Links:

• Playoff action continues as games were played in both of the Championship Series going on right now
• The Dodgers pitching staff continued to stump the Cubs lineup as Chicago was shut out, 6-0. The Dodgers now lead the series, two games to one
• The Toronto Blue Jays avoided elimination as Aaron Sanchez received plenty of run support en route to a 5-1 victory. Cleveland still holds the series advantage, three games to one.
• The deadline for the next CBA to be decided is quickly approaching, and MLB is pushing for an international draft
• Adrian Gonzalez refused to stay in Donald Trump’s hotel in Chicago
• Neil Solondz will traveling to Arizona next week to focus on the Rays prospects in the Fall League

Rays History:

On October 19th, 2008, the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox by the score of 3-1. Thus, the Rays became the 2008 American League Champions and punched their tickets to the world series for the first time in franchise history. Matt Garza was named the ALCS MVP for two excellent performances during the seven game set, while rookie phenom David Price hammered the final nail in the coffin of the Red Sox 2008 season.

Trivia:

Charles Johnson was the answer to Monday’s question, answered correctly by nomo.red.evil

The lone wrong answer was Vinny Castilla

By the numbers

Alex Cobb’s return from Tommy John Surgery was glorious...for a couple of starts, then the quickly caught on to him. One of his starts, he recorded just four outs.

Throughout the Rays history, they’ve had 47 instances of a starting pitcher failing to get further than Cobb did during that start.

They’ve had three instances where the starting pitcher failed to record a single out, who were those three starting pitchers?