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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Joe Maddon</title>
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		<title>Someone help me understand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 05:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Akinori Iwamura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Kapler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Dillon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple years the Rays have made tremendous strides. They have gone from the perrenial loser to a contender. They have gone from a laughing stock to a respected organization. They are looked upon to contend against the big boys in the AL East. They have been praised for smart trades and drafting. I get all of this. Some of us disagree with some of the decisions (Kapler,Burell), but these are things that could be proven wrong still. I have now been completely lost by one decision and need an explanation. What was the thought process behind the Adam Kennedy/Joe Dillon deal? What the hell happened here? It&#8217;s easy to question a move like this after Iwamura got hurt, I know, but how does this happen? What about this deal was so appealing to the Rays? Follow what I see and tell me what I see wrong. Adam Kennedy is in the minor leagues under team control with no pressure to move him. He is a 32 year old proven 10 year major league second baseman that could provide quality depth and experience at both the minor and major league level. He is traded. A player of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can we call Kapler useless yet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ben Zobrist]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my confusion of wondering why Ben Zobrist hasn&#8217;t been handed the RF position I must critique Joe Maddon and Gabe Kapler. The charade should&#8217;ve already ended by now and Ben Zobrist should be the everyday rightfielder and beyond that I continue to wonder what the hell is keeping him from being out there. The original plan was to platoon Kapler and Gross in RF until Matt Joyce was ready to take over and Zorilla (Rays Index) was to be the super sub. In the process it appears that Zobrist has done enough to win the job in RF, but no dice. This is the most aggravating thing to me about Joe Maddon. I don&#8217;t agree with a lot of what he does, but he&#8217;s the man and I&#8217;m not so who really cares. I just keep getting frustrated by his refusal to alter anything, even when it is completely sensible to do it. Just to review some of this in bullets&#8230; Refused to move Upton from the three hole for the first part of last season. Has refused to move Upton from the leadoff spot this season despite Bartlett clearly being the better candidate at this point. Refuses to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That was ugly.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Garza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rays looked awful last night and it really came as no surprise after we saw the first pitched. Kaz sailed one and it just wasn&#8217;t pretty from there. I do believe it&#8217;s time that we start worrying about Kazmir and his erratic pitching. He hasn&#8217;t looked right for a while now and he doesn&#8217;t seem to be turning the corner at all. More concerning to me than the lack of fastball control is the lack of bite that the slider has these days. It just doesn&#8217;t move like it used to. Hope Kaz can get himself correct, but I&#8217;m not very optimistic at this point. BJ still looks like crap and there is no excuse good enough for how horrible he looks. What I can&#8217;t understand is how he can look so nonchalant about being so bad. I keep laughing at all the so called experts out there that continue to defend this guy saying that he will shake this and have a good season. What is it that you&#8217;re seeing? Melvin looks terrible and even worse he looks like he doesn&#8217;t care. Even worse than that is the fact that Maddon looks like he doesn&#8217;t care either. Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explain this to me Joe, please.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 03:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Perez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while, but who cares. As I sit and watch my favorite teams in the time that I get in the middle of my hectic weeks, I have decided to finally post something and it will be directed at Joe Maddon. The Rays are struggling in the early part of the season and that&#8217;s not really shocking, but I find something about the lineups that get run out everyday extremely troubling. What does it take to lose or win a job on this team? Seriously, what does it take? The constant days off for regulars has always troubled me, but I get it. What puzzles me is constantly running guys out who are clearly struggling. Let&#8217;s start with the fat catcher. Navarro looks bad in every sense of the word right now. He is not the same guy we saw last year, this is the mope we saw the year before. Weak stick, bad at bats and lazy catching. There is a problem with Navarro and we don&#8217;t know what it is. Now I&#8217;m not saying TFC needs to lose his job to Michel Hernandez, but wouldn&#8217;t it send a nice message to TFC and the rest of [...]]]></description>
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