01. Players

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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays Magic Number For Playoffs Now 38; Yankees Are Roadkill

  August 14, 2008 at 10:05 am 7 comments

  THE GOOD: Looonnnggggg home run by Carlos Pena in the 1st inning. That is 7 in the last 18 games. Pena’s bat couldn’t have woken up at a better time…Great relay to end the 3rd inning. With a runner on second, a single to left was sent home by Eric […]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Price Shaky In AAA Debut; Rollins Solid In AA Debut

  August 14, 2008 at 8:34 am 2 comments

  Norfolk 7, Durham 6. David Price made his triple-A debut and picked up his first professional loss. In 4 innings, he struck out 6 and walked none, but did allow 3 runs on 7 hits (6 singles and a double). For a more detailed recap of Price’s performance, see the […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays Lose Throwback Game, Playing Like ’02 Devil Rays

  August 13, 2008 at 11:30 am 2 comments

  Oakland 2, Tampa Bay Rays 1. (Sorry. The standings/schedule widget called in sick today. Should be back tomorrow) THE GOOD: Scott Kazmir. We really don’t want to put Kaz here, but we are trying to find something positive from last night. Anything. And Kid K has been so bad, that […]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Tim Beckham Hits First Professional Home Run

  August 13, 2008 at 10:59 am 0 comments

  Durham (off-day) Montgomery 9, Jacksonville 6. Jason Cromer allowed only 2 unearned runs in 6 innings…Rhyne Hughes (12), Gaby Martinez (19) and Rashad Eldridge (4) homered for the Biscuits. Brevard Co. 6, Vero Beach 3 (13). Wade Townsend turned in maybe his best performance of the season, allowing only 1 […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Crawford And Dirtbag To DL; Rays Magic Number Sits At 40

  August 12, 2008 at 11:01 am 3 comments

  THE GOOD: The loss of Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria to the DL was relieved a little on Sunday when Rocco Baldelli was activated from the DL and made the start in right field. He played the first 5 innings, before being replaced by Gabe Gross. It was Rocco’s first […]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] David Price Will Make Triple-A Debut On Wednesday

  August 12, 2008 at 9:11 am 0 comments

  Richmond 4, Durham 2. Ben Hendrickson allowed only 2 runs in 6 innings…Fernando Perez hit his 4th home run. Montgomery (off-day) Vero Beach 6, Brevard Co. 0. Wilton Noel allowed only 1 hit in 6 shutout innings. He struck out 5 and walked 3. Noel had a no-hitter through 6 […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Dan Wheeler Throws Lose-Lose Pitch; Rays Lose

  August 8, 2008 at 11:24 am 0 comments

  THE GOOD: Andy Sonnanstine was the hard-luck loser, shutting out the M’s for 7 innings before allowing a run in the 8th. At one point he retired 17-straight batters, a team record…Rays batters that led-off an inning were on base 4 times in a row at one point. THE BAD: […]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Brignac Out With Broken Wrist; Cal Ripken Group Finalizes Purchase Of Vero Beach D-Rays

  August 8, 2008 at 10:34 am 0 comments

  Durham 11, Richmond 2. Mitch Talbot struck out 8 in 6 innings, giving up 2 runs (1 earned). He allowed 6 hits and 1 walk…Justin Ruggiano drove in 5 with a double and a home run…Jon Weber was 3-5 with 2 doubles and an RBI…Jonny Gomes doubled and homered in […]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rocco Is Ready; May Be Forced To Wait A Few More Days

  August 6, 2008 at 3:21 pm 3 comments

  DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… BJ Upton was benched for this afternoon’s game for not running out a ground ball back to the pitcher in the 9th inning of last night’s game. Joe Maddon did not rule out using him late in the game. [The Heater] As we expected, Rocco Baldelli is […]

   
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  [DOWN ON THE FARM] Zobrist Named IL Player Of The Week

  August 6, 2008 at 3:03 pm 0 comments

  Durham 9, Richmond 6. Heath Phillips made his 2nd start for the Bulls and gave up 2 runs in 5 innings…Juan Salas pitched 2 perfect innings with 4 strikeouts and Scott Dohmann got his 17th save with a perfect 9th…6 different Bulls had at least 2 hits including Justin Ruggiano […]