With ecstatic walk-off wins, a lethal offense, great pitching, and the regular season closing down, it's starting to look like that the Tampa Bay Rays will come away with their first division title in franchise history.
I projected the Rays to come fourth, in front of Baltimore, but I stand corrected.
Carlos Pena, B.J. Upton, Scott Kazmir, Akinori Iwamura, Dioner Navarro, James Shields, and Matt Garza are all studs.
Try being me. It seems like the Red Sox are winning five out of 10 and the Rays are winning nine out of 10. They NEVER lose. I hate it!
The Red Sox might not even make the playoffs, and even if they do, they will be eliminated somewhere throughout.
The Rays are bone-crushing I tell you, and will cruise into the playoffs like there is no tomorrow.
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J.P. Out At The Ballgame
seamheads.com 8/19/2008 — Los Angeles Angels vs. Tampa Bay Rays Monday, August 18, 2008 This is Jason Pafundi reporting for Baseball Digest Daily live at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Please be sure to visit www.baseballdigestdaily.com for all your baseball news. Starting Pitchers TB: Andy Sonnanstine (12-6, 4.35) LAA: Jon Garland (11-7, 4.26) Pre-Game Notes ...
Game 123 - Rays vs. Rangers
herraysbaseball.com 8/19/2008 — Balfour’s Percy impersonation was not amusing!
First, sorry no post on Saturday’s game. There was really not too much to say about it. It was kinda like tit for tat. Garza shut them out and so they returned the favor.
However last ...
Yankees @ Jays Series Preview
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 8/19/2008 — Yankees - Blue Jays @ Rogers Centre (3 games) Well the Yankees finally won a series, taking two of three from the last place Royals at The Stadium this weekend. Now, all they need to do is win every series for the rest of the season starting with a three-gamer against the Jays in Toronto. So far this season the Yankees lead the season series five games to four. It's not going to be ...
Youk, Varitek Lead Red Sox Past Orioles 7-2
soxanddawgs.com 8/20/2008 — Kevin Youkilis drove in 3 runs and Jason Varitek drove in 2 to help lead the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 in front of 48,515 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The win keeps the Red Sox 4.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays who won again tonight.
50 millionth O's fan honored at Camden Yards -
baltimoresun.com 8/20/2008 — O's 50 millionth fan In addition to the money, Ellicott City's Kevin Gracie was given two Orioles season tickets for the next five years. 'I'll pay off some student loans, and I get to go to games for years and bring some friends out," he said. ( Sun ...
Aybar rallies Rays past Angels 4-2 (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/20/2008
Willy Aybar broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run double, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Tuesday night for their ninth victory in 11 games. The AL East leader overcame a strong pitching performance by Angels ...