The Bullpen Has Been Under Worked Lately. Good Or Bad?
mvn.com 6/5/2009 — Just a brief look at the dates the last time the Rays relievers pitched in a game. Rest days since last appearance and stats when pitching on # of rest days in 2009 0 Days- J.P. Howell (7 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 9 K, ER) 2 Days- Grant Balfour (7 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 7 K, ER) 4 Days- Joe Nelson, Jason ...

5 questions with DRaysBay
pinstripealley.com 6/5/2009 — With our New York Yankees hosting the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays (yes, that still sounds strange) tonight at Yankee Stadium, I reached out to R.J. Anderson of DRaysBay , our Tampa Bay blog, for some thoughts. Here is the result of our conversation. Pinstripe ...

A May Bullpen, No Old Pitchers Please
mvn.com 5/26/2009 — Yes no more Cleveland posts, for now. Any way here is a quick look at the bullpen in May. (Yellow stats and players are good, orange stats and players are bad!) Those four pitchers in the last two innings yesterday were hurt statistically so analyzing these stats are hard. Also I am too lazy ...

Rays Win The Battle To Beat The Bronx Bombers
mvn.com 6/6/2009 — June 6, 2009 Box    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  Tampa Bay  ...

Rays Win In The Curse Free Confines Of Tropicana Field
mvn.com 5/30/2009 — May 29, 2009 Box    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  Minnesota  ...

Bullpen Heart Racing Ninth, Wasn't Necessary
mvn.com 6/29/2009 — The Rays have been without a closer for over a month now. That shouldn't have made a difference going into the top of ninth with 5-1 lead over the Florida Marlins. David Price went six and a third innings and Joe Nelson an effective one and two-thirds innings to give the Rays one-run ball over ...

Seriously, Rays Play Like The Devil Rays To Let A Ten Run Lead Die On The Floor
mvn.com 5/26/2009 — May 25, 2009 Box    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  Tampa Bay  ...

What The Roles Of The Pen Should Be Now
mvn.com 6/1/2009 — With the disablement of the designated closer Troy Percival and lefty specialist Brian Shouse, Joe Maddon has decided to go with the better match-ups in order to close out games now. I totally agree with Maddon's decision because of the bullpen's makeup. For most teams, losing a closer would be ...

Iwamura Out For The Year, Shouse To The DL
mvn.com 5/26/2009 — After suffering a leg injury in yesterday's collision with Marlins Chris Coghlan , Akinori Iwamura had a MRI today in St. Pete. The tests revealed that Iwamura had a torn ACL and damage to the MCL in his knee . He also has torn ligaments in his ankle. His ACL will need surgery and take a six ...

Odds and Ends From Yankee Stadium
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 6/9/2009 — Three unrelated Yankees notes from the Stadium – The one and only Will Ferrell is taking in Saturday's game from the fifth row, close to the visitors' on-deck circle. He's wearing a bright red T-shirt that seems to be representing the Costa ...

Twins 3, Rays 2 — NYT > Baseball 6/1/2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Brendan Harris homered and Justin Morneau and Carlos Gomez also drove in runs Sunday to help the Minnesota Twins avoid a weekend sweep with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

Morning Huddle / What our writers are thinking, seeing, hearing — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 6/1/2009
RAYS' DARK DAYS: The Rays lost to the Indians 11-10 last Monday, blowing a 10-0 lead (left). Might not have been Tampa Bay's most embarrassing loss to Cleveland. On May 7, 1999, the Devil Rays led the Indians 10-2. Not only did they lose, but they got ...

Thanks For Saving The Detroit Tigers, Edwin Jackson — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/1/2009
Less then seven months ago, Detroit Tigers fans and the rest of the baseball world knew what the problem was in Detroit. Pitching. The Tigers pitching staff was one of the worst in the league, let alone just the American League. No Detroit pitcher ...

Series Preview: Kanas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/1/2009
Joyce celebrates his home run. Kanas rolls into town for a three game series against the Rays. Since Tampa is playing better, we are dropping the Devil for the time being. The Rays looked strong against the Twins, taking two out of three.  ...

Crisp placed on bereavement list — Major League Baseball News 6/1/2009
Center fielder Coco Crisp was placed on the bereavement list Monday by the Royals and he will miss the team's three-game series at Tampa Bay.