Half Way Rays - Tampa Bay Reaches Midway Point with More Questions
tbsportsblog.com 7/6/2009 — Tampa Bay recovered from an extremely slow start to the season to pull over .500 in the second quarter. With 83 games in the books, the Rays have passed the midway point in 2009 and we begin to gear up for the second half of the season and hopefully a stretch run. When we looked at the team ...

Rays Fans Loyalty Once Again Questioned
tbsportsblog.com 6/26/2009 — For the past three nights, the Tampa Bay Rays brought back memories of the 2008 World Series - a series they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies. On Tuesday night, the Phillies returned to Tropicana Field for a rematch and Rays management expected a filled house to greet them. There were ...

All Things Rays - What to Watch Today
raysallday.com 6/28/2009 — The Rays close out the homestand this afternoon as the go for a sweep of the Florida Marlins. The Rays will send David Price to the mound to face Andrew Miller who is 2-3 with a 4.17 ERA. He’s coming off a nice start against the Baltimore Orioles when he gave up one run on one hit in ...

Rays Out slug World Champion Phillies for Series win
tbsportsblog.com 6/26/2009 — I've never been one for moral victories. You either win or you lose. A rematch of teams that met in a championship setting the previous season does not constitute a "revenge game" or series. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 World Series - they have the rings. ...

The Obvious Isn't To The Rays: Lower Ticket Prices!
mvn.com 6/24/2009 — What got me is that Tampa Bay Rays President Matt Silverman rant of the attendance last night seemed to be taking a blind eye to the answer to the problem. Silverman was disappointed the Rays only got 19,608 in attendance after expecting get a 30,000 plus crowd at least. Here is what the Heater ...

Rays at the Deadline: Nothing is Not a Bad Thing
tbsportsblog.com 7/21/2009 — As we get closer to the Major League Baseball trade deadline on July 31st  (a significant day in my life with the official release of Rise of the Ancients - Annuna ), it's the time of year where fans of the Tampa Bay Rays get a little nervous. For the longest time, the Tampa Bay ...

Rays Split Road Trip, Take 2 out of 3 from Mets
tbsportsblog.com 6/21/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays split their six game road trip through interleague play and return to the Trop exactly where they were when they left - 3 games above the mediocre line. Tampa Bay used its power offense, some timely pitching and solid bullpen work to take two out of three from the Mets. ...

Rays at the Quarter Pole - Not What We Expected
tbsportsblog.com 5/22/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays won in dramatic fashion today, rallying from a 2 run deficit in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a series split with the last place Oakland Athletics. The victory for the Rays completed a disappointing 5-3 homestand against two of the worst teams in the American League. It ...

Rays Win Again; Tampa Bay 8 Games Over .500
thebullgator.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — This time of year is tough for me. Very tough. No football. The one sport I’m trying to become a fan of (it’s hard…so very hard) is the only sport currently in season. And the entire city of Orlando is doing its best to crush everything I believed to be good in this world (at least one of you ...

Baker bristles at Rays move from St. Pete
www2.tbo.com 6/27/2009 — By CHRISTIAN M. WADE cwade@tampatrib.com and STEPHEN THOMPSON spthompson@tampatrib.com The Tampa Tribune Published: June 27, 2009 TAMPA - Will the Tampa Bay Rays be coming to downtown Tampa? Not if St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker has anything to say ...

Rays complete sweep of Marlins behind Price, Upton — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/28/2009
David Price allowed one run over 6 1-3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Florida Marlins 5-2 to complete a three-game sweep ...

Tampa Bay Rays: Where They Stand Now — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Sorry for the lack of posts as a busy schedule makes writing hard right now. The Tampa Bay Rays now sit in third place in the standings with 85 games left. The type of ball they have been playing as of late is playoff worthy. The question is ...

End Citrus Series and Interleague Play Once and for All — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Major League Baseball ended 2009 Interleague Play after the final out was made in the Yankees/Mets contest on Sunday Night Baseball, and it couldn't end soon enough. The time has come to end interleague play for good. There is just no point of ...

Rays Sweep Marlins, Move into Third Place in AL East — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of their cross-state rivals, the Florida Marlins. In doing so, Tampa Bay kept pace with the New York Yankees in the Wild Card chase while moving past the Toronto Blue Jays and sole possesion of third ...

Mariano Rivera Saves 500th in Sweep of New York Mets — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/29/2009
Mariano Rivera pitched four outs to earn his 500th career save, and also added his first career RBI on a walk to give the Yankees (43-32) a sweep and 4-2 win over the Mets (37-37). Quick ‘Cap: The Yanks jumped out to an early lead ...