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Rays Index found this 5/22/2008 on www.draysbay.com [flag]

To help distract us from more pointless Sonnanstine/Jackson debates, I figured I'd post something that's been on my mind for a little bit. After watching Kazmir pitch last night and seeing how well Shields has been pitching this year, I couldn't but think that we've got one of, if not the best, 1-2 punch in all of the AL East. Let's think about this... Rays #1: ... [link]

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[THE HANGOVER] Rays Finish Tough Road Trip 3-3
Published 5/22/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Professor) at Rays Index
... Do the Rays have the best 1-2 starting pitchers in the AL East? Well, the Red Sox would never in a million years trade Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka for James Shields and Scott Kazmir. [DRays Bay] ...

Thursday before Memorial Day Weekend Reading
Published 5/22/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... takes the media to task for dismissing the Bonds/collusion whispers as conspiracy theories. For the record, I’ve also dismissed those whispers. But this post is the first thing I’ve read that has made me think again. DRaysBay makes the case that Tampa Bay has the best 1-2 punch in the AL East. In case you’re keeping score at home, there’s only a week left of May and the Rays are just two games out of first place. ...

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I like watching Sonnanstine pitch because he works quickly and keeps the game moving. That is until he gets two outs and a runner in scoring position. I know it’s a small sample size but look at the numbers for this season. They’re all from Yahoo!: RISP w/2outs: 6.1IP, 4H, 21 EARNED RUNS, 29.84ERA

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