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 ...

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 ...

Memorable Night As The Rays Blank A's 6-0
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/11/2009 — Last night I had the distinct honor of attending the series opener of the Rays vs. A's at Tropicana Field in Tampa. Although the crowd wasn't huge they were enthusiastic making for a great game experience. The trip was even made more special by the fact I was accompanied by my lovely wife ...

All Things Rays: Let’s Make it 5
raysallday.com 7/11/2009 — The Rays look to make it 5 wins in a row. Matt Garza takes the hill tonight on throwback night. The Rays will be wearing the original 1998 jersey’s on ’90’s night at the Trop. This will be throwback night, and the Rays will be wearing their own jerseys for the first time on ...

Let the Attendance Debate Begin
raysallday.com 6/24/2009 — World Series rematch. Rays vs. Phillies. I guess the expectation was that this series should be a sellout. Perhaps. But, Rays management definitely thought so. I will preface by saying a crowd of about 20,000 is a little disappointing. But, in my opinion, there are many factors that are ...

Texas Sweeps Rays
tbsportsblog.com 7/6/2009 — Entering the holiday weekend, the Rays came in as one of the hottest teams in baseball. When it was over, the Texas Rangers were in first place and the Rays fell further behind in both the AL East Divisional race and the AL wildcard chase. Texas swept Tampa Bay by silencing the red hot ...

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 ...

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 Not Happy With Attendance
raysindex.com 6/25/2009 — Last night was only the 8th World Series rematch since the introduction of interleague play. But a look at the stands and one would have thought it was just another mid-week matchup with an AL Central foe. 19,608 was the paid attendance and Matt ...

Rank the Rays Week #9
mvn.com 6/2/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays had a bad series in Cleveland last week but won the series at the Trop against the Twins. Now the Rays are still under .500 at 25-28 and 6 games behind the Yankees in the AL East. Let us see how much the Rays have changed since last week's rankings : A dip of almost three ...

A's beat Indians, who say Eric Wedge will remain manager — L.A. Times - Baseball News 7/6/2009
Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro says Wedge will keep his job for the rest of the season, even though Cleveland has the worst record in the AL. > Oakland 5, at Cleveland 2: Gio ...

A's manage to beat Indians — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 7/6/2009
While their embattled manager received some good news, it was another disappointing day for the Cleveland Indians. Prior to yesterday's game in Cleveland, Indians...

RANGERS 5, RAYS 2 — dallasnews.com: Baseball: Rangers 7/6/2009

All-Star Bailey closes out A's win — SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/6/2009
The A's got a rare win Sunday, averting a sweep by the Indians, and all kinds of information went public off the field. On a day the A's beat Cleveland 5-2, an outfielder was bound for Boston and a closer was bound for St. Louis. The outfielder is ...

A Glance at Greatness: The Cleveland Indians All-Time Team — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/6/2009
This is the eighth article in a series dedicated to selecting all-time teams for all current 30 major league franchises. To view the others, click  http://bleacherreport.com/users/6779-Schmitters Team Name: Cleveland Indians Year ...