Archive for September 18th, 2008

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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: Minnesota Twins

  September 18, 2008 at 4:30 pm 3 comments

  FIRST INNINGA look back…Every time the Rays lose just a single game to the Red Sox, the so-called experts predict inevitable doom for the Rays. And yet the Rays have now won the season series against the Red Sox (10-8) and have won 4 of the last 5 including the [...]

   
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  [ANTI-PENNANT RACE] 3rd Annual David Price Sweepstakes

  September 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm 0 comments

  It is time for one of our favorite annual features, the Anti-Pennant Race, the race for the worst record in baseball. The reward for the “winner” is the first pick in next year’s amateur draft. This year is extra special as this marks the first time the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Rays Index Confidence Graph: Week 25

  September 18, 2008 at 2:48 pm 0 comments

  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 RAYSHEAD ARMY] A Seven Nation Army Can’t Hold The Rays Back

  September 18, 2008 at 11:10 am 5 comments

  Last night was a landmark moment in the history of Rays Index. Three weeks ago we called on the Tampa Bay Rays to institute the use of “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes as a late-inning rally song to pump up the crowd. According to numerous comments and emails, [...]

   
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  [THE PINK HAT NATION] Stay Classy Red Sox Nation

  September 18, 2008 at 10:31 am 13 comments
   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Joe Maddon Pushes All The Right Buttons As Rays Clinch Tie-Breaker

  September 18, 2008 at 9:52 am 1 comment

  Click on above images to be taken to full standings, boxscores or schedule… THE GOOD: The Rays have now won 4 of their last 5 versus the Red Sox…Joe Maddon. With the Rays up 8-3 in the 5th with 2 on and David Ortiz due up, Papa Joe treated the [...]