raysallday.com - 7/3/2009
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The holiday weekend takes the Rays to Arlington to take on the Texas Rangers. Scott Kazmir makes his second start since coming off the DL. His opponent will be rookie RHP Tommy Hunter, who is making his third start of the season. He is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA. That’s much improved ...
Texas Sweeps Rays
tbsportsblog.com 7/6/2009 —
Entering the holiday weekend, the Rays came in as one of the hottest teams in baseball. When it was over, the Texas Rangers were in first place and the Rays fell further behind in both the AL East Divisional race and the AL wildcard chase.
Texas swept Tampa Bay by silencing the red hot ...
All Things Rays: We NEED a Win
raysallday.com 8/15/2009 —
Last night’s 5-2 loss was dissapointing, but we got beat by one of the best. The Rays now need to rattle off 6 or 7 in a row if they want to stay a contender. The Rays are 5 games back in the Wild Card, so they can still reach the Red Sox, but the more they keep losing, the less of a ...
All Things Rays — What to Watch Today
raysallday.com 6/27/2009 —
The spotlight for today will squarely be on Scott Kazmir’s return to the starting rotation. If nothing else, his return cost Andy Sonnanstine his slot on the team. I’m sure the Andy fan club is not thinking good things this morning about the Rays and Kaz, and I’ll bet ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kazmir outing draws optimism
www2.tbo.com 6/24/2009 — MARC LANCASTER | The Tampa Tribune Published: June 24, 2009 ST. PETERSBURG - Everyone sounded so optimistic about Scott Kazmir's progress Tuesday that it seemed the only difficult part of deciding when he will rejoin the Rays is determining who will ...
All Things Rays: Let’s Win the Series
raysallday.com 7/18/2009 —
After the win last night, tonight is the real challenge. The Rays draw Zack Greinke from the Royals. He will face Kaz, who has struggled all season. This will be a key game for the Rays coming off the 8-7 win last night.
Grienke is 10-5 on the season with a 2.12 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP. He has ...
Rangers 3, Rays 1 —
NYT > Baseball 7/4/2009
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night.