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 ...

All Things Rays: Garza Not Quite Good Enough
raysallday.com 7/30/2009 — Matt Garza pitched a relatively good game, but it wasn’t good enough to keep the Rays close enough to get the Rays a win. Dan Wheeler giving up 2 runs really hurt us, because we were in striking distance until he gave up 2 runs. The Rays have a much needed off day to prepare ...

Memorable Night As The Rays Blank A's 6-0
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/11/2009 — Last night I had the distinct honor of attending the series opener of the Rays vs. A's at Tropicana Field in Tampa. Although the crowd wasn't huge they were enthusiastic making for a great game experience. The trip was even made more special by the fact I was accompanied by my lovely wife ...

All Things Rays: FINALLY!
raysallday.com 8/16/2009 — Finally! The Rays have won a game. Now we just need to rattle off a few wins in a row. Last night’s 8-3 win was a great start. Maybe this can be a turning point that brings this team together so they can win a few. The Rays will send Matt Garza to the mound in the series finale. Garza ...

The Obvious Isn't To The Rays: Lower Ticket Prices!
mvn.com 6/24/2009 — What got me is that Tampa Bay Rays President Matt Silverman rant of the attendance last night seemed to be taking a blind eye to the answer to the problem. Silverman was disappointed the Rays only got 19,608 in attendance after expecting get a 30,000 plus crowd at least. Here is what the Heater ...

Rays Fans Loyalty Once Again Questioned
tbsportsblog.com 6/26/2009 — For the past three nights, the Tampa Bay Rays brought back memories of the 2008 World Series - a series they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. On Tuesday night, the Phillies returned to Tropicana Field for a rematch and Rays management expected a filled house to greet them. There were ...

All Things Rays: Let’s Get Another
raysallday.com 7/29/2009 — After last night’s win, the Rays now will definitely not get swept. The Rays now need to take tonight’s game to win the series. The Rays won yesterday 6-2 after beating up on the Yankees best in CC Sabathia and getting owned by the Rays worst right now, Scott Kazmir. Hopefully ...

All Things Rays: Time for Shieldsy
raysallday.com 7/12/2009 — The Rays look to rebound after a tough loss last night. Is it time we finally bury those stinkin Devil Rays uni’s never to be seen again? The Rays are officially 0-5 wearing different hats than the dark blue TB hats. They are 0-4 with the patriotic red hats and 0-1 in those Devil Rays ...

All Things Rays: Keep It Going
raysallday.com 8/22/2009 — The Rays went out and did exactly what they needed to last night by winning 5-3 over the Rangers. The Yankees helped us out by beating the Red Sox 20-11. The Rays are now 3 back in the Wild Card and 2 back of the Rangers. The Rays will send Matt Garza to the mound in pursuit of his 8th ...

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 ...

A's leading off — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/11/2009
LOONEY TUNES: Thursday's Rays game had a 20-minute delay because of a partial power outage caused by lightning that struck a nearby substation. During the break, Bugs Bunny cartoons were shown on the scoreboard, and Rays manager Joe Maddon wasn't ...

RAYS 6, A'S 0 / Lineup's just feeble however you stack it — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/11/2009
Jason Giambi was dropped in the A's lineup Friday night, hitting seventh for the first time since April 25, 2008, when he played in New York. But hitting seventh in a stacked Yankees lineup is a lot different from hitting seventh for the struggling ...

SPORTS CALENDAR — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/11/2009
TODAYBASEBALL12:30pN.Y. Mets at Atlanta (1050)1pN.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels Channel: 2 Channel: 40 3pA's at Tampa Bay (860, 1640)4pChicago White Sox at Minnesota WGN5pAtlanta at Colorado MLS Net6pSan Diego at Giants CSNBA (680, 1010)BOXING9pJoseph ...

Davis and Kennedy hit 2-run HRs in Oakland's win — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/12/2009
Rajai Davis and Adam Kennedy each hit two-run homers in the seventh inning, and Dallas Braden gave up two runs over six innings as the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Saturday night.

A's end Rays' 9-game home win streak (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/12/2009
Rajai Davis and Adam Kennedy gave a tired Dallas Braden some offensive support. Davis and Kennedy each hit two-run homers in the seventh inning, and Braden gave up two runs over six innings to help the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays ...