Rays beat Yankees in extras, take first place as Bombers slide

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Rays beat Yankees in extras, take first place as Bombers slide
Baseball Toaster found this 5/14/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Tuesday, May 13th 2008, 10:17 PM ST. PETERSBURG , Fla. - The difference between the atmospheres in the two clubhouses told the story. On the visiting side, there was nothing but somber silence, the few players still hanging around doing their best to explain what went wrong in another heart-breaking loss. Just down the hall, the home clubhouse had music pumping as ... [link]

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Bronx Banter: Youse Guys Stink
Published 5/14/2008 at Baseball Toaster
"I feel like their energy is definitely more than ours." --Hideki Matsui (Feinsand, N.Y. Daily News) In the top of the fifth inning last night, YES broadcaster Ken Singleton said, "The Yankees look as if they are hitting under water." It was an apt description and a nice way of puting it. Listless, ancient and awful are other words that come to mind. The Yanks didn't score their first run until the ninth inning, when with one out, Hideki Matsui ripped a high fastball from Troy Percival for a solo home run. Derek Jeter, standing at the top of the dugout, immediately raised his ...

No use fighting it; Rays better than Yanks right now
Published 5/14/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Well, last night was disappointing wasn't it ? Hideki Matsui 's exciting ninth inning homer was essentially wasted, as the team watched the Rays dispose of them quite quickly in the 11th -- the first extra inning game for the Bombers this season -- which ...

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Projo Sox Blog found this 5/14/2008 on www.nypost.com

May 14, 2008 -- HANK Steinbrenner had a mes sage yesterday for his Yankees: Gentlemen, it's time to get your act together. "We've got to forget about all the injuries and start playing our butts off," Steinbrenner told The Post. The Yankees were ...
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Hank: Yanks tank

River Avenue Blues found this 5/14/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

Right on cue, Hank Steinbrenner bashed the Yankees. Hours before Joe Girardi insisted his team was playing hard after a 2-1 loss against he Rays, here is what Hank Steinbrenner told Kevin Kernan of the Post: “We’ve got to forget about ...
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A-ROD TARGETS TUESDAY

Baseball Toaster found this 5/14/2008 on www.nypost.com

TAMPA - Six days from now, Alex Rodriguez says the plan is to finally put the disabled list in the past and rejoin the Yankees' season. The new projection for the superstar's much-awaited comeback is Tuesday night against Baltimore in The Bronx...
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Rays beat Yankees to take over first place - St. Petersburg Times

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/14/2008 on www.tampabay.com

Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura leaps over the Yankees’ Robinson Cano while turning a 5-4-3 double play hit into by Alberto Gonzalez in the second inning.
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Man Who Inherited Team From Father Tells Yanks To Start Earning Their Keep

Tirico Suave posted 5/14/2008 from www.tiricosuave.com

I quote the one and only Hank Steinbrenner: "The Yankees have got to start playing the way the Rays are playing." Those words emblazoned on t-shirt coming soon to Tirico Suave.
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