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Uggh! Audible Grumbles….

“We did not play well, we didn’t hit well; we didn’t do anything well.” -Joe Maddon Last nights 5-1 loss at the hands of the barely over .500 Blue Jays was a very ugly, very VERY unfortunate one; a loss that came at a time when the Rays really cannot relent any other games. Especially …

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9/23/11 Starting Lineups

Tampa Bay Rays (86-70) Jennings LF Upton CF Longoria 3B Damon DH Zobrist 2B Kotchman 1B Joyce RF Rodriguez SS Shoppach C Price LHP (12-12, 3.36 ERA) Of note: RHP Kyle Farnsworth is hopeful that he’ll be available after battling a tender elbow the last few weeks. Also, David Price is 9-1 lifetime against the …

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Starting Lineups, 9/22/11

Tampa Bay Rays (85-70, 2.5 back in the wilcard race and 2 back in the loss column) Jennings LF Upton CF Longoria 3B Joyce RF Damon DH Zobrist 2B Kotchman 1B Jaso C Brignac SS Moore LHP NY Yankees (95-60, clinched a playoff berth) Jeter SS Nunez 2B Teixeira DH Swisher RF Jones LF Montero …

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Put On Those Rally Caps Rays Fans

Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times excellent Rays blog, The Heater just posted a very interesting piece. It’s definitely worth the piece of the paper it’s printed on, urm….yeah, I guess that metaphor didn’t really translate well in the age of blogs. Nevertheless, check it out and put on those rally caps! Re-post below: …

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Yeesh…At Least We’ve Got Three More Games in This Series

The short synopsis: Rays get shut out (again) 5-0, Davis gets pulled in the fifth after 106 pitches, Nova gets his twelfth win in a row, the Red Sox also lost, and at least the Rays held their ground because of the Red Sox loss. At least there are three more games left in this series, starting …

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