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Tuesday Morning Rockpile:
Published 2/5/2008 by Russ <info@purplerow.com> at Purple Row: Front Page Posts
... And something funny to close with: Don't call the Tampa Bay Rays "the Tampa Bay Devil Rays" because the Tampa Bay Devil Rays will send you a letter telling you that you shouldn't call the Tampa Bay Rays "the Tampa Bay Devil Rays". Otherwise, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays request that you donate to the Rays Baseball Foundation. ...

[NEW UNIFORMS] One Blogger Is Fined For Using Moniker "Devil Rays"
Published 2/5/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
... Baseball Musings has still been referring to the Tampa Bay Rays as the "Tampa Bay Devil Rays". Well, after receiving a letter from Matt Silverman, president of the Devil Rays, they can no longer use the excuse that they "didn't get the memo". Baseball Musings was fined $1 by the Devil Rays for using the term (the money does go to a Devil Rays charity). ...

David Pinto is in Trouble
Published 2/5/2008 by R.J. Anderson <info@draysbay.com> at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
I find it somewhat hilarious that the team took the time to email David  Pinto at Baseball Musings  for calling them the "Devil Rays" and requested a one dollar donation in return.  Awesome job by the organization showing they have a sense of humor.

Please do not call the Tampa Bay Devil Rays ... [Tampa Bay Devil Rays]
Published 2/5/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
Please do not call the Tampa Bay Devil Rays "the Tampa Bay Devil Rays." [Baseball Musings] ...

Rounding The Bases: “DISGUSTING.”
Published 2/6/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... Matt Silverman, President of the Devil Rays, is on crack. And he sends DISGUSTING letters. [Baseball Musings] [ ...

This Week's Links (2/4-2/8)
Published 2/8/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
Bob Knight stepped down. The FJM guys reveal their identities; Ken Tremendous is a writer for "The Office". The Giants are not going to score many runs this year. The Rays actually sent David Pinto a letter asking him to stop using "Devil", and fining him for doing so. Sheehan's AL Spring Training previews; East (subscriber-only), Central (free), West (free). He is not optimistic about the Tribe. Giants fans express their feelings towards Tiki. Rafael Betancourt really was ...

Hawaiian Shirt Fridays: 02/08/08
Published 2/8/2008 by TD at Rain Delay
... , got into a bit of trouble with the Tampa Bay Rays. He’d been calling them the “Devil Rays” - he was then fined by the Rays. ...

Bye bye, Bedard
Published 2/8/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... seasons, their starting rotation for this season looks pretty scary if you're an O's fan: 1. Daniel Cabrera 2. Adam Loewen 3. Jeremy Guthrie 4. still-rookie Garrett Olson and... 5. ???? Are we missing something? We can't claim knowledge of the O's system, but they can't have much after Guthrie, and we only got Olson's name after looking at their MLB.com depth chart? And of course, all this and no more Miguel Tejada, who's now in Houston. So the question is: is this the year the ( don't call us Devil! ) Rays finally overtake the the O's in the standings? We think so. ...

You Can Call Us Rays.. SatanFishRays-Yanks Gamer I
Published 4/4/2008 by attackgerbil at YFSF
... ..you can can call us Bays, you can call us Bay-Rays. Just don't call us D-Rays. Let's say your team has never posted a winning seasonal record in the history of the franchise. Let's say your payroll is consistently one of the lowest in the game. Let's say your attendance hovers around 16k per game. What do you do? ...

Joe Maddon Fines Cancer Boy For Dropping D-Bomb
Published 21 days ago by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... Now, I’ve been vehemently opposed to the offensive name shortening of our Devil Rays, and I’ve called the $1 charity fines for D-bombs ...

Cancer Doesn’t Exempt Kid From $1 ‘D-Rays’ Fine
Published 21 days ago by Matt Sussman at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... . Great stuff. Since you’re an informed citizen of the universe, you also might remember when blogger David Pinto was fined one dollar by calling the Tampa Bay Rays the “Devil Rays,” their old name. Now what would happen if the two stories were to, well, collide? ...