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What a Season.
At the beginning of the season I started this blog with a lot of trepidation. Would anybody care what a girl had to say? Did I have a different perspective to offer? Could I be entertaining? The biggest question by far was, can I handle writing about ninety losses or will I go off the deep ...
Tampa Bay Rays - 2008 MLB Organization of the Year
Tampa Bay Rays - 2008 MLB Organization of the Year
bizofbaseball.com — The Business of Sports Network announces its selection for MLB organization of the year.... (more) Tampa Bay Rays - 2008 MLB Organization of the Year
Who Had the Best Organization in the MLB in 2008?
Who Had the Best Organization in the MLB in 2008?
baseballreflections.com — According to Maury Brown and his staff at the Biz of Baseball, they picked the Tampa Bay... Rays. We saw the Rays go from being one of the worst teams in baseball in 2007 to one of the best teams in 2008 as they hosted the Phillies in the first two games of the World Series. (more) Who Had the Best Organization in the MLB in 2008?
Gold Glove Discrimination Ending Too Slowly
Gold Glove Discrimination Ending Too Slowly
bugsandcranks.com — First of all, congratulations to one of my all-time favoritest Devil Rays, El Gato Del Crimen Carlos... Pena for winning his first Gold Glove Award. El Gato has also become the first EVER Devil Ray to take home a Gold Glove Award . SHOCKING — I ... (more) Gold Glove Discrimination Ending Too Slowly
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Rays season over, sigh.
Tampa Bay Sports Blog — ...    Overall it was the best season we’ve had and looks to be the start of something very special here. These guys are young for the most part and are still learning. Much of the way Her Rays thinks now, maybe there’s something to the fact that this was my first year blogging, it was the first winning season in Rays history. I only hope that I can improve as much as these guys did. It was a season that was great for me as I said it was my first year doing this site, it was the first year my son really got into baseball and it has given us all a sense of ...

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