Young Rays have passed Yankees in standings and in talent - St. Petersburg Times

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Rays better than the Yankees? Really?
Published 5/18/2008 by Brent Nycz at The Bronx Block
That’s what Gary Shelton of the St. Petersburg Times said in a partly sarcastic article with some jokes that fall short. Despite the tone of the article, Shelton believes the Rays has the overall advantage over the Yankees due to age and talent. Via St. Petersburg Times: I mean they are better. Younger. Faster. Hungrier. They play the game so much harder that even Steinbrenner-the-sequel, the same guy who recently acted as if the Rays were kids who didn’t appreciate their allowance, couldn’t keep quiet about the ...

[THE SUNDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] Rays Find Way To Lose Despite 18 Hits
Published 5/18/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Devil Ray Guevara) at Rays Index
... to be serious contenders, they cannot give away games like they did yesterday. The Rays lead the AL in steals with 40, but they are only 10th in sb% at 67.8%. They are 3rd in the AL in runners picked off with 7, and that does not include all the runners that were thrown out trying to advance an extra base. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA... Would you trade the 25-man roster of the Rays for the 25-man roster of the Yankees? Gary Shelton says 'No'. [St. Pete Times] Akinori Iwamura is one of only 2 everyday major ...

Rays better than the Yankees? We’ll see
Published 5/19/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... St. Petersburg Times writer Gary Shelton has dropped the big one, the bombshell you thought was impossible. Shelton thinks the Tampa Bay Rays are better than the New York Yankees. ...

Baseball Today: Monday, May 19
Published 5/19/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... UP IS DOWN, BLACK IS WHITE . . . and a journalist -- in this case, the St. Petersburg Times' Gary Shelton -- is actually writing that the Rays are better than the Yankees . . . a reasonable assertion, actually, ...

Devil Rays About 1.5 Billion Times Better Yankees
Published 5/19/2008 by David Chalk at Bugs & Cranks
... with Gary Shelton’s Times piece that asked “would you trade the 25-man roster of the Devil Rays for the 25-man roster of the Yankees?” and answered no. Mr. Valentine repeatedly warns Devil Rays Town that it’s far too early to start gloating. ...

Art Martone: Baseball Today
Published 5/19/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
... UP IS DOWN, BLACK IS WHITE ... and a journalist -- in this case, the St. Petersburg Times' Gary Shelton -- is actually writing that the Rays are better than the Yankees ... ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 20
Published 5/20/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... WILL THE INDIGNITIES NEVER END? First it was Gary Shelton in the St. Petersburg Times saying the Rays are better than the Yankees. Now it's Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun saying ...

OK, fine — I’ll admit the Rays are better
Published 8/21/2008 by Ed Valentine at Bugs & Cranks
... The whole argument was started by Gary Shelton of the St. Petersburg Times, making the then-bold assertion that the Rays were clearly better than the Yankees. ...