Archive for June, 2008

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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Tim Beckham To Debut Tonight

  June 26, 2008 at 7:50 am 6 comments

  Lehigh Valley 4, Durham 3. Ben Hendrickson gave up a single unearned run in 7 innings…Elliot Johnson hit his 4th home run and drove in 2. Mobile 6, Montgomery 4. James Houser gave up 6 runs in 4 innings…Chris Nowak drove in 3 of the runs on 1-3 hitting. Vero [...]

   
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  [LIVE BLOG-A-BALOO] Rays Index Programming Announcement

  June 25, 2008 at 2:39 pm 1 comment

  First of all, thank you to all the well-wishers and thank you to all the RAYSHEADS for being patient with this site over the last few days. We did miss a few of the regular features. How you guys continued on with your lives without the Player Power Rankings is [...]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Rays Index Confidence Graph: Week 13

  June 25, 2008 at 1:38 pm 1 comment

  The Rays Confidence Graph will appear every Wednesday and is a look at how much confidence Rays fans have in the Tampa Bay Rays. The graph is designed to give us a look at how our emotional bias as Rays fans fluctuates through time. The “confidence” in the team is [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Marlins Giftwrap The Rays 45th Win

  June 25, 2008 at 10:35 am 6 comments

  THE GOOD: Aki Iwamura’s 2-run home run in the 3rd. How did that get out of the park? That looked like a lazy flyball off the bat. In fact, it was Aki’s 200th career home run…The Top of the 8th could very easily fall in the bad category if not [...]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Wade Davis Settles Down After Shaky First Inning

  June 25, 2008 at 8:46 am 0 comments

  Durham 4, Lehigh Valley 1. Jeremy Cummings continues to pitch well for Durham, allowing 1 run in 7 innings. He struck out 5 and walked none. He is 6-2 with a 2.91 ERA in 9 starts with 49 Ks in 52.2 innings to just 12 walks…Scott Dohmann struck out the [...]

   
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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: Florida Marlins

  June 24, 2008 at 2:30 pm 3 comments

  FIRST INNINGThe Rays just dropped 2 of 3 to a last place Astros squad after having swept the team with the best record in baseball, the Cubs. Did the Houston series expose the Rays a little? Certainly the ‘Stros are more talented than their record and the Rays might be [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Benny Boo Boo Is Back From Durham

  June 24, 2008 at 10:08 am 9 comments

  THE GOOD: The Red Sox lost to the D-Backs so the Rays pulled within 1 game of the AL East and are actually a game up on the Sawx in the ever-so-important loss column. THE BAD: Sutter Home wines (well, there goes a potential sponsor). THE TELLING: We should be [...]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] 7th Straight Strong Start For Alex Cobb

  June 24, 2008 at 7:54 am 0 comments

  Lehigh Valley 7, Durham 0. Mitch Talbot gave up 6 runs on 9 hits in 5.2 innings, falling to 6-6 on the season…The Bulls managed only 5 hits, and Reid Brignac was 0-3. Montgomery (off-day) Clearwater 7, Vero Beach 3. Brandon Mann started and gave up 5 runs in 5 [...]

   
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  [ENERGIZED INDEED] Most Energized Fans Of The Game

  June 23, 2008 at 12:30 pm 11 comments

  On Friday night, as the Rays broadcast came back from their commercial break to start the seventh inning, Dwayne Staats introduced one of those sponsored moments of the game as they zoomed in on the “energized fans of the game”. The “winners”? Those two young ladies above with their special [...]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Tampa Bay Rays Confidence Survey

  June 23, 2008 at 11:12 am 2 comments

  Last week’s Rays Confidence Graph results. Below you will see two polls that ask about your confidence in the Tampa Bay Rays. Please take a moment to answer each question. We will present these same polls every Monday. The results will be presented in graphical form on Wednesday, and will [...]