MVP – Ben Zobrist
I even had a little issue typing that out myself,  and I know a lot of people will probably laugh when they see that, but when comparing the stats of all the hitters on the Rays, it is clear to me that Zobrist is the MVP of this years team.
AVG – .288, HR – 17, RBI – 50, OBP – .407, SLG – .602, OPS – 1.009
Slugging – 2nd in the AL
OBP – 3rd in the AL
OPS – 2nd in the AL
As I have mentioned before, there were some stats last year that indicated that maybe Zobrist [...]

It wasn’t technically a perfect inning, but Rays reliever JP Howell pitched a 10 pitch, 6 strike, 1 walk, 0 H 8th inning vs those stinking Canadian nationals today in the USA’s first game of the World Baseball Classic.  
Kevin Youkilis, Adam Dunn and Brian McCann homered for USA.  Shane Victorino and Derek Jeter also had two hits a piece.  
The pitching was rather shaky with Jake Peavy giving up two runs, and Joel Hanrahan, Scott Shields and JJ Putz each giving up a run a piece in the relief effort.  Putz came in to close the game, and almost [...]