It's getting late for Rays to make their move
www2.tbo.com 7/27/2009 — JOE HENDERSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 27, 2009 Updated: 07/27/2009 01:30 pm ST. PETERSBURG - The Rays won't clinch or lose a playoff spot in the next three nights at Tropicana Field, no matter how they fare against the New York Yankees. ...

All Things Rays: Let’s Start The Series on a Good Note
raysallday.com 7/31/2009 — This weekend is the time for the Rays to pick up some ground. The Yankees and Red Sox face the White Sox and Orioles respectively. The Rays need to win this series and especially this game. The Red Sox have the struggling John Smoltz on the mound, so the Rays could very easily gain ground on ...

Rays at the Deadline: Nothing is Not a Bad Thing
tbsportsblog.com 7/21/2009 — As we get closer to the Major League Baseball trade deadline on July 31st  (a significant day in my life with the official release of Rise of the Ancients - Annuna ), it's the time of year where fans of the Tampa Bay Rays get a little nervous. For the longest time, the Tampa Bay ...

[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Just One Perfect Game
raysindex.com 7/24/2009 — The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. click above image for boxscore THE GOOD: Apparently it was “just one game.” THE BAD: Mark Buehrle threw ...

All Things Rays: Let’s Make it 4
raysallday.com 7/10/2009 — The Rays get a no name on the mound tonight who has been performing rather well. The Rays draw righty Vin Mazzaro, who is 2-4 on the season with a 3.59 ERA. Let’s see if the Rays can beat up on him. The Rays put Jeff Niemann on the hill after skipping his last two starts. Niemann has ...

Late Inning Heroics Return For Rays in Chi-Town
tbsportsblog.com 7/22/2009 — The night before the Rays loaded the bags on Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks. Jenks responded with a strike out of Jason Bartlett to end the ballgame. Trailing 2-1 wi th no one out and the bases loaded in the top of the 9 th tonight, Jenks walked Pat Burrell, bringing home Jason ...

All Things Rays: Let’s Make it 5
raysallday.com 7/11/2009 — The Rays look to make it 5 wins in a row. Matt Garza takes the hill tonight on throwback night. The Rays will be wearing the original 1998 jersey’s on ’90’s night at the Trop. This will be throwback night, and the Rays will be wearing their own jerseys for the first time on ...

All Things Rays: Bring on the Yankees
raysallday.com 7/27/2009 — After the long 10 game road stretch, the Rays are ready to be home. The Rays are ready for the Yankees. Bring it on. This series will be one of the most important of the season as the Rays look to gain some ground on the division leading Yankees. The Rays will send James Shields to the ...

All Things Rays: Time to Win
raysallday.com 8/24/2009 — That loss was dissapointing. It’s like the Rays shut down on Sundays, not playing the game. The Rays desperately needed that sweep, but they didn’t get it. The Red Sox lost last night to the Yankees, so the Rays are 3 back in the Wild Card and now 2 behind the Rangers. The Rays ...

All Things Rays: We Have to win Sometime, Right?
raysallday.com 9/9/2009 — All I want is for the Rays to win 9 more games all season to not lose their .500 season. Is that too much to ask? I don’t want the Rays to be a below .500 team again, although it may help us get rid of Joe Maddon.The Rays had a good chance, and of course they give up a walkoff homer.  ...

HAL ISN'T BITING ON TORONTO'S HALLADAY SALE — NY Post: Sports 7/21/2009
> Hal Steinbrenner isn't ruling anything out and has concern about the back of the Yankees' rotation, but he doesn't sound like a man lusting after Roy Halladay. Talking yesterday at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees managing general partner ...

MATSUI'S HOMER PUTS YANKEES IN TIE FOR FIRST — NY Post: Sports 7/21/2009
> If the Yankees don't help themselves before the trading deadline Hal Steinbrenner believes there is enough talent to bring a World Series title to The Bronx. "I think we have a championship caliber team," Steinbrenner said late yesterday...

FOR NOW, YANKEES SEEK HELP FROM WITHIN — NY Post: Sports 7/21/2009
> ROY HALLADAY is not walking through the Yankees' door. But tonight, Sergio Mitre is. General manager Brian Cashman would not discuss Halladay directly. Yet he revealingly said, in an interview with The Post: "Right now, we are having no ...

Rays rally in ninth for 3-2 win over White Sox — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago White Sox :: 7/21/2009
Carlos Pena's sacrifice fly off Bobby Jenks capped a two-run ninth, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Tuesday night. Late rallies are becoming the norm for the Rays, who swept Kansas City with three come-from-behind wins before ...

AL Game of the Day / Rays 3, White Sox 2 — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/21/2009
Carlos Peña's sacrifice fly off Bobby Jenks capped a two-run ninth, and the Rays beat the White Sox 3-2 Tuesday night. Late rallies are becoming the norm for the Rays, who swept Kansas City with three come-from-behind wins before falling short in ...