nytimes.com - 5/2/2008
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Across the last believe-it-or-not month, the Tampa Bay Rays, without the Devil anymore, have upgraded from perennial losers to part-time winners.
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[THE HANGOVER] The Bizarro Rays Keep Winning
Rays Index —
... And another one in the New York Times, with the title "Young Rays Give Yanks a Model to Envy". Burried near the bottom of the article is a note about some t-shirts some of the players are wearing in the clubhouse that alludes to a belief that the Rays are thinking playoffs. [New York Times] ...
We're going streaking!: Magglio Ordonez heats up Detroit
Big League Stew —
... You're my boy, Blue!: Crawford's hot play is a big reason why the Rays are in a first place tie with the Red Sox in the AL East, but the Texas native, isn't letting all the success get to head. "It's the first month. We've still got a long way to go. And everybody in this clubhouse knows it." (NY Times) ...
The Rays: Are they for real?
Projo Sox Blog —
... And then there is Jack Curry of The New York Times, writing today that the young Rays have given the Yankees a model to emulate. The Yankees chasing the Rays? Now we know we're living in a world turned (at least temporarily) upside-down. ...
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com 5/2/2008 — NEW YORK (AP) -Bobby Murcer is feeling better and ready to begin broadcasting New York Yankees games again. The longtime announcer and former All-Star outfielder was at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and plans to resume his full broadcasting schedule ...
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ON DECK: MARINERS AT YANKEES —
NY Post: Sports 5/2/2008
The bullpen was the Yankees' biggest concern when they started the season, but a month into the schedule the relief corps has been the most reliable unit on the team. The starting pitchers have been dreadful other than Andy Pettitte and Chien-Ming...
