raysprospects.com - 11/3/2009
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The Game: The Phoenix Desert Dogs defeated the Surprise Rafters 10-2 on Monday. The Desert Dogs took an early lead in the first inning and never looked back. Three consecutive walks loaded the bases for Phoenix. Chris Marrero then delivered a two run single. Grant Desme followed with an RBI ...
Rays working on Iwamura deal
blogs.tampabay.com 11/3/2009 — Just got back to New York and heard from an industry source who's not with the Rays that they are on the verge of completing a trade of 2B Akinori Iwamura. The Rays were looking to do some kind of deal since they weren't planning to pick up the ...
Pirates trade Jesse Chavez to Rays for Akinori Iwamura
northsidenotch.com 11/3/2009 — The Pirates have traded for 2B Akinori Iwamura, thus solving the problem of needing a second baseman. In return for Iwamura, the Rays will receive reliever Jesse ChavezIwamura, 30, is a career .281 hitter in 3 seasons with the Rays. He also has a career OPS of .747, which is just about average. ...
Pirates Trade Jesse Chavez To Tampa For Akinori Iwamura
thisisgettingold.net 11/3/2009 — In other news ... McDonald's sells about 4.2 million hamburgers a day in the United States. See, much more interesting. The exact details of this trade probably won't be revealed until the World Series is over. The waiting is the hardest part.
Pirates close to acquiring Iwamura
community.post-gazette.com 11/3/2009 — The Pirates are close to acquiring infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays, possibly as soon as tonight.
The word that they were involved in talks came at 3:04 p.m. this afternoon on the Post-Gazette's Twitter account .
Report: Pirates set to trade for Iwamura —
Major League Baseball News 11/3/2009
The Pirates are on the verge of completing a deal for Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura, according to The St. Petersburg Times, which is reporting that an announcement will come on Tuesday evening after Tampa Bay has been able to reach Iwamura in Japan.