Archive for October, 2008

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  [HAPPY HOUR] Twenty, Twenty, Twenty-Four Hours To GO-O-O

  October 21, 2008 at 5:07 pm 13 comments

  We wanna be sedated… Lots o’ Linkety Goodness, so let’s get right to it. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… “Rays Index binging on caffeine” is back. This time we were asked by Deadspin “What the World Series means to us.” [Deadspin] Game will mark the first time this season that the Phillies [...]

   
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  [RI CONFIDENCE GRAPH] The Tampa Bay Rays Confidence Survey

  October 21, 2008 at 3:07 pm 0 comments

  Last week’s Rays Confidence Graph results. Below you will see two polls that ask about your confidence in the Tampa Bay Rays. We will present these same polls every Tuesday. The results will be presented in graphical form on Thursday, and will be displayed permanently in the sidebar. The goal [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Tampa Bay And Philidelphia, Again

  October 21, 2008 at 9:55 am 5 comments

  Just the links this morning. We should have more later. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… Just in case you missed all the links in our “Happy Hour” edition yesterday afternoon, here is the link. [Rays Index] Joe Maddon still hasn’t announced the rotation for the World Series, but look for Scott Kazmir [...]

   
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  [HAPPY HOUR] Red Sox Nation Waiting For Sox To Come Back From 4 Games To 3 Deficit

  October 20, 2008 at 3:01 pm 6 comments

  Somebody at the 4-letter thinks the Red Sox will now pull off the greatest comeback in the history of baseball, coming back from a 4 games to 3 deficit. Well, Bristol is in the heart of Red Sox Nation. (Thanks Brett). We have now watched the 8th and 9th innings [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] King David Slays The Red Sox; Rays Are AL Champs

  October 20, 2008 at 9:59 am 12 comments

  Click on above images to be taken to full standings, box scores or schedule… THE GOOD: Matt Garza. Only fitting that we start with the ALCS MVP. 7 innings, 2 hits, 1 run and 1 huge pair of cajones. And Joe Maddon had the guts to stick with Garza in [...]

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

  October 19, 2008 at 11:45 pm 39 comments

  Your 2008 American League Champions: The Tampa Bay Rays! For the 99.2% of Red Sox Nation that are actually good sports and classy. Well done. Great series. It means so much to dethrone such a great organization. It means so much that we took down the best. We are sure [...]

   
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  [SHOWER-SHOE FUNGUS] Playing A Little Pepper: ALCS Game 7

  October 19, 2008 at 4:58 pm 47 comments

  FIRST INNING (A look back)…In game 6, TBS lost their feed to the baseball broadcast and people watching at home missed the first inning…How can a network let something like this happen? TBS blamed the the problem on what sounded like a piece you could buy at Best Buy for [...]

   
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  [RADIO APPEARANCE] Rays Index Radio Appearance Today On "The Sports Cafe"

  October 19, 2008 at 12:32 am 0 comments

  A quick reminder that I will be joining Sean Duade on “The Sports Cafe” radio show today at 11:20am on 1220 WSRQ. Tune in on your radio or listen live by going to their website.

   
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  [ALCS] Game Not On TBS; TBS Won’t Tell Us Why

  October 18, 2008 at 8:14 pm 10 comments

  [UPDATE: 11:23pm] (just because we want to yell at somebody right now. The TBS deal with MLB won’t expire until after the 2013 season with TBS retaining exclusive rights to televise the ALCS in even-numbered years and the NLCS in odd-numbered years…In the end, we all lose. [UPDATE: 10:50pm] Sox [...]

   
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  [THE GHOST OF BUCCO BRUCE] Big News From Across The Bay

  October 18, 2008 at 1:00 pm 9 comments

  We have been in a bit of a funk for the last 36 hours. Not so much despondent as we are angry. With about 7 hours to go before game 6 at The Trop tonight, we needed a pick-us-up and Joe Bucs Fan delivered big time. As Joe is sure [...]