raysindex.com - 7/18/2009
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For all we know, this blogger’s source is the neighbor’s dog named Sam (don’t worry, we are too young to get that reference either). But supposedly the Rays and Giants are having serious discussions that would send Carl Crawford to the Giants for a minor league pitcher .
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mlbnotebook.com - 7/16/2009
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mlbnotebook.com —
All-Star MVP Carl Crawford was the first position
player to earn the Ted Williams All-Star MVP Award...
without scoring or driving in a run. It's safe to say Crawford's defense, namely his 7th inning leaping catch to rob Brad Hawpe of a home run, earned him the MVP honors. Looking at Crawford and ...
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Carl Crawford: Model for future All-Star MVPs?
mvn.com - 7/16/2009
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mvn.com —
This will be a new feature here at
the Rays Party. I will update the Prospect Rankings...
twice during the season as well as before the start and after the season. I've divided them into full season ball prospects (top 35 prospects) as well as short season ball prospects (after the jump / top 20 ...
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Rays Prospect Rankings!
bayareasportsmachine.blogspot.com - 7/17/2009
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bayareasportsmachine.blogspot.com —
Here's the situation: I know a guy, who
knows a guy, who knows a guy, who's 2nd...
of kin is a high-level so-and-so with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. This anonymous so-and-so has it on good authority that Brian Sabean and D-Rays GM Andrew Friedman have ...
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Giants In Trade Talks With the...D-Rays?
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Around the Majors —
... to sign. Alex Remington produced SlumpBot .200, listing a number of brand name players who struggled in the first half and breaking down their chances of a rebound. I like Jeff Pearlman, but he really is dead wrong about the steroid issue, falling into the Marriotti/Plaschke camp. Joe Mauer is Mr. Minnesota, writes Jim Caple. Chris Berman isn't quite the same draw as Evan Longoria; sorry, Chris. Rays Index writes about the chances of the Tampa Bay Rays trading Carl Crawford. Cork Gaines was prompted to focus ...
Top Five Durham Bulls — RBIs
Watching Durham Bulls Baseball —
... Rays Index (and others) have really stirred up a storm regarding a rumored Carl Crawford trade. As a die-hard Bulls fan, I don’t have much of a dog in that hunt. However, I have to comment on the general myopia of Rays bloggers about the Bulls. Last time I looked, we’ve got four outfielders and, as good as he is, Matt Joyce is not the best of them. Most of the concern goes back to the Jackson/Joyce trade, but we don’t have a dog in that hunt either. ...
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