All Things Rays - What to Watch Tonight
raysallday.com 6/25/2009 — It will be Andy Sonnanstine vs. Antonio Bastardo in the rubber match of this three game series. Bastardo is making just his fifth start of his career. He began by winning his first two times out. But, he has lost the last two to AL East foes Boston and Baltimore. As it turns out, the two ...

Rays Out slug World Champion Phillies for Series win
tbsportsblog.com 6/26/2009 — I've never been one for moral victories. You either win or you lose. A rematch of teams that met in a championship setting the previous season does not constitute a "revenge game" or series. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series - they have the rings. ...

Price Out Of Rays Rotation?
duelingcouches.blogspot.com 6/26/2009 — "Scott Kazmir likely will make his first start in more than a month this weekend against Florida, and manager Joe Maddon faces a decision on whether Andy Sonnanstine, rookie David Price or Jeff Niemann will be moved to the bullpen or minor leagues. Price has lost his last two starts and seems ...

Preseries Quick Hits Phillies vs. Rays: 6/23, 6/24, 6/25
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/23/2009 — The Philadelphia Phillies (36-31) return to Tampa Bay for the first time since the 2008 World Series to face the Rays (37-34). Ryan Howard has returned to the team and will hopefully be available for tonight's game after suffering from acute sinusitis and flu like symptoms. Clay Condrey joins ...

Andy Pettitte can still pitch…
nyyankeesrumors.com 6/21/2009 — Andy Pettitte Over the past few weeks there have been many people bashing Andy Pettitte’s pitching performances. While browsing the internet you can hear a lot of crazy things…I even heard a guy saying that the Yankees should release Andy because he isn’t bringing anything ...

Preview Game 70: Phillies @ Rays
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/25/2009 — The road warriors that are the Phillies will look to wrap up a series win tonight against their World Series opponent from last October. After winning one blow out and suffering a loss fueled by a couple mental errors the Phillies will look to regain their composure on both sides of the ball. ...

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 — 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 ...

Macho Row Phlashback: 2008 World Series - Game Two
macho-row.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — After being swept out of the 2007 playoffs by the Colorado Rockies , the Phillies were determined to not repeat their failures in 2008. After clinching their second straight division title the Phillies dispatched of the hot Milwaukee Brewers and took out Manny Ramirez and the rejuvenated Los ...

Pitching Has Become A Serious Problem for the Phils
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/26/2009 — After jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the first-inning, you had to feel the Phillies were gonna come out of this one with a win. Amazingly, quite the opposite happened. Those would be the only 4-runs the Phillies would score, and Tampa Bay would bang out 10-runs before the game ended. So ...

Rays 10, Phillies 4 — NYT > Baseball 6/26/2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Willy Aybar homered and drove in three runs as a replacement for an injured Evan Longoria on Thursday night, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 10-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the decisive game of a rematch of ...

Rays beat Phillies in World Series repeat — Boston.com -- Baseball News 6/26/2009
The Tampa Bay Rays hammered the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Thursday to take a small measure of revenge against their World Series foe.

MAJOR-LEAGUE NOTES / Rollins will 'sit and watch' — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/26/2009
Struggling Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins will be out of the starting lineup at least two games. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel made the announcement before Thursday's game at Tampa Bay. Rollins is hitless in his last 19 at-bats. He's hitting .211 ...

Where Did Ben Zobrist Come From? — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
In July 2004, I went to a Tri-City ValleyCats (short-season A-ball) game with my uncle and his family. Pitcher Ryan McKeller (who eventually got as high as Triple-A, and is currently in Double-A) retired the first 15 Lowell Spinners batters, and the ...

Behind Door Number Five Is... — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/26/2009
The burning question for the Tampa Bay Rays management coming up in the next week or so is what to do with the rotation. Scott Kazmir will have had a few games pitched in the minors under his rehab stint and will be ready to give it another try ...