Oh how my heart has LONGed for thee!

Sometimes you don’t realize how much you miss something until you get it back.  That’s not to say that Willy Aybar hasn’t filled in admirably because he has.  It’s just that Longo is the man you know.  He didn’t have many problems with runners in scoring position and he made some great plays in the field.  Basically he’s still even keeled, and it was like he never left.  I don’t envy Maddon the problem of how to keep Aybar busy.

Kudos to James Shields too.  Why?  He only shut down the New York Yankees.  Too bad Trevor Miller couldn’t follow suit, but he only gave up one run.  So one down, one to go tonight.  Maybe Garza will try to one up Shields with a complete game shutout.  Go Rays!!

(photo ESPN.com)