• David Price, the highly touted Rays rookie pitcher, made his Major League debut yesterday against the Yankees. He pitched as advertised, and Rays fans can only anticipate an already strong staff getting even better.

Price gave up one run in 5-1/2 innings — a homerun to Derek Jeter, and there’s not much shame in that. If I’m Joe Maddon, I start Price at least one game in the regular season — especially if Edwin Jackson continues to look shaky.

• I’m both pleased and disappointed at the play of Bucs second-year defensive end Gaines Adams. After the being invisible last week, the fourth overall pick in the 2007 draft showed up against the Falcons with two sacks and four quarterback hits — one of which looked like it came late and should’ve drawn a penalty.

That’s OK, though — I was waiting for Adams to show a mean streak. I’m a little disappointed ’cause I was all set to blast the kid, and he stole my thunder by playing pretty damn well.

• Brian Griese got a win, which is the bottom line, but I still think Gruden pulled the plug too quickly on Jeff Garcia.

This article appears in Sep 10-16, 2008.

Eric Snider is the dean of Bay area music critics. He started in the early 1980s as one of the founding members of Music magazine, a free bi-monthly. He was the pop music critic for the then-St. Petersburg...