Daily Mashup:Correct predictions, a dude worth following & more

The Tampa Bay Rays are going into tonight’s game looking to sweep the Orioles. After winning two close games the Rays are hoping to down Brian Matusz and the Orioles in an impressive fashion tonight, so they can carry some momentum in to face the always tough New York Yankees in the next series. But before we talk about that…on to the Daily Mashup!

Predictions that reign true…

Before yesterday’s games, I made two predictions via Twitter–that Matt Garza would strike out ten , and that Evan Longoria would go yard, again.

Okay, so maybe the Longoria thing was NOT a prediction, and I was one off on the Garza strikeout tally. They say that almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but dammit, I was close–so I am going to go with it! Follow me on Twitter (@ThomasGemkow) to see what my predictions are for tonight’s game.

A Rays dude worth following

I have always had a load of respect for Cork Gaines over at RaysIndex.com. Having been a reader of his blog prior to starting TampaBayRaysFan.com in January of 2009, I guess you could say he was influential in my development and determination as a blogger.

I have always found his commentary to be insightful an witty, and he is very interactive with his readers. While I encourage you all to subscribe to my RSS feed, and to follow me on Twitter, I also encourage you to do the same with Cork.  Read more about his “Raysheads Army Social Universe“, and be sure to start following him!

Soriano making an impact

Rafael Soriano, the new pitcher that we spent too much money on this off season–has notched a win and save in his first two days. At least he is earning the large payout we gave him (note:if he proves to be the shut down closer that we have not seen since the Roberto Hernandez days, then I will retract my “paid too much” statement, but until he closes out some BIG games, I will just say the Rays are down with O.P.P.–over priced pitcher)

At any rate, read about the start to Soriano’s season here.