Here's my mid-season report card on the Rays

  Pitching  D-   Only Shields impresses, Kaz occasionally.

  Batting  C -  Could be better had it not been for a power outage the past two weeks and change

  Defense  C+  Could have been in the "B" category had it not be for a new major league follies this season

  Managing C-  Might be a little hard on Joe right here.  It's hard to make the "grade" when you have a pitching staff that basically stinks.

   Tom Korun