Well one team is doing great one not so good. The US soccer team shocked the world by take a giant leap over England in the group c world cup. The other the walling Rays.. Just 2 games back the rays have dropped the last 4 series the first time is about a year, on top of all that cc is now out for 3-5 day with a sore shoulder.
In other news Dioner Navarro was sent back to Triple-A and Matt Joyce was called up.
Well not only is the Rays the best team in baseball, David Price is going for the AL leading 8th win. Yes i said Al leading, with a 2.41 ERA and a WHIP 1.14 59.2 IP in 9 games with 1 CG 45 H 19 runs 16 were earned, 4 were HR’s 23 walks and sent 46 back to the dugout. Batters are batting a .206 against Price.
The White Sox are the only team that has beaten Price this year, scoring three runs against him in five innings of their 4-1 home win April 20. Chicago, though, has since dropped three straight to the Rays. “We just cannot pitch with that kind of effectiveness every night. It’s just not going to happen,” manager Joe Maddon said after that game. “You have to do all those different things in order to win as many games as we have.” The young left-hander is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two career starts against Chicago. Paul Konerko and Alex Rios are both 4 for 6 with a home run against him, while Andruw Jones is 3 for 8 with two homers.
The White Sox (20-27) have struggled with consistency, alternating wins and losses in their last six games. They’ll be without manager Ozzie Guillen on Friday as he attends his son’s high school graduation.
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Yes the Rays got swept by the Red Soxs, but bounced back with a 5-1 win over the White Soxs! Jeff Niemann pitched 8 innings and is now 5-0.
“We swung the bats pretty well,” Crawford said. “Hopefully that’s a sign of things to come.” CC had a HR(4) in the 1st, had a Sac Fly in the 5th and a SO. He was 3-1 with 2 RBI’s. Evan Longoria hit his 10th long ball in the 6th, and scored a run in the 8th. The rays were 2-25 with runners in scoring position in the Red Soxs series. They bounced back last nite.
“We played great in all facets of the game,” Niemann said. Jeff pitched 8 innings giving up 3 hits 1 run it was earned, walked 3 batters and sent 5 batters back to the dugout. The one ER was a HR by third baseman Mark Teahen.
The games was watched by 13,299 in house thats only 36.9% full.. Come on Tampa!!!!!
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Well the Rays went into New York on top and came out on top!
18-12 was the score after the series. Tampa is 30-12 and is on pace to win 110 games this year.
After last nights Astros loss the Rays look to come out and power back. On the mound tonight for the rays is Jeff Niemann he has a 2.54 ERA and is 3-0 in 8 games, he has a WHIP of 1.15 and 31K’s. Wandy Rodriguez is on for the Astros, he is 2-5 with a 4.30 ERA in 8 games, his WHIP is 1.52 with 27K’s.
One team is 28-11 the other is 25-14, one team has no world champions the other has 22, one team has a star 3b man the other has a stud of a SS. Yes i am talking about the Rays and Yanks. The Tampa Bay Rays 28-11 face the New York Yankees 25-14 in NY for a two game set before inter-league play starts. On the mound for the Rays is Wade Davis 3-3 with a 3.38 ERA. On for the Yanks is A.J. Burnett 4-1 3.31 ERA. Rays are on a 4 game win streak the Yanks are on a 1 game losing streak. The Rays are 6-4 in the last 10 the Yanks are 4-6 but the Yanks are fav to win go figure!
“I just want us to play the same kind of game we’ve been playing to this point,” Maddon said. “I don’t like to say: `We’re playing the Yankees, you’ve got to play a better game.’” “You want to be on the top. You want to play the best teams. You want to play in the best division. I think it’s great,” Maddon added. “Our guys will be ready for it. Our game’s a pretty good game right now. We haven’t hit to our potential yet, but we’ve been doing everything else.” “It’s going to be fun going up there, as it should be,” said Maddon, whose team has gone 15-4 on the road in 2010 but was outscored 31-12 while losing its last six in the Bronx last season.
Lets Go RAYS!!!!!
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18-30 that was the score of the 4th q. in game 1 of the NBA east finals.. The Magic hosted the Celtics of Boston in Game 1 of the east. The final 92-88 Boston, the line score was nothing great for Orlando till the 4th. 22-14 1st, 19-18 2nd, 33-26 3rd, and 18-30 4th. Boston over Orlando.
V. Carter 23 Pts, 5 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Stl, 1 Blk was the highlight for the Magic. DH was nowhere to be found. Howard was 3-10 from the pait and 7-12 from the line for a dismal 13 points. He had this to say after the game. “I don’t think it was rusty. Just anxious, We dug ourselves a hole, and it was tough to get back from.”
Game 2 is on tap for Tuesday.
I’m back.. So are the Rays, Pat is out and Hank is in…
Yes Pat Burrell is out as the TB DH he was sent down to Triple-A and they picked up the contract of Hank Blalock.
The Rays are on the hook for $9 million as Pats contract is up this year.
In other news the Rays are on top of the MLB with a 26-11 record only losing back to back games 3 times. the yanks, KC, and the A’s. the Yanks are 2nd in the league with a 24-13 record.
The rays have the best pitching rotation in the league. Both Garza and Price are 5-1 Shields is 4-1 Niemann is 3-0 and Davis is 3-3. The rays have a ERA of 2.76 only 102 of 110 runs were earned. Batters are hitting a .224 against the rays.
Evan is leading the team in all batting stats. He is hitting a solid .317 with 9 dingers he has brought 31 rays home and scored 32 times himself. he has been given 17 free bags and as hit 42 times to get on. 12 of the hits were legging it out for a double. he is 5-7 in steals and has been sent down 36 times. Can you smell gold glove,MVP, and hitting title this year??
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They live in the Land of the Giants, surrounded by big-buck behemoths in the toughest division in baseball.
They finished 23rd in the big leagues in attendance last season, barely outdrawing teams like the Nationals and Royals. They came off a World Series dream season, hoping that this was how fans were made. And you know how many more paying customers they drew? A whopping 903 more a game. They couldn’t even average 20,000 fans a game for a World Series rematch against the Phillies. They drew 17,692 people for a September date with the Red Sox. They would have needed to pull in an extra 7,000 paying customers a night just to approach the major league average.
So no wonder owner Stuart Sternberg has already announced the Rays will be lopping payroll next year. No wonder Crawford is already practically being fitted for his new uniform in the Bronx. No wonder this team traded away Scott Kazmir last August while it was in the middle of a wild-card race. ”It’s just the world we live in,” says manager Joe Maddon. “It’s how it’s going to be every year. We want to win the World Series … but our peripheral vision has got to be on the future at all times.” And since that’s their world, the folks who run this team ought to join the circus — because they lead the league in juggling.
On the field, they’re one of the half-dozen best teams in baseball. But their window to win with this group expires before they flip the calendar to 2011. Off the field, they’re quietly pondering what they need to do to survive in a community where not even a World Series team has turned out to be a force magnetic enough to pull fans into their ballpark. So this is the unique vise they find themselves locked in — squeezed by the present and the future, by the Yankees and the Red Sox, by the white lines and the bottom lines. ”We don’t have to shoot the moon,” says team president Matt Silverman. “But a lot of things have to go right for us to be able to succeed. That’s the reality of 2010.”
OK, here’s another reality of 2010: The Rays have never had players like Crawford and Pena before. Ever. Oh, they’ve had stars before. But they’ve never had a player quite like Crawford. Drafted by this franchise 11 years ago at age 17, before the franchise had even won its first 100 games. Developed, nurtured, sculpted by this team into one of the most dynamic stars in baseball. Played his entire big-league career with the Rays. And now, almost surely, about to exit through a free-agent trap door — unless he gets traded first. And then there’s Pena. The Rays have imported future free agents before, too. But they’ve never had a player quite like this guy, either. Grabbed off the scrap heap three years ago, his career at rock bottom. Then turned everything around — not just his career but his new franchise along with it. And now, here he is at age 31, as popular and visible a face as this team has ever had, as he prepares to bolt for the free-agent auction house. Maddon talks regularly about how “I want to keep both these guys.” Friedman says all the speculation about the inevitability of losing them is “premature.” But how hard is it to see where this is heading?
This team can’t outbid the Yankees for Crawford. And Pena is a Scott Boras client. So nobody pretends not to hear their clock ticking. ”I’ve been here so long,” says Crawford, “it’s scary sometimes having to think of going to another place. … But at the same time, you have to grow up, and it’s part of growing up. You can’t be afraid. It’s like living with your parents your whole life. When it’s time to go out on your own, you can’t be afraid to take that first step.” Pena, meanwhile, admits he is already savoring what appear to be his final days with the only team where he has ever truly fit. ”I don’t take anything for granted,” he says. “Even that first year of my contract, I was at the point like, ‘Wow, bro. Appreciate this.’ And that’s my attitude every day. It’s not going to last forever. So cherish it. Enjoy it. Bring the best of you every day, ’cause that’s what it’s all about.” Pena and Crawford are two of the centerpieces of a team that is talented enough to make the Yankees and Red Sox sweat all the way to October. And both those men sense this particular group has a special, confident vibe that could make these Rays all the more dangerous. After the frustrations of last year’s third-place finish, this crew seems to have reconstructed its ’08 mojo. ”I think we were too demanding of ourselves last year,” says Pena. “And that’s not a good energy. I’d rather have this team just be relaxed, and expecting good things because we know we can. You see the difference? You don’t have to talk it, just know it. And I think this team is in that position this year.”
The Rays’ payroll compared to the payroll of the Yankees and Red Sox over the last three seasons. Note: MLB rank in parenthesis:
| Year | Rays | Yankees | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | $63.3M (25) | $201.4M (1) | $121.7M (4) |
| 2008 | $43.8M (29) | $209.1M (1) | $133.4M (4) |
| 2007 | $24.1M (30) | $189.6M (1) | $143.0M (2) |
The Rays’ attendance compared to the attendance of the Yankees and Red Sox over the last three seasons. Note: MLB rank in parenthesis:
| Year | Rays | Yankees | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1.9M (23) |
3.7M (2) |
3.1M (8) |
| 2008 | 1.8M (26) |
4.3M (1) |
3.0M (10) |
| 2007 | 1.4M (29) |
4.3M (1) |
3.0M (11) |
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28-4 no thats not a football score or a lopsided baseball score. No 28-4 is the final vote count from the football owners meeting today in Orlando FL. As it is written, the rules change applies just for the postseason, but the owners also decided to discuss adopting the changes for the regular season at their next meeting, in May in Dallas. The NFL owners voted to change an element in the overtime rule, giving the team that loses the coin toss at the start of overtime to get a possession if the coin-toss winning team scores a field goal with the first possession.
The Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals voted against the proposal.
Here is the rule..
• Both teams must have the opportunity to possess the ball once during the extra period, unless the team that receives the opening kickoff scores a touchdown on its initial possession, in which case it is the winner.
• If the team that possesses the ball first scores a field goal on its initial possession, the other team shall have the opportunity to possess the ball. If [that team] scores a touchdown on its possession, it is the winner. If the score is tied after [both teams have a] possession, the team next scoring by any method shall be the winner.
• If the score is tied at the end of a 15-minute overtime period, or if [the overtime period's] initial possession has not ended, another overtime period will begin, and play will continue until a score is made, regardless of how many 15-minute periods are necessary.
This is not a one-year experiment. The vote is a permanent change to the overtime rule, which was established in 1974 to minimize the number of games ending in ties. Rich McKay didn’t rule out the possibility of the change being implemented in time for the 2010 regular season, but he doubted discussion would result in such quick movement.
Well ABOUT time!!!
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