Undefeated no more

What happens when the last undefeated team in the spring loses? Who pops the cork?

The Rays went down 1-2-3 in the ninth, losing 8-4 to the visiting Houston Astros to snap their winning streak at four and send them to their first loss of the spring.

they play Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" when the Rays lose.

It's playing now at Al Lang

Here, sing along ...

We busted out of class
had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us home across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
you say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's bed
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

They return to action Thursday at 1:05 p.m. at Bright House Networks Field in Clearwater for the first of a home-and-home with the Philadelphia Phillies.

James Shields is on the hill for the Rays.

I’ll see you then.

This is Roger Mooney saying good-night and good baseball.

Oh, man, that was bad.