Dioner Navarro

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  [THE HANGOVER] When Sonnanstine Is Hittable, He Is Very Hittable

  April 15, 2008 at 9:19 am 4 comments

  THE GOOD: Not a god damned thing..OK…Evan Longoria’s first major league home run to tie up the game was a nice moment…And Joe Maddon actually sounding pieved in the post-game press conference was a refreshing change…Outside of that? Not a damn thing. THE BAD: We don’t want to talk about [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The Rays Continue Quest For .500

  April 8, 2008 at 12:28 pm 1 comment

  THE GOOD: Jonny Gomes didn’t get his first start until Saturday and now has started two of the past three and has home runs in both contests…Jason Hammel did give up 4 runs on 8 hits, but his only walk was the intentional variety. He also managed to work 6 [...]

   
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  [THE SATURDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] Rays Punch Yankees In The Mouth

  April 5, 2008 at 8:47 am 0 comments

  DRG here again to get you through the weekend… Yesterday: Tampa Bay Rays. The Good: Scoring 13 runs in Yankee stadium in the first regular season game since the incidents in spring training. Like Prof keeps saying. If you want respect, you gotta punch the bully right in the mouth…The [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays React To Demotion Of Evan Longoria

  March 26, 2008 at 8:01 am 1 comment

  Tampa Bay Rays (5 days until Opening Day) Yesterday: Tampa Bay Rays 10, Jays 0. The Good: Rays pitchers combined on a shutout without walking a batter and striking out 8. Jason Hammel was limited to 4 innings in the game so that the relievers could catch up on their [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays Playing With New-Found Intensity

  March 6, 2008 at 1:49 am 2 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (25 days until Opening Day) Yesterday: Houston 8, Tampa Bay Rays 4. Jason Hammel started. He worked three innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits, but did not walk a batter. Reid Brignac made his first spring appearance going 0-2. Scott Dohmann’s shot at a [...]

   
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  [THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON REVOLUTION] Joe Maddon Is Infatuated With Edwin Jackson

  March 1, 2008 at 1:11 pm 0 comments

  Tampa Bay Devil Dogs (30 days until opening day) DRG here again to get you through the weekend… Just the links for now. I have a few things coming up later. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… The Rays are at home today against the Jays. One surprise in the lineup as Cliff [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Christmas In February For James Houser

  February 29, 2008 at 10:23 am 3 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (31 days until Opening Day) The Rays and James Houser have found a loophole in his suspension. The Rays added the Sarasota native to their 40-man roster in November to protect him from being taken in the Rule 5 draft, and that move apparently trumps the suspension, [...]

   
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  [THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON REVOLUTION] David Price’s Spring Schedule Remains A Mystery

  February 24, 2008 at 12:42 pm 2 comments

  Tampa Bay Devil Dogs (36 days until opening day) DRG here again to get you through the weekend… Rays Anatomy interviewed David Price. It is a solid interview with good questions. However…And this is not a jab at RA because we have seen plenty of other Q&As with Price…but when [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] The Rays Are Beginning To Believe

  February 21, 2008 at 9:07 am 2 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (39 days until Opening Day) A while back we were critical of Joe Maddon for the following quote… I think [81 wins is] a reasonable goal…But of course I don’t want us just to stop there. Some thought we were too hard on Papa Joe. Our point [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rays May Soon Be In A Position To Trade Prospects

  February 19, 2008 at 9:46 am 9 comments

  Tampa Bay Rays (41 days until Opening Day)Yesterday we posted a list of 10 questions we wished the media would ask the Rays. One of those questions dealt with the future of the shortstop position for the Tampa Bay Rays. In an ideal world, is Jason Bartlett the Rays starting [...]