It’s the 20th anniversary/2008 throwback night tonight, with many of that old Rays team back in The Trop and on the field beforehand. This sounds like a blast, for anyone able to make it. Ryne Stanek will open the game.
Speaking of “a blast,” and speaking of the visiting White Sox, here’s some from B.J. Upton. Honestly, I’d lost my mental image and had forgotten how sweet his swing was.
- Peter Gammons wrote a long, and rambling, and good piece about the Pirates and Chris Archer at the trade deadline:
“It all comes down to restoring the conviction he had when he was a young pitcher with the Rays,” says Huntington.