The amount of home runs the Rays are currently hitting is almost as as exciting as watching my mom take fresh baked cookies out of the oven.
Yet the amount of runs they are scoring – even though they are hitting all those home runs – is like seeing those freshly baked cookies with a beautifully golden brown surface, but then flipping them over and seeing the bottom is burnt. Appearance, obviously, does not make a cookie good, and it doesn’t make for a good offense either.
Although the Rays limited payroll has never been able to buy big power hitters, the team has been able to muster 72 home runs in the first 50 games.