baseballdigestdaily.com - 7/4/2008
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By Craig Brown...If you didn’t know it before this week, a three game sweep of the Boston Red Sox should have made you sit up and take notice. This is a team that is built for October baseball. Obviously, it didn’t happen overnight. Born from the ashes of an expansion draft in 1998, the Rays have been the doormat of the AL for just over a decade.
Notes from New York
boston.com 7/3/2008 — I have to admit surprise at one scene that magically entered my head while I was sleepwalking through the Tampa airport (arrival back at hotel from the game at 1:30 a.m., wakeup call at 4:45 a.m.). As I was standing in the security line to get to my ...
The food chain
scottproctorsarm.blogspot.com 7/4/2008 — The Yankees are 12-0 against the Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Houston Astros. They are 33-41 against everyone else. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 7-0 tonight after getting swept at the hands of the surging Tampa Bay Rays. It just may be time to accept the fact that the Yankees are not a very good team.
Shopping Sabathia
shysterball.blogspot.com 7/4/2008 — No real surprise here, but Mark Shapiro is making it pretty clear that the Indians are going to be sellers this trading season: "It's pretty obvious," Shapiro said. "If you're looking for an announcement that we're going to start trading guys, you ...
Cause for Hope
overthemonster.com 7/4/2008 —
It's hard to feel good about the Red Sox right now. They've blown two out of three against a very beatable Houston, and have never led in the Rays series. Tonight, they face a likely sweep by the division-leading Rays tonight; a loss would put ...