Rays News:

• The Rays took a dramatic loss last night in a game where a matter of inches decided everything as Steven Souza was just a few feet shy of a game tying home run and Mikie Mahtook was just one step away from scoring the tying run.
• Evan Longoria blasted a first inning home run, his 34th of the year, reaching a new career high
• Yesterday, Topkin reported the Rays had only a short video for David Ortiz’s final game. However, the Rays players are wanting to present the controversial slugger some form of gift
• Former Rays reliever, Joel Peralta, says that his major league career is over as he’ll officially retire this winter
• Kevin Kiermaier almost made one of the best catches you’ll ever see as he robbed Hyun Soo Kim of a grand slam and limited him to a very long single.

Around the League:

• That kind of year continues for the Indians as Mike Napoli hit one of the strangest ground rule doubles you’ll ever see
• Yan Gomes’s season is over after he fractured his wrist
• Theo Epstein donned a fake mustache and took in a game in the bleachers at Wrigley
• If you are paid over $30 million a year, you find strange things to waste money on....like buying two pallets of shoes