The Rays are the guest that won't leave the party
Diamond Hoggers —
... a great story, and all that shit. Yadda yadda yadda. It's also kind of sad from our point of view. You see, a year ago right now the Indians were the Rays of 2008. We think it would have been a much better story for a championship starved city like C-Town to be having a season like this again. It's funny how things work out. Or as a friend of mine would reply: "It's funny how things don't." [Box Score]
Man on Fire
Ontario Street —
... Cleveland shortstop Jhonny Peralta has been swinging a pretty hot bat lately. As if to punctuate this post, Peralta went 5-5 (second time this season) on Thursday with 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, and 2 R against Tampa Bay with much of the damage coming at the expense of Scott Kazmir. So yeah, Peralta’s hot right now. ...
Man on Fire
Tribe Report —
... Cleveland shortstop Jhonny Peralta has been swinging a pretty hot bat lately. As if to punctuate this post, Peralta went 5-5 (second time this season) on Thursday with 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, and 2 R against Tampa Bay with much of the damage coming at the expense of Scott Kazmir. So yeah, Peralta’s hot right now. Amazingly, Peralta is in one of the more consistent offensive stretches of his career. He has not had an OPS of at least .800 over consecutive months since 2005. In 2005, Peralta posted consecutive OPS’ of .971 (July), .926 (August), and .852 (Sept/Oct) over 82 games (357 ...
