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How do you follow up drinking from an
athletic supporter? Jonny Gomes, Joe Maddon and the rest
of the Devil Rays managed to do a pretty good job in Chicago. Much better than the Phillies apparently.
Carlos Peña was nixed from Friday's lineup card
by a concerned Joe Maddon just before the game
due to a scratched cornea. The Tampa Bay Rays were fine without the slugging first baseman -- who is still experiencing slightly blurred vision in his left eye -- pulling out a 6-2 victory over the Chicago
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Joe Maddon Latest Blog Posts [more]
Rays Win the Title For Best Clubhouse Parties
Posted 9 hours ago at The Sporting Blog
Sonnanstine comes up big for Rays
Posted 10 hours ago at MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
Mr. Maddon, Is That A Bottle Of Patron In Your Hand, Or….
Posted 19 hours ago at Bugs & Cranks
Tampa Bay Rays Advance To American League Championship, Defeat White Sox
Posted 21 hours ago at The Critical Fanatic
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The Tampa Bay Rays are on the cusp
of advancing to the ALCS (which will give them
as many series victories as the Cubs in the last 100 years), and it looks like they’re going to be tough to slow down. But, that won’t stop the White Sox ...
HENDERSON Published: October 3, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG -
Playoff baseball is supposed to be different. They promised
it would be. So we came to Tropicana Field on Thursday expecting history and things we had never seen before. What we got was a rerun ...
So we’ll try something new here based on
a few brilliant reader suggestions. We’ll put up open-ended
posts for the four playoff series and try to add little tidbits throughout the weekend. * * * You can’t get any better ...
MARTIN FENNELLY | The Tampa Tribune Published: October
2, 2008 Updated: 12:35 am The day he was
hired, this was written about Joe Maddon: "The fourth manager in Devil Rays history is a book you can't put down. A concert you rock to, a story that ...
ST. PETERSBURG -- While the Rays won't announce
their final 25-man postseason roster until Thursday's 10 a.m.
ET deadline, manager Joe Maddon said on Wednesday that the club will go with a makeup of 15 position players and 10 pitchers for the American ...
Baseball predictions, like those in politics, often look
really silly six months after they were made. Did
anyone outside of L.A. or Tampa Bay know who Joe Maddon was in April?
Joe Maddon had tried several times to get
a managerial job before he joined the Rays, including
a bid to lead the Red Sox before Terry Francona was hired.
In two of their last three trips to
the playoffs, the Angels suffered embarrassing first-round sweeps at
the hands of the Boston Red Sox. So this summer they set out to avoid Boston altogether in the division series, rolling to baseball's best record ...
Because, really what better way is there to
celebrate winning the division? This according to our good
friends at Big League Stew , who provide this photographic evidence: And this explanation: outfielder Jonny Gomes drinks a beer shooter ...
And yes, they got photos. outfielder Jonny Gomes
drinks a beer shooter out of a cup —
no, not the souvenir kind — which might belong to teammate Dioner Navarro and which might not have been sanitized previous to use. Gomes and pals later applied some friendly peer pressure to skipper Joe Maddon, wh
By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer In
print: Friday, September 26, 2008 DETROIT The Rays liked
what they saw in RHP Troy Percival 's return to the mound Thursday, and if the veteran closer handles his next outing as well, they could be seeing a ...
MARTIN FENNELLY | The Tampa Tribune Published: September
25, 2008 BALTIMORE - This is no time to
mess around. Rays reliever Troy Percival knows that - he has to know that as the playoffs approach. Rays manager Joe Maddon knows that - he has to know ...
Manager Joe Maddon greets Fernando Perez after Perez
scored on Carlos Pena’s single in the seventh inning
of the opener.
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon might intentionally
walk your best hitter with the bases loaded. He
might use five outfielders against you. He most certainly won't shy away from breaking with tradition if he thinks it will help his team win.
Posted by ( BrooksMorgan ) on September 23,
2008 at 9:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal ) I
can see Maddon's dilemna on how to utilize Price most effectively in the postseason. It's tempting to try him out as closer. However, you can't help but feel like ...
Fox's Zelasko apologizes for referring to 'Tampa Rays'
By Tom Jones , Times Staff Writer In print:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Fox baseball pregame host Jeanne Zelasko has a message for Rays fans: She's sorry. After often referring to the team as ...
David Chalk of BugsAndCranks.com gets a mohawk after
seeing so many Tampa Bay Devil Rays get mohawks,
such as BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, Scott Kazmir and manager Joe Maddon....
David Chalk of BugsAndCranks.com gets a mohawk after
seeing so many Tampa Bay Devil Rays get mohawks,
such as BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, Scott Kazmir and manager Joe Maddon....
In the coming weeks, one of the best
stories to emerge from Tampa Bay will be that
of Joe Maddon, the quiet, be-speckled professor. A strong favorite to win AL Manager of the Year, Maddon is a commodity on the rise and those are difficult to find in today’s market place. He took over ...
Rays manager Joe Maddon has made his decision
on which call-up, David Price or Mitch Talbot, will
get a start this week at Baltimore. Both. Lefty Price, USA Today’s Minor League Player of the Year, will make his first major league start ...
The Tampa Bay Rays are a win away
from clinching their first playoff berth in team history.
With a record of 91-61, the Rays lead the AL East by 1.5 games over the defending World Series Champs the Boston Red Sox. Joe Maddon, the team's manager, has done wonders with a lineup that ...
I remember back in May 2005, the Chicago
White Sox were off to a fantastic start to
the season. Halfway through the month they had a 29-12 record, and a 5 and a half game lead over the Twins. Most people don't believe me when I tell them this, but ...
You won't believe what Wade Boggs was wearing
throwing out the first pitch before Wednesday's Devil Rays-Red
Sox game at Tropicana Field.
Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic threw out
the first pitch before Wednesday's Devil Rays-Red Sox game,
and met with Joe Maddon and co. after. Howard promises to bring back a championship to Orlando!
Click on above images to be taken to
full standings, boxscores or schedule... THE GOOD: The Rays
have now won 4 of their last 5 versus the Red Sox ... Joe Maddon . With the Rays up 8-3 in the 5 th with 2 on and David Ortiz due up, Papa ...
By Gary Shelton , Times Sports Columnist In
print: Thursday, September 18, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG Swing patterns,
the man said. Swing patterns. Joe Maddon, the guy at the head of the class, was in full professor mode again, and for the moment, it ...
Silly? Yes; especially when you consider that manager
Joe Maddon is wearing one. But the Rays' new
mohawk look seems to have mystical powers; a force that the Boston Red Sox were not able to overcome on Tuesday. The Rays broke free from a virtual tie ...
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Ed Hardy designer T-shirts
came first, now Mohawk haircuts are becoming the rage
in the Rays' clubhouse. First it was B.J. Upton, then Edwin Jackson, Evan Longoria and others followed. Now even manager Joe Maddon is on board. ...
The Ed Hardy designer T-shirts came first, now
Mohawk haircuts are becoming the rage in the Rays'
clubhouse. First it was B.J. Upton, then Edwin Jackson, Evan Longoria and others followed. Now even manager Joe Maddon is on board.
and we have a picture and plenty of
testimonial evidence, from Tampa TV and newspapers, and Boston
print media, and mlb.com -- Joe Maddon is officially the coolest manager ever.
St. Petersburg, FL -- Looking for anyway to
make a change after Monday night's 13-5 drubbing by
the Red Sox, some Rays have gone with a new look... the mohawk! Several players have sported the do (B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria, Jonny Gomes) during the ...
The Tampa Bay Rays have been one of
the best stories of the 2008 baseball season. Maybe
someone should alert the Tampa/St. Pete area. They aren't even fighting for a playoff spot at this point. It's in the bag. With only 14 games remaining, the Rays ...
He arrived early Saturday to the big leagues
at its biggest stage, making a beeline toward Yankee
Stadium and capturing the moment and images on his cellphone. That was not enough, so David Price also arrived early Sunday to sneak another peek, this ...
















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Surging Devil Rays stage another clubhouse party for the ...