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Percival feeling strong, Rays' roster decision pending By
Joe Smith and Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writers
In print: Thursday, October 9, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG Rays officials were talking a lot Wednesday about whether to add an 11th pitcher to their ...
By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer In
print: Thursday, October 2, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG Feeling good
wasn't good enough for Troy Percival to have a spot in the Rays bullpen. Though nothing was official Wednesday and all was conceivably subject to ...
The Rays still say they haven’t finalized their
roster, as there are still some last-minute decisions to
be made, but there are other indications about where they’re going. Troy Percival said he doesn’t think he’ll be on the ...
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 ...
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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 ...
By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer In
print: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 BALTIMORE How often RHP
Troy Percival and LHP David Price can pitch will be key issues this week as the Rays decide whether one or both will pitch for them in the opening ...
Way too much is being made of the
decision by the local chapter of the BBWAA to
name Jason Bartlett the Rays' MVP . First it was the guys at Fire Joe Morgan taking exception to the vote. "...if any baseball analyst of any kind tells me that "you ...
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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 ...
I think it’s more than a little obvious
the Rays have a teeny, tiny…ok, huge, glaring hole
at the back end of their bullpen. Troy Percival, who was solid as a rock for the first month of the season has just been a shell of the pitcher we ...
Click the play button below to hear Sean
McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the potential
for a Red Sox-Rays ALCS, why Tampa Bay won't fall apart (as many had predicted), whether the Rays can afford to keep Troy Percival as their ...
By John Romano , Times Sports Columnist In
print: Friday, September 12, 2008 NEW YORK — For
the most part, Joe Maddon has taken all the fun out of being a critic. What good is it to second-guess when the first guess invariably turns out right? He ...
Yesterday's 4-2 win by Tampa Bay over Boston
featured a lot of the data patterns we've identified
around here. The depth of Tampa's bullpen was clearly evident, and the creeping concerns over Troy Percival, at least in this game, proved justified, as Manager Joe Maddon had to pull the pitcher in the
I have been wanting to write this article
for a while now but something inside me wanted
to believe I was wrong. I wanted to believe Troy Percival was okay. I wanted to believe he could close the door on a game since coming off the DL. His back was ailing him this time. What’s next?









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