rays for ill-timed debacle

    Nope. Not in this COVID baseball season. Not at this tempestuous moment in our country’s history. I’m betting Rob Manfred and his deputies will correctly agree. An important Yankees victory Tuesday night — 5-3 over the rival Rays at Yankee Stadium, halting a six-game losing streak against their low-payroll nemeses — turned extremely ugly at …
  • What re-draft of historic 2010 MLB Draft might look like now

    What re-draft of historic 2010 MLB Draft might look like now

    What if we knew on June 7, 2010, what we know today? What if we were able to take so much of the guesswork out of the draft and know to avoid taking never-make-it-to-the-majors busts such as Barret Loux sixth (as the Diamondbacks did) and Karsten Whitson ninth (Padres), and to move up J.T. Realmuto …