Rays Sweep Marlins, Move into 3rd Place in AL East
tbsportsblog.com 6/29/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three game sweep of their cross state rivals, the Florida Marlins. In doing so, Tampa Bay kept pace with the New York Yankees in the wildcard chase while moving past the Toronto Blue Jays and sole possesion of third place in the American League Eastern ...

The Tampa Bay Rays Reach the Mid-Point…Sort Of
thebullgator.blogspot.com 7/13/2009 — Okay so 89 games isn’t exactly the mid-point of the season, but reaching the All-Star break might as well be considered halftime. The Tampa Bay Rays currently sit at 48-41. A respectable record for a team still considered to be young and improving. But a step back from this point last ...

Rays Win Again; Tampa Bay 8 Games Over .500
thebullgator.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — This time of year is tough for me. Very tough. No football. The one sport I’m trying to become a fan of (it’s hard…so very hard) is the only sport currently in season. And the entire city of Orlando is doing its best to crush everything I believed to be good in this world (at least one of you ...

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 ...

Get Back to Where They Once Belonged: Rays Even Up With Yanks
tbsportsblog.com 7/29/2009 — If tonight was the last time you'll see Scott Kazmir in a Tampa Bay Rays uniform, he instantly upgraded his trade value. Kazmir put together an outstanding outing, outdueling high priced free agent C.C. Sabathia to help Tampa Bay even up the series with the Yankees with a 6-2 victory.  ...

Rays at the Quarter Pole - Not What We Expected
tbsportsblog.com 5/22/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays won in dramatic fashion today, rallying from a 2 run deficit in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a series split with the last place Oakland Athletics. The victory for the Rays completed a disappointing 5-3 homestand against two of the worst teams in the American League. It ...

Comings and Goings in Tampa Bay Sports
tbsportsblog.com 7/14/2009 — - The Tampa Bay Rays limped into the All-Star break, dropping their last two games to the last place Oakland Athletics. Against the American League's bottom feeders, the Rays are a horrid 10-15. That's one reason why they find themselves 6 1/2 games back. - Carlos Pena took the spot of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Toronto Blue Jays - Recap - June 30, 2009
scores.espn.go.com 7/1/2009 — Three homers, Garza help Rays stretch win streak to seven TORONTO -- Right from the first pitch, the Tampa Bay Rays had their power stroke going. B.J. Upton homered to leadoff the game, Carl Crawford and Willy Aybar added solo shots and the Rays won ...

Half Way Rays: Tampa Bay Reaches The Midway Point With More Questions — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
Tampa Bay recovered from an extremely slow start to the season to pull over .500 in the second quarter. With 83 games in the books, the Rays have passed the midway point in 2009 and we begin to gear up for the second half of the season and hopefully ...

Texas Rangers' Week Thirteen Review: Texas Heat Smolders Halos and Rays — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
The Texas Rangers came into the series hosting the Angels at the end of a terrible June.  For the month, Texas had a losing record, the worst hitting, and worst on-base percentage.  And worst of all they had lost their lead over the Angels. ...

Another Toronto starter to make big league debut — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/6/2009
Left-hander Marc Rzepczynski will be brought up from the minor leagues by the Toronto Blue Jays to make his major league debut Tuesday night at Tampa Bay in place of Brad Mills, who has bruised ribs.

Halfway Rays: Tampa Bay Reaches Midway Point with More Questions — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
Tampa Bay recovered from an extremely slow start to the season to pull above .500 in the second quarter. With 83 games in the books, the Rays have passed the midway point in 2009, and we begin to gear up for the second half of the season and ...

Texas Rangers Sweep Devil Rays 12-4 — Bleacher Report - MLB 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 ...