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Every now and again, I will sound off on a few topics that are “burning” news about the Tampa Bay Rays. While this series will be an ongoing recurrence throughout the year, there is not rhyme or reason to when it will be posted, so if you like it, be sure check back often, or [...]
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It has been indicated that the Tampa Bay Rays are close to signing 29 year old first baseman and designated hitter Hank Blalock.
Blalock, who had spent his whole career with the Texas Rangers has been said for weeks to be choosing between the Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays.
Blalock is the last in a recent [...]
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Welcome to the 3rd day in this wonderful March! As fans of the Tampa Bay Rays, I am sure that you are as excited as I am to see the Rays play much better today than yesterdays loss to the Baltimore Orioles–but try and remember, it is just Spring Training–a.k.a. time to get the bugs [...]
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Underdogs are exceedingly rare in baseball. That is, teams that come as if from out of nowhere and make a serious run at the playoffs. Even rarer are underdogs who get to the very brink of being champions, as the Rays did in 2008. And rarest of all is an underdog who can duplicate such [...]
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ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark is reporting [hat tip to MLB Trade Rumors] that at the winter meetings earlier this month, the New York Mets were involved in a four team trade proposal with The Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels.
Had the deal of went through here is how things would have panned out:
New [...]
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It’s official. The Rays have traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed, relief pitcher, Jesse Chavez.
Chavez, 26, finished the 2009 season with an ERA of 4.01 while recording 47 K’s and 22 BB’s.
Chavez should have a legitimate chance at procuring a roster spot for the 2010 season.
By making the [...]
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I’m a late comer to this party because, to be honest, I wasn’t sure what to think about the re-signing of Kapler.
A day has passed and I’m still not in love with the move, but I guess there’s a reason why they don’t run all of their roster decisions past me (although sometimes I wish [...]
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