taoofstieb.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
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Last night's game scared the crap out of us. As much as we'd like to imagine that the Jays were underestimated coming into the season and that the Rays were going to turn back into pumpkins at any moment, the truth is that the Greater Tampa-St. Petersburg area squad is really good. And not ...
bizofbaseball.com - 6/30/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
With Sunday’s games in the books, Interleague Play
for MLB in 2009 is nearly concluded (a June...
16th rainout between the Cubs and White Sox still needs to be replayed), seeing average attendance drop from last year’s record setting pace. The National League/American League match-ups drew an ...
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Inside MLB Attendance - Interleague 2009
thebullgator.blogspot.com - 6/30/2009
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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 ...
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Rays Win Again; Tampa Bay 8 Games Over .500
bluejays.gearupforsports.com - 6/30/2009
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bluejays.gearupforsports.com —
I’ll admit it: they hooked me again. The
Jays started off with a blistering April, overcoming key...
injuries with outstanding performances by youngsters filling in big shoes, scoring runs at a league-leading pace, and shooting to the top of the AL. Even after sliding in May, I thought the ...
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Jays Hearing a Dreaded, Yet Familiar Refrain
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Niemann or He-Man?
The Blue Jay Hunter —
... I think Tao put it best when he said that "lifeless" was the best way to summarize the performance by the Blue Jays. You could also really see the differing managerial styles between Joe Maddon and Cito Gaston; while Gaston plays a very laid back, "hope for something happen" kind of game, Maddon goes out there and encourages his players to be very aggressive and take bases at all costs. Aside from Gabe Gross being thrown out twice, for the most part that strategy worked for Joe Maddon and the Rays last night. ...
Hump de Bump: Now featuring more witty images and listicles
3:10 To Joba —
... of days, we present you with links (the "Bumps") to other sites that put up awesome content from the past few days. Hopefully this reading provides momentary respite. Via Not Qualified to Comment: A tracking of the recent horror that is the Cubs season. Via Flip Flop Fly Ball: Graphical interpretations of Major League Baseball. My favorite is pictured above. Via Walkoff Walk: Vernon Wells and Alex Rios Are Lucky To Be Anonymous Losers Via The Tao of Steib: The Rays are scary Via Hugging Harold Reynolds: Five reasons ...
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NYT > Baseball 6/30/2009
TORONTO (AP) -- Carl Crawford and Pat Burrell homered and the Tampa Bays Rays ruined Roy Halladay's return with their sixth straight victory, 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
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