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Nice Prediction Dan Shaughnessy (Video)
With the Tampa Bay Rays trailing the New York Yankees by a score of 7-0 in the bottom of the eighth and the Boston Red Sox leading the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 during a rain delay in the seventh inning, Dan Shaughnessy uttered the words, “I think the one thing that we have eliminated tonight is [...]
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Here Is A Timeline Graph Detailing The Red Sox Epic Collapse
According to the folks at SportsClubStats.com, the Boston Red Sox entered the 2011 MLB season with a 27.33% chance of making the post-season. After losing their first six game of the season, their chances of making the playoffs fell to 3.81%. Following a loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on April 15, they would fall [...]
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Rays Fan Takes Dan Johnson’s Game-Tying Home Run To The Groin (Video)
When Dan Johnson connected on a two-out, 2-2 pitch in the bottom of the ninth and sent it over the right field fence at Tropicana Field, there was one fan in the stands that was left feeling exactly like the Red Sox must have felt at that moment. In the case of the Sox, they [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 9/28/11 — Evan Longoria And The Tampa Bay Rays
You couldn’t have written a better script than that. Sure, the St. Louis Cardinals’ run that saw them come from 8.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves to capture the NL Wild Card on the final day of the season was pretty impressive, but how about what unfolded in the MLB’s other Wild Card race [...]
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Who Is This Kid And Why Is He Getting So Many Gifts? (Video)
A few autographs on his hat, a ball, a signed bat and cotton candy? Seriously though, is this kid dying? What’s with all the gifts? Many of these baseball players are good guys and all, but when Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon are signing your hat, another Yankees player is handing you a ball, and [...]
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Here Is Another Cirque du Soleil Opening Pitch (Video)
Three weeks ago the San Diego Padres invited a performer from Cirque du Soleil to throw out the opening pitch prior to their game against the Kansas City Royals. It gained plenty of coverage on both sports blogs and sports news shows, and its success caused the Tampa Bay Rays to try something similar last [...]
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It Was Raining Glass In Tropicana Field Last Night (Video)
During their franchise’s 14 years of existence, the Tampa Bay Rays have never experienced a rain delay at home. That is largely due to the fact that they have been playing within the enclosed dome of Tropicana Field. But while the dome may be able to prevent any rain from falling onto the field and [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 7/10/11 — C.C. Sabathia
Every team in Major League Baseball wants to head into the All-Star break on a winning note. The Yankees were looking to just that against their division rivals, the Tampa Bay Rays. It would not be an easy task, as the Rays sent All-Star pitchers James Shields to the mound, but luckily for the Yankees, [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 5/5/11 — David Price
The Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price was looking to rebound following a season-worst performance where he gave up 12 hits and five earned runs over 4 1/3 innings during a loss against the Angels. He did just that yesterday afternoon. The Toronto Blue Jays’ hitters had no answer for Price on this day, as they [...]
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The Stat Line Of The Night — 4/18/11 — David Price
The Tampa Bay Rays struggled out of the gate this season, losing their first six games and eight of their first nine, but they have since turned things around, and entered yesterday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a 6-9 record. David Price’s season can be described in a much similar manner – seven [...]
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Joe Maddon Explodes, Ejects Entire Umpire Crew (Video)
Times have been tough for the Tamp Bay Rays through the opening two weeks of the 2011 MLB season. After a successful 2010 campaign that saw them win 96 games before losing in the ALDS to the eventual American League champion Texas Rangers, expectations were high heading into this season, but the Rays have managed [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 9th) – Rays and Diamondbacks
It was on this day in 1995 that Major League Baseball awarded the city of Tampa Bay and the state of Arizona with MLB teams. Tampa Bay would be known as the Devil Rays (now known as simply the Rays) while the club from Arizona would be called the Diamondbacks. Tampa would be placed in [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night — 10/12/10 — Cliff Lee
Cliff Lee has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball over the last few years, if not the most dominant, and he went out and showed it once again in a deciding Game 5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rangers acquired Lee for just this type of stage, so they could [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 8/8/10 – Brandon Morrow
In a year of no-hitters, it should come as no surprise that another pitching gem was tossed yesterday. And of course what would a no-hit bid be in 2010 without somehow involving the Tampa Bay Rays. Although Brandon Morrow couldn’t quite finish the job, his performance was still one for the books as the Toronto [...]
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The Stat Line of the Night – 7/26/10 – Matt Garza
The Tampa Bay Rays have been no-hit 3 times in the past year and 4 times in their short 13 year history. That is a lot for one of the rarest events in sports to occur against you. They were due to put on a no-hit performance of their own and they finally got one [...]
