Manny and the Caveman: Your 2011 Tampa Bay Rays

[MOD EDIT] and the Caveman

he's like the lj of mlb.

well well

:-(

hey at least they've got like 10 first round picks in the draft this year

sam fuld is killin it

who the frig is this guy?!

should've stopped on first for the cycle with a shit-eating grin imo

what a player

had a soft spot for fuld since he was on the cubs, apparently he's a big stats dork?

also these factoids are interesting/cute:

Fuld, who is Jewish,[9][10] is the son of Kenneth Fuld, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire, and Amanda Merrill, a New Hampshire State Senator.[11][12][13][14] He is also a second cousin of former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld.[15]

Instead of carrying around the typical teddy bear or worn-down baby blanket when he was young, he carried a book of baseball stats (The Complete Baseball Handbook) with him all the time, like a security blanket.[6][16] "He was only 5 or 6 and he was already computing batting averages and ERAs," his father said. "He'd sit in the bathtub, and I'd say 'If a guy goes 17-for-37, what's his batting average?' What struck me is that he'd perform these operations in very creative ways–not just that he got the right answer, but his methodology, adding in a factor and then dividing by 10, etc. I'd watch him and say 'wow,' just like I said 'wow' when he used to hit."[6]

i was hoping he was related to Elmer.

mmmm, is he single?

"Instead of carrying around the typical teddy bear or worn-down baby blanket when he was young, he carried a book of baseball stats (The Complete Baseball Handbook) with him all the time, like a security blanket.[6][16]"

Young Sam Fuld OTM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wsd2FKfziY

"He is also a second cousin of former Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld."

This factoid is not cute however.

lots of people are second cousins of lots of people

Totally! But being related to that scumbag just isn't a cute factoid!

it's a little bit cute

just a tiny little cute little factoid

i would have to say i'm in the "not so cute" camp on this one.

soooooooooo cute. a cute fact!

"Damon hurt while bunting" is a lol headline

10 RBI for Zobrist today.

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/04Tpgkt3qvbOv/439x.jpg

"Human or animal? Not cool, guys."

wtf happened there???!

B.J. Upton Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), B Upton struck out swinging

B.J. Upton Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), B Upton struck out looking

B.J. Upton Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), B Upton struck out looking

B.J. Upton Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), B Upton struck out looking

So. Remember that time the Rays were dead in the water in the AL East?

First place, bitches.

hey who was responsible for that incredible double play the other day? rodriguez and...? i saw it on a tv through a glass darkly and even though im sure they repeated it 1000x i had to stop looking at it

Has this been posted anywhere?

http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/05/16/fake-or-real-evan-longoria-saves-reporter-with-bare-handed-catch-video/

shields pitched a 93 game score today, best in the majors so far this yr

he is very, very good

Could swear Maddon had Miguel IBB'd earlier in the year w/ 1B occupied during the first. Tonight: tie game, sixth inning, go-ahead run on second, no one on first. Hellickson floats first pitch over the outside half of the plate. Miguel takes it to right, which scores the run.

am I the only one who always reads Sam Fuld as Sam Fuiud

hahaha i do too

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/06/14/ok-justin-ruggiano-was-definitely-out

A+ comment:

None of this would even have been an issue if Ruggiano had played the game the right way and mowed down the catcher who failed to block the plate, totally left him a lane and tried the stupid ‘sweep tag’ play. By not creaming the catcher Ruggiano was rewarded for his wimpy play by being called out. What’s the umpire supposed to do? Use his eyes or something?

hey, 3rd-best record in the league behind guess-who

Tampa Bay's defense is pretty good:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/rays-staying-in-the-race-with-defense/

the legend of sam fuld in the new yorker (abstract): http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/07/04/110704fa_fact_mcgrath

I want to read an article about a player who isn't SCRAPPY.

wow great play by kotchman there

pedrioa's numbers vs lefties this season are o_0

his numbers for the past month and a half or so are o_O

I tuned out to watch Breaking Bad but that game was looking really great

it's still on!

LOL bj upton

haha yeah

this game is getting so heated!!

joe maddon got thrown out & then the guy who took over for him got thrown out

wait what the hell, what happened? i'm half-watching

maddon got thrown out arguing a check swing

the bench coach was a bit more complicated

w/ bases loaded & 2 out, scutaro popped the ball up behind the plate, when he realized that it wasn't going out of play he slammed his bat into the ground & it kinda shot off to the side a foot or so from where the catcher was setting up to catch the ball. the rays dugout was pretty pissed that the umpire didn't do anything & eventually the bench coach got into it w/ the umpire & got tossed

reid brignac is one of the worst hitters in the majors

wow

Seriously, there will almost certainly not be anything like this for a long time

Not just the Boston collapse or the insane way yesterday shook out, but even Carl Crawford's tragic involvement in everything is just ridiculous and too weird to believe

did Crawford end the season with an obp over .300?

nein

lolwow

dianagram (NYC): Matt Moore .... best pitching prospect to hit the majors since __________. (Prior? Wood? Verlander? other?)

Jason Parks: Kershaw

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/94/dc/94dcb347e4290011e732ed531a4fb48a.jpg

rewatched the 2011 yankees-rays game 162 yesterday, so satisfying