The One Where We Discuss Giving Up, Lobaton’s Knee, And Hellboy’s Next Start

Rangers 8, Rays 0 (click image for boxscore) The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. THE GOOD: BJ Upton. He got on base twice. Yay? THE BAD: You Guys Give Up Yet? There was a lot of chatter in the Raysiverse yesterday about how the Rays could still make the playoffs if they could just get within 4 or 5 game of the Red Sox before this weekend’s series and then sweep the Sox. Essentially, those fans were asking the Rays to go on an 8-game winning streak. Instead, the Rays got pounded, and the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 14-0. And now the Rays sit 8 back in the Wild Card with just 21 to go. Even if the Rays can somehow go 17-4 (including 14 games against the Sox and Yankees), the Red Sox would only have to go 10-11 to win the Wild Card. Hey, we love the enthusiasm and the optimism. You guys are good fans. But what you are asking for is a miracle. THE TELLING: After committing 4 errors in 7 games, Eva...