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Projo Sox Blog found this 8/21/2008 on www2.tbo.com [flag]
The Tampa Tribune Published: August 21, 2008 Updated: 12:12 am ST. PETERSBURG - The microscope of a pennant race magnifies everything about the chase. Despite the fact the Rays entered the game with the best record in the American League and have not lost a series since the All-Star break, a 5-4 setback like the one handed to Tampa Bay by the Los Angeles Angels is opened to dissection. "We ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Thursday, August 21
Published 8/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... A LITTLE HELP: The Red Sox' night wasn't a complete loss, as the Angels scored a run in the ninth -- after giving up a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth -- and beat the Rays, 5-4 (Tampa Tribune), enabling Boston to stay 4 1/2 behind in the A.L. East. Joe Maddon, however, says ...

If a Team Wins the Division, But No One Is Around to Hear It, Does It Make a Sound?
Published 8/21/2008 by Red (noreply@blogger.com) at Surviving Grady
... Now here are the Rays, in the thick of an actual pennant race for the first time ever, playing at home against a potential playoff opponent, both vying for the best record in baseball. And the Trop -- at least from what I could see courtesy of the ESPN2 cameras -- can't be more than a third full. ...

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