seamheads.com - 7/7/2008
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In the final part of my six part series on major league expansion drafts, I examine the seventh expansion draft in major league history, the 1998 expansion draft for the newest members of Major League Baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. RULES The same rules applied as those that were in place for the 1993 draft. The draft had three rounds, each club ...
Devil Rays Give Fans Gas …. For Free!
bugsandcranks.com 7/7/2008 — Sunday, our Devil Rays improved to 36-13 at home.
As if that wasn’t reason enough to come out to the Trop, our Devil Rays promise to give you gas for free if you come out for the first home game after the All-Star Break. It’s not a very ...
Rays to the Top
seamheads.com 7/7/2008 — In the previous 10 seasons of their existence, the Tampa Bay Rays were never close to first place when they woke up on July 1. This season — after beating the Red Sox on June 30 — the Rays went to bed on June 30 knowing they would be on top of the AL East when action started in July. The closest they were before that was in 2000 when they sat in the AL East cellar and trailed ...
Climbing the Ladder with the National League 7/6/2008
seamheads.com 7/7/2008 — All-star rosters to be announced today The Arizona Diamondbacks kept losing, and now they’re two games under .500 – but still lead the NL West. Lurking half a game back are the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have won four of five July games. The Diamondbacks’ tailspin, including a 1-4 record to start July, has opened the door for three teams that each found themselves 12 games back in May. ...
ON DECK: METS AT PHILLIES —
NY Post: Sports 7/7/2008
As mediocre as the Mets (44-44) have been through the first 88 games of the season, a win tonight in Philadelphia (7:05, SNY, WFAN) would put them 2 ½ games behind the Phillies with the below-average Giants and Rockies coming to Shea before the...