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Rookie trio brightens future for Rays

Because he was pitching against the Blue Jays that day, David Price needed to find someone else to complete his new pregame routine. Price, Tampa Bay’s rookie left-hander and recently appointed lineup card attendee, had to designate someone else to bring the card to the umpires before the day’s first pitch.


Price decided on Wade Davis, his quiet, sharp-eyed, square-jawed fellow rookie starter.

After Davis returned to the dugout, home-plate umpire Mike Estabrook walked to Rays manager Joe Maddon and whispered that he’d never seen anything like it.

“[Davis] didn’t say one word,” Maddon said, laughing in his office after the game.

Such is the deadpan reality of Davis. There are few aspects in baseball he doesn’t take seriously.

As the 24-year-old right-hander has emerged over the course of the past two weeks for Tampa Bay, the seriousness of his pitching ability has also rounded into focus. The fierceness of his breaking ball only matches the looks he gives when squinting over his glove on the mound.


Click here to read the full article – By Zach Schonbrun of MLB.com

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September 22, 2009 - Posted by GameSetMatch | David Price, Jeff Niemann, MLB, Rays News, Tampa Bay Rays, Wade Davis | Baseball, MLB, Rays, Rays baseball, rays baseball news, Rays News, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay Rays | No Comments Yet