John Romano

St. Petersburg, FL, USA

Sports Writer at Tampa Bay Times

Recovering metro columnist now writing sports for the Tampa Bay Times; also suffer from a substantial music addiction.

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Articles

Talent is obvious, but numbers go sideways for Rays' Taj Bradley

5 days ago | orlandosentinel.com | John Romano

TAMPA - Pitch by pitch, the future was coming into focus. The fastball was humming, and the splitter was tumbling. Sixteen batters into Thursday night's game, the Yankees had a handful of singles and a bunch of soft contact. This is what Rays manager Kevin Cash means when he talks of the magnificence of Taj Bradley's talent. There are few pitchers who can match Bradley's high-90s fastball with his repertoire of breaking pitches.
Talent is obvious, but numbers have gone sideways for Rays’ Taj Bradley

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | John Romano

TAMPA - Pitch by pitch, the future was coming into focus. The fastball was humming, and the splitter was tumbling. Sixteen batters into Thursday night's game, the Yankees had a handful of singles and a bunch of soft contact. This is what Rays manager Kevin Cash means when he talks of the magnificence of Taj Bradley's talent. There are few pitchers who can match Bradley's high-90s fastball with his repertoire of breaking pitches.
Talent is obvious, but numbers have gone sideways for Rays’ Taj Bradley

6 days ago | tampabay.com | John Romano

TAMPA — Pitch by pitch, the future was coming into focus. The fastball was humming, and the splitter was tumbling. Sixteen batters into Thursday night’s game, the Yankees had a handful of singles and a bunch of soft contact. This is what Rays manager Kevin Cash means when he talks of the magnificence of Taj Bradley’s talent. There are few pitchers who can match Bradley’s high-90s fastball with his repertoire of breaking pitches.
Get out the gauze. The Lightning and Panthers are going at it again.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | John Romano
Get out the gauze. The Lightning and Panthers are going at it again.

1 week ago | hastingstribune.com | John Romano
John Romano: Get out the gauze. The Lightning and Panthers are going at it again.

1 week ago | dailyitem.com | John Romano

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John Romano: Get out the gauze. The Lightning and Panthers are going at it again.

1 week ago | leadertelegram.com | John Romano

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John Romano: Get out the gauze. The Lightning and Panthers are going at it again.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | John Romano

TAMPA, Fla. - Looking forward to the Eastern Conference final. It begins here this weekend. Of course, that's not how the NHL sees it. Nor anyone north of the Florida border. The official version is that the playoff series between Tampa Bay and Florida is no different than any other first-round matchup in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But, c'mon, who are we kidding? We've seen this movie before. For the most part, the winner of this series has skated off into the sunset with trophy held aloft.
A 1-0 Rays loss to Boston seemed frustrating. It was actually worse

1 week ago | tampabay.com | John Romano

TAMPA — Let’s talk about how cruel baseball can be at times. The Rays lost 1-0 to the Red Sox on Wednesday night. That’s not the cruel part. The rubber-match loss cost them the three-game series even though the Rays outscored Boston 20-9. That’s not too cruel, either.
No openers or quick hooks here. Rays starters are piling up innings

1 week ago | tampabay.com | John Romano

TAMPA — For all the balls flying out of Steinbrenner Field — and the Rays entered Wednesday night’s game giving up more home runs than any team in the majors — the pitching staff has been remarkably efficient. The Rays began the day ninth in the majors in ERA (3.58), third in strikeouts per nine innings (9.9) and sixth in WHIP (1.135). Turns out, the excessive home runs (28) and MLB-high average exit velocity (90.8 mph) are the seeming outliers in that equation.