Archive for May, 2008

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  [THE SATURDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] Hawk Harrelson And His Family Ruin A Perfectly Good Game

  May 31, 2008 at 11:15 am 3 comments

  DRG here again to get you through the weekend. I can be reached here.. The Good: The call by the White Sox announcers on Cliff Floyd’s walk-off home run to lead off the 9th inning. “That ball hit way back…DeWayne Wise at the fence…jumps…AND MAKES THE CATCH…no…that ball is outta [...]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Please Don’t Draft Posey

  May 31, 2008 at 6:50 am 6 comments

  Durham 10, Pawtucket 6. Chattanooga 4, Montgomery 0. Vero Beach 6, Brevard Co. 2. Greenville 6, Columbus 3.NOTES FROM DOWN ON THE FARM… Desmond Jennings, who had yet to play this season, has been participating in extended spring games and could be activated today or tomorrow. [Biscuits Batter] No surprise [...]

   
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  [JONNY GOMES] Jonny Gomes Is A Crazy B!tch

  May 30, 2008 at 12:30 pm 9 comments

  We are always curious about the music that players choose to have played as they are walking to the plate for an at bat. The songs are like tattoos. For some they have a special meaning, while for others it is just something they really like. We attended a Round [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Right Fielders Are To The Rays What QBs Are To Jon Gruden

  May 30, 2008 at 10:10 am 3 comments

  THE GOOD: Jason Bartlett stole 3 bases, including 3rd base twice…BJ Upton threw a runner out at third base on the fly… THE BAD: The Golden Sombrero for Jonny Gomes…Edwin Jackson being Edwin. After 27 pitches in the 2nd inning we knew it was going to be a long night…Rays [...]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] 7 Vero Beach D-Rays Named All-Stars

  May 30, 2008 at 7:09 am 0 comments

  Durham 10, Norfolk 7. Jon Weber tied the game with a 2-out single in the top of the 9th, and the Dan Johnson put the Bulls ahead for good with a 3-run home run, 2 batters later. Johnson finished 3-6. Weber was 5-6 with 2 RBI…Ben Hendrickson started and gave [...]

   
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  [DELMON YOUNG] Dude, The Twins Did Not Get A Delmon

  May 29, 2008 at 6:12 pm 3 comments

  On Sept. 23, 2007, Delmon Young hit a 2-run home run against the Red Sox in the 2nd inning. After being traded to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett this past off-season, little did anybody know that 8 months later, Young would yet to have hit another. [...]

   
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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: Chicago White Sox

  May 29, 2008 at 3:31 pm 4 comments

  ODDSMAKERS Trading David Price to the Cardinals for Albert Pujols? We understand the temptation. The Cardinals are in rebuilding mode and are pitching-thin. The Rays have a set rotation, and a top pick that so far appears to be toying with minor league hitters. A Pujols in the Rays lineup [...]

   
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  [RAYS INDEX STORE] RAYSHEADS UNITE! A Word Of ‘Thanks’

  May 29, 2008 at 1:47 pm 0 comments

  Just wanted to take a moment to thank everybody that has ordered a shirt from the Rays Index Store. In an effort to reconcile our love of the past and move forward with the team, we declared ourselves RAYSHEADS and asked you to join us and many of you did [...]

   
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  [THE ARCHIVES] One Year Ago On Rays Index

  May 29, 2008 at 12:12 pm 0 comments

  One year ago on Rays Index we saw exactly why it is never a good idea for a sports team to be involved in a partenership with a newspaper that covers the team. St. Pete Times Reports The News, But They Don’t Want You To Read It [Rays Index]

   
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  [WEB GEMS] Rays’ Ballboy Makes ‘Web Gems’

  May 29, 2008 at 10:37 am 2 comments

  [Update] Nice pick-up by Steve…If you watch the ticker at the bottom of the screen, not only does it happen to be on the Rays-Rangers numbers, but they also give us the pitching line from David Price in his second professional start. In the 7th inning yesterday the Rays ballboy [...]