Archive for September, 2008

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  [2008 AL EAST CHAMPIONS] A Seven Nation Army Can’t Hold The Rays Back

  September 27, 2008 at 1:52 pm 9 comments

  We are at Austin City Limits all day today and tomorrow, so no “Hangover” today and tomorrow is up in the air at this point. Until we come back, we will leave you with our anthem.

   
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  [LATE NIGHT HAPPY HOUR] Tampa Bay Rays: 2008 AL East Champions

  September 27, 2008 at 12:46 am 15 comments

  The Rays lost (again), but our good friends to the north, the New York Roadkills put up a 19-spot on the Boston Pink Hats. With Boston’s loss, the Tampa Bay Rays have done the impossible…The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays are the champions of the AL East. First of all…congratulations to [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Percival Closer To Post-Season Roster Spot; Crawford Could Be Activated Today

  September 26, 2008 at 9:39 am 4 comments

  Click on above images to be taken to full standings, boxscores or schedule… THE GOOD: Ben Zobrist. Is this guy’s blood being checked? Zorilla went deep twice yesterday, including a shot to straightaway center field that is a rare sight in Comerica Park. THE BAD: Scott Kazmir. Has there ever [...]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Rays Index Confidence Graph: Week 26

  September 25, 2008 at 6:15 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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  [ANTI-PENNANT RACE] 3rd Annual David Price Sweepstakes

  September 25, 2008 at 5:48 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 it marks the first time the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

   
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  [RIGO!] Rays Index Live Blog-A-Baloo Of The Week: Gm 159 @ Detroit Tigers

  September 25, 2008 at 12:15 pm 0 comments
   
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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: Detroit Tigers

  September 25, 2008 at 11:02 am 3 comments

  FIRST INNINGA look back…Last night the Orioles, hit 3 batters and even slammed Aki Iwamura to the ground during a tag out between first and second base…Just “playing the game” or dirty baseball? We actually didn’t have much of a problem with Ramon Hernandez taking out Iwamura. He did go [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Jackson May Have Pitched Way Out Of A Post-Season Start

  September 25, 2008 at 9:19 am 0 comments

  Click on above images to be taken to full standings, boxscores or schedule… THE GOOD: 3 more bases loaded walks. This is starting to get ridiculous. That is now 24 on the season which leads all baseball, to go with 4 hit batters in the same situation. The Rays now [...]

   
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  [HAPPY HOUR] Crawford Admits First Round Is ‘Iffy’

  September 24, 2008 at 5:15 pm 3 comments

  [UPDATE: 11:32] The Red Sox beat the Indians, but the Rays overcame a first inning that saw the O’s score 5 runs before an out, to get the win. With the victory, the Rays magic number to win the division is now 1. The Angels are currently losing in the [...]

   
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  [THE EVIL EMPIRE] Playing In The AL East Is Too Hard For The Yankees

  September 24, 2008 at 2:11 pm 5 comments

  Now that the 2008 New York Yankees are officially Roadkill, Hank Steinbrenner wants everybody to know unfair baseball is. “The biggest problem is the divisional setup in Major League Baseball,” Steinbrenner wrote. “I didn’t like it in the 1970s, and I hate it now. Baseball went to a multi-division setup [...]