A Quick Look At The Stolen Base Opportunities
mvn.com 4/12/2009 — We at Rays Party look at before that Rays were more than capable of leading the Majors in stolen bases as well as their stolen base percentage . But thanks to Baseball-Reference , we can now look at a new stat, stolen base opportunity (SBO). Fairly simple, a SBO is when a player is on first or ...

USC quarterback Mitch Mustain sees limited opportunities - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 4/15/2009 — "Obviously I'd like to keep going," he said. "I've still got two weeks left. "I don't know if it's an indicator of anything, but the opportunities I do get, I'm going to keep firing." After reviewing tape of Saturday's scrimmage at the Coliseum, ...

The Playoffs And Power Play Opportunities
japersrink.com 3/30/2009 — Conventional wisdom holds that when hockey's second season starts, NHL officials swallow their whistles in favor of letting the teams - and not possibly questionable calls - decide critically important games. The funny thing about conventional ...

Time to give Owings more opportunities to hit
bases.newsvine.com 4/24/2009 — Hitter or pitcher? How about both?

Rays get their first win of the season — L.A. Times - Baseball News 4/9/2009
Tampa Bay gets six solid innings from starter Scott Kazmir in a 7-2 defeat of the Boston Red Sox. > Tampa Bay 7, at Boston 2: Scott Kazmir pitched six solid innings and the bullpen ...

Lester Drops Out Worse Than Wall Street: Sox Lose 7-2 — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/9/2009
Despite the Red Sox bats not sparking last night, the poor performance of Jon Lester was not expected. After this 7-2 loss at the hand of the Rays, the Red Sox look to battle back this afternoon in a rare 1:35 p.m. weekday game. Lester's ...

Red Sox Vs Rays: Take A Deep Breath and Remember — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/9/2009
Read more articles like this everyday at GetOutofMyBallpark.com. Let's focus on the positive. The world is not ending. It was game two of a 162 game season. If the Sox lose 60 more times this season it will have been a great year. There was ...

Red Sox Look to Take Series From Rays — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/9/2009
At 1:35 pm today, the Red Sox will send Daisuke Matsuzaka to the hill in hopes of grabbing the series win against Tampa Bay's Matt Garza. Garza had an electrifying performance against the Sox in the playoffs, but Daisuke is looking to give him his ...

Jon Lester Allows Five Runs in Five Innings for Red Sox — Bleacher Report - MLB 4/9/2009
Following the New York Yankees' opening day loss to the Orioles, the Yankee squad heard about it. Highly touted starter CC Sabathia giving up six runs in his Yankee debut and Mark Teixeira going hitless in his first game wearing pinstripes are just ...