Rays BJ Upton AL Player Of The Week!
myteamrivals.typepad.com 6/22/2009 — Only a short time again all of us true Rays fans were asking ourselves, "What's wrong with BJ Upton?"After starting out extremely slow this season, BJ has found his stride at bat and on the bases. Now after an amazing week on the road, BJ receives the AL Player of the Week. BJ has ...

Left in the Dust, Rays Take Two Out of Three from Jays
tbsportsblog.com 7/2/2009 — The Toronto Blue Jays ended the Tampa Bay Rays seven game winning streak but not before dropping two out of three games to a Rays team that has surpassed them in AL Eastern division. The Rays were the hottest team in the majors in the month of June and a lot of it is due to their ...

Half Way Rays - Tampa Bay Reaches Midway Point with More Questions
tbsportsblog.com 7/6/2009 — Tampa Bay recovered from an extremely slow start to the season to pull over .500 in the second quarter. With 83 games in the books, the Rays have passed the midway point in 2009 and we begin to gear up for the second half of the season and hopefully a stretch run. When we looked at the team ...

Upton named Player of Month
tboblogs.com 7/4/2009 — B.J. Upton is the latest Ray to earn an MLB monthly honor, being named the AL Player of the Month for June. Here’s the release: Tampa Bay Rays outfielder B.J. Upton has been named the Sharp Presents the American League Player of the Month for ...

Rays Sweep Marlins, Move into 3rd Place in AL East
tbsportsblog.com 6/29/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays completed a three game sweep of their cross state rivals, the Florida Marlins. In doing so, Tampa Bay kept pace with the New York Yankees in the wildcard chase while moving past the Toronto Blue Jays and sole possesion of third place in the American League Eastern ...

Rays Take On Halladay To Beat Jays 4-1
mvn.com 6/30/2009 — June 29, 2009 Box    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E  Tampa Bay  ...

All Things Rays - Toronto Game #2
raysallday.com 6/30/2009 — One down, 17 more to go against the Blue Jays. And, in a confidence builder, the Rays came out on top in probably the most challenging matchup that there could have been last night with Jeff Niemann squaring off against Roy Halladay. But, Carl Crawford’s success against Halladay and ...

Market Enforced Trades
fantasybaseballhotstove.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — I just traded Yovani Gallardo , Matt Garza , and Nick Markakis to get Hanley Ramirez . I didn't get the best of the deal in terms of personnel. I knew that would be the case when I offered it, but it had to get done. Occasionally there are ...

Philadelphia Redeems Themselves in Series Win over Jays
bluejays.gearupforsports.com 6/29/2009 — The World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies took two out of three games from Toronto at the Rogers Centre this past weekend. The Jays had just completed a series win over the Cincinnati Reds, and had previously swept the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park from June 16th – 18th 2009, so they ...

As B.J. Upton Goes, So Goes the Rays
raysallday.com 6/23/2009 — I admit it. I’m not as patient as Joe Maddon is. B.J. Upton has been driving me bonkers all season long. But, now he has been named the American League Player of the Week for this past week and is coming off a 4-6 game on Sunday in New York. When you look at his numbers in wins as ...

Florida Marlins' Hanley Ramirez has Taken His Game to Next Level — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/30/2009
Hanley Ramirez has established himself as a good player since being acquired for Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell couple of years ago. Ramirez has taken advantage of the opportunity to be an everyday player by playing well since his arrival. Since ...

Philadelphia Phillies place starter Antonio Bastardo on 15-day DL — ESPN.com - MLB 6/30/2009
Left-hander Antonio Bastardo was placed on the 15-day disabled list late Monday night because of a strained shoulder.

Lefty Antonio Bastardo hits Phillies' disabled list — FOXSports.com News for MLB 6/30/2009
The Philadelphia Phillies have placed left-hander Antonio Bastardo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained shoulder. The team recalled another left-hander, Sergio Escalona, from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before Tuesday night's game in Atlanta. The ...

Phillies' Bastardo hits DL with strained shoulder — SI.com - MLB 6/30/2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- The Philadelphia Phillies have placed left-hander Antonio Bastardo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained shoulder.

Rays push winning streak to 7, beat Jays (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/1/2009
B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford and Willy Aybar hit solo homers and the Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh straight game, 4-1 over the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Tuesday night. Matt Garza (6-5) allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings to win consecutive ...