A.L. Silver Slugger Snubs
Nov 13, 2008 | 8:47PM | RaysDigest
The
managers and coaches made some pretty big gaffes in the Gold Glove
balloting this year. Granted, it is difficult to quantify defensive
value; there have been advancements in new metrics,... Read More
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Pena Snags Gold Glove Award
Nov 06, 2008 | 9:03AM | RaysDigest
Carlos Pena on Thursday was selected as the Rawlings Gold
Glove Award winner at first base in the American League. Pena, a first-time
selection, posted a .998 fielding percentage in 1,099 chances, which was tied
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3 Inning Game Almost Short Enough For Local Man To Watch
Oct 30, 2008 | 6:05AM | TheSportsComedian
The
rain shortened 3-inning World Series game last night between the
Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays was almost short enough
and interesting enough for Ray Marks to watch. The Charleston South
Carolina native picked up the controller and considered changing the
channel... Read More
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The Tide Has Turned
Oct 13, 2008 | 8:03PM | RaysDigest
The Tampa Bay Rays continued to silence the naysayers on Monday afternoon, defeating star left-hander Jon Lester and the Boston Red Sox to take a 2-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
This was not how the script was supposed to play out.
After all, the Rays were facing the n... Read More
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Joe Maddon emulates Ron Gardenhire
Oct 11, 2008 | 5:12PM | ExcitableBoy
In losing the opening game of the ALCS, TB manager Joe Maddon cheated his team of a chance to exert its personality and possibly force extra innings. He shackled his running game, but then let his hitters swing with reckless abandon. Tos... Read More
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Give The Rays A Round of Applause
Oct 10, 2008 | 4:59PM | The_Dan
Not bad for a team that was suppose to be left for dead, nowhere to go and a 44-million dollar payroll. When you are stuck in the AL East facing big spenders like New York, Boston and Toronto you h... Read More
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Let's take a trip around the world
Aug 09, 2008 | 5:27AM | The_Dan
If you are a big fan of the Olympics and you can't wait to watch the events that unfold over the next 2 weeks I commend you. It seems every time the Olympics come around I become less interested. It takes a bunch... Read More
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First-Place Rays Welcome Red Sox To Town
Jun 30, 2008 | 10:12AM | RaysDigest
The Tampa Bay Rays won their second consecutive road series on Sunday, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the rubber-match of a three-game set. Backed by Shawn Riggans' 3-for-4 performance and Andy Sonnanstine's seven effective innings, the Ra... Read More
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Rescue Us Again Andy!
Apr 04, 2008 | 11:46PM | MikeGwizdala
What a suprise, its up to Andy Pettitte fresh off the DL to be the Yankees stopper once again. Though Pettitte couldn't have rounded up enough leeches to place on LaTroy Hawkins right arm ... Read More
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Rays look to shine bright in 08
Jan 28, 2008 | 1:07AM | Canes59fan
As the time for pitchers and catchers to first report to their respective places in Florida and Arizona fast approaches certain teams know and are used to their high expectations (Yankees, Red Sox, Angels) but for one team, 2008 brings forth expectations like none before.
The devil has been taken out of Tampa, at least the one that used to play at Tropicana Fie... Read More
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Ray-dy To Contend?
Nov 29, 2007 | 12:17AM | bigsoxfan
Like that 20 something year old kid who finally decides it's time to leave his parents basement, the Rays might be moving out of the one they've been occupying in the AL East since their inception to the league. Don't look now, but the Rays are looking like a franchise that's ready to get serious. Today was a ... Read More
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Using the Model to Evalute the MVP Awards
Nov 22, 2007 | 6:21AM | birk
In my previous post regarding Alex Rodriguez, I used Nate Silver’s model
presented in Baseball Between the Numbers
to evaluate how much Rodriguez is worth. After reading complaints about Jimmy
Rollins’ NL MVP award and annual complaints that only players... Read More
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Another One Bites the Dust: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Sep 09, 2007 | 7:17PM | birk
Today is the 22nd last day of the major league season, and there are 22 teams that will fail to make the playoffs. My plan is to eliminate one of those teams everyday for the rest of the season. Sure, many of these... Read More
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Cardiac Kids - Literally
Sep 02, 2006 | 3:13PM | HalfBaked
In a scene more than a little symbolic of how the 2006 season has played out for the Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz watched his teammates play, and lose, another game from the dugout while wearing a heart monitor. In a midday press conference, Ortiz claimed that he felt fine and that he felt like he could pinch-... Read More
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