www2.tbo.com - 9/2/2008
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HENDERSON Published: September 2, 2008 S T. PETERSBURG - Preparations for the Rays' first trip to postseason play are ongoing at Tropicana Field. Representatives from Major League Baseball stopped by recently to check out plans and make suggestions. And Rick Vaughn, the team's crack public relations czar, was stooped over in the dugout before Saturday's game, using a tape measure to check the ...
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Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 2
Projo Sox Blog —
... NEW MEETS THE OLD: Tonight the Rays begin a three-game series at The Trop against the Yankees, and the Tribune's Joe Henderson chronicles how the Yanks' fall has been as quick as Tampa Bay's rise. ...
[THE HANGOVER] It Is September: Queue All The "Pennant Race Pressure" Stories
Rays Index —
... Herald-Tribune, MLB.com. Apparently Martin Fennelly thinks the pressure of the pennant race doesn't start until the arbitrary date of Sept. 2. [WARNING: Numerous incomprehensible sentence fragments ahead] [Tampa Tribune] Marc Topkin also says pressure of pennant race suddenly starts today...At least his is readable. [St. Pete Times] A Tribune columnist knocking the Yankees? Say it ain't so! [Tampa Tribune] These Yankees are just about the biggest mess you can buy for $209 ...
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tampabay.com 9/2/2008 — By Marc Topkin , Times Staff Writer In print: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG The games are going to be more intense. Emotions higher. Media coverage magnified. Scrutiny increased. Distractions greater. Crowds louder and larger. ...
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yankees.lhblogs.com 9/2/2008 — Tonight: RHP Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.41) vs. RHP Matt Garza (11-7, 3.53), 7:10,YES
Wednesday: RHP Carl Pavano (2-0, 3.27) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (11-8, 3.81), 7:10, YES, ESPN
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It's Now or Never for Girardi's Yankees —
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TAMPA - The New York Yankees are cruising into yet another October this season like always, right? That couldn't be any further from the truth.
The Yankees (73-64) just flew over my head to head down to Tampa and face the AL East leading Rays ...
Percival activated from 15-day DL —
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The Tampa Bay Rays activated closer Troy Percival from the 15-day disabled list before Tuesday night's game against the New York Yankees.
The 38-year-old right-hander, sidelined because of cartilage damage in his right knee, had been out since Aug. ...
