March 30, 2004
DRays Win!
A great win for Tampa Bay. A fine start by Zambrano, three 1 hit innings by the bullpen, and fifteen hit attack by the offense. I still think Tampa's aggressive swinging is going to hurt them in the long run (the Yankees only threw 112 pitches over 8 innings, 14 per inning). It seemed to me that Tampa's offense was most effective when it waited for Mussina to make a mistake, rather than going after his first pitch. The Yankees offense wasn't bad, as six of their seven hits went for extra bases. But they did not sustain a rally.
A fun game, and it's nice to see real baseball back.
I think it will hurt them in the long run also. And thought I'm excited with the win, in reality, this is still Spring Training.
I guess Chuck LaMar's new two-year contract extension is justified now. Do you realize that if the Rays keep up this pace, they'll go 162-0! With that record, they'd win their division.
Man, that had to be one of the best tasting beers sweet Lou ever drank.
that was totally worth waking up @ 5am for!
Dave,
I think the D-Ray's were coached into swinging on the first pitch. Moose has a tendancy of first ball fast ball strike. My guess is Lou and Zim. gave the hint to the D-rays batters and they responded.
Maybe having 2 straight AAA championship team is start to paying off for TB.
