blogs.tampabay.com - 2/20/2009
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The Rays were a big hit in the Welcome to Charlotte County parade Thursday afternoon through downtown Punta Gorda. Some players rode on a large team float, other players and coaches rode in vintage cars (manager Joe Maddon was in a Rolls Royce) along Taylor Street, waving and throwing beads to ...
joshqpublic.com - 2/21/2009
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Alex Rodriguez hasn’t been one hundred percent forthcoming
about a lot of things. He’s not the only...
one. There have been plenty of liar in the world of sports. Wanna take a look at some?
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Liars On Parade
pensburgh.com - 2/16/2009
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pensburgh.com —
"Don't plan a parade route or anything like
that. It was just one of those nights for...
us. We're not a Stanley Cup contender. We're not a team that's going to rack up 10 games in a row in this league, but games like this are going to happen once in a while." Good to see Leafs coach Ron ...
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"Don't plan a parade route or anything like that. It ...
insider.espn.go.com - 2/24/2009
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Three thousand fans, many
of them wearing Rays T-shirts or caps or jerseys,...
took advantage of the open house at the team's new...
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Rays see room for improvement
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Top O' The Order: Rays finally celebrate '08 success with parade
Big League Stew —
... Rays roster enjoyed a victory lap of sorts around downtown Punta Gorda, Fla. in Charlotte County, their spring home. Punta Gorda, from the Spanish, meaning "fat kicker." Joe Maddon rode in a Rolls Royce and some players toured in vintage cars, or this retrofitted troop carrier from D-Day 1944, when the Allies stormed Normandy. The guys later signed autographs. The mayor of Punta Gorda called the event "a huge deal." Harumph! [The Heater] • Meech juxtaposes the Rays' parade from the P-o-V of Pat the ...
Week in Review 2/15-2/21
The Rays Party —
... Camp opens up and the start of the 2009 season has begun. All players eventually report to camp. Tuesday: The Rays sign 2B Adam Kennedy to a minor league contract and will back up Iwamura in Spring and at Durham. Wednesday: Joe Maddon reveals his new slogan for 2009. Willy Aybar gets signed to a two year contract. Thursday: Juan Salas is traded to the Indians for a low-level prospect. The Rays have a parade in their new home of Port Charlotte. Friday: The Rays ...
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Madden: Success? Rays wear it well —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 2/20/2009
In his first three springs as Tampa Bay's manager, Joe Maddon, baseball's Norman Vincent Peale, did his darnedest to convince his young troops that they were not a last-place, 90-plus loss team and that they could win in the American League East.
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> TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez did yesterday what he should have done years ago: He shut up. Rodriguez not only refused to discuss his steroid use and the fallout from it, but the embattled superstar also didn't want to talk about visiting ...
THE BOSS COMES BACK FOR RARE SPRING VISIT —
NY Post: Sports 2/20/2009
> TAMPA - George Steinbrenner made a rare visit to the Yankees' spring training stadium named after him yesterday morning. Steinbrenner was taken from the parking lot to the elevator area in a golf cart that also carried attendants. He was ...
