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Devil Rays & Red Sox: “Best Baseball Race Ever?”
Bugs & Cranks —
I didn’t say it — ESPN’s SportsCenter did:
The Devil Rays are now again alone in first, two games up in the loss column — but we and the Red Sox have been within a game of each other at the top for the first three months.
Still, that seems just a tad premature to me.
What do you think? ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, July 1
Projo Sox Blog —
ONE OF THE BEST RACES EVER?? It may only be July 1, but ESPN has called it . . .
. . . and, truth be told, if last night is any indication they may be right. The Red Sox and Rays put away their boxing gloves and played some hardball, a battle that didn't end until Julio Lugo's line drive was snared by Jason Bartlett with the tying run on third base, finishing off Tampa Bay's 5-4 win. Sean McAdam thinks it was a case of role reversal -- the first-place team with (for once) a partisan home crowd behind them and the second-place team with the ...
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Rays in stakes —
Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 6/30/2008
HOUSTON - The fight of the Red Sox' young 2008 lives begins today, and it has nothing to do about bench-clearing brawls, retaliation or fiery salvos thrown from one clubhouse...
Tampa Bay Rays in first place —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 6/29/2008
Shawn Riggans homered among his three hits and drove in two runs and the Rays completed a remarkable first-half turnaround, beating the Pirates, 4-3, Sunday behind Andy Sonnanstine's seven effective innings.
SPORTS SHORTS —
NY Post: Sports 6/30/2008
BASEBALL: Rays win; Bosox lose Backup catcher Shawn Riggans homered and drove in two runs and Tampa Bay completed a remarkable first-half turnaround, beating the Pirates 4-3. The Rays are 49-32, the most victories midway through a season by a team...
