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6/11: News & Notes
Published 6/11/2008 by Patrick L. Kennedy at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... SITS FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY: For the past several days, Rays manager Joe Maddon has insisted that DH Cliff Floyd would return to the lineup the following day. Each day passed, and Floyd wasn't in the lineup. The only solace for the benched veteran had to be Maddon's assurances that he would play again "tomorrow". Yet the promised playing time never came, and Tuesday night's game was the fourth straight in which Floyd did not start. So how did Floyd react to what seems like the surest sign yet of a benching? "I don't blame him," ...

[THE HANGOVER] Rays Shutdown By Jered Freakin' Weaver
Published 6/11/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Professor) at Rays Index
THE GOOD: James Shields faced only one over the minimum in 6 of the 8 innings he pitched. That's it. That's the only good thing we could come up with...Oh, and Evan Longoria had 2 doubles, responsible for half of the Rays' hits. THE BAD: Jered Weaver? Unfortunately for the Rays, Weaver pulls one of these out of his ass once a month. In 3 previous starts this season he had thrown at least 7 shutout innings with 3 hits or fewer and yet he still had an ERA closer to 5 than 4...The top 4 hitters in the lineup were a combined 1-14 with 4 strikeouts and a ...