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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Carl Crawford</title>
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		<title>More fun within the win.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 13:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Crawford&#8217;s legs are back. CC has looked like the Carl of old so far this season and yesterday he put an exclamation point on it. It was nice to see the singles turning into doubles and triples yesterday as he pretended he was back in High School or something. Six steals in a game is impressive and it was icing on the cake that he blew by Ellsbury for the league lead in the process. My only problem with all the steals was seeing how many fastballs Evan looked at in allowing CC to do it. Speaking of Evan, was anyone else as happy as I was when Evan gave the fans hell for screwing with that foul ball? When that fat idiot realized what he did he looked so pathetic and stupid that I almost felt bad for him. You can&#8217;t be that ignorant and Longoria had no problem letting him (and the other moron that tried to get the ball) know what jackasses they were. It got even more scary when Ellsbury sent that ball to the warning track. I thought he got it. Finally I will get on Upton. I have decided that I will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 TBSB Player Card: Carl Crawford</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Name:Carl Demonte Crawford Birthplace: Houston, TX Born: 08/05/1981 Position: LF Bats/Throws: L/L Years Pro: 7 How Acquired: 2nd round draft pick (52nd overall) in 1999 What we know: Crawford was a multi-sport star at Jefferson Davis High School in Houston where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was also a member of the swim team in high school. Crawford turned down a basketball scholarship to play point guard for UCLA and a football scholarship to play quarterback for Nebraska to play baseball for the Devil Rays. Crawford is a two time All-Star (&#8217;04 and &#8217;07) who has led the American League in stolen bases four times and is one of the best defensive left fielders in the game today due to his tremendous speed. Crawford is also the Rays all time leader in At Bats, Plate Appearances, Runs, Hits, Strikeouts, Stolen Bases, Triples and Singles. He has won many awards over the years with the organization and is the longest tenured player with the team now. Crawford is also one of only eight players in baseball history to accumulate 1,000 hits and 250 stolen bases before the age of 27. What we think: Carl has essentially been the face of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays are smarter than the Yankees.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a busy week in the AL East and I had to sit down and look at it tonight. I&#8217;ve been listening to the radio and reading about the moves being made and I came up with this. The Rays are much smarter than the Yankees.  There are a few good things about being a small market team and they&#8217;re showing during the winter baseball season. Let&#8217;s break it down. The Yankees signed CC Sabathia to a $161 million deal and brought one of the best pitchers in baseball to New York. But how much did this improve them? I honestly don&#8217;t think it improved them much at all. Think about it like this. They signed a guy that won 17 games last year to replace a guy that won 20. Now I&#8217;ll say that Sabathia is better than Mussina and he would&#8217;ve probably won 22 or 23 games with the Yankees last year with the same run support Mussina got, but that&#8217;s still only a 3 game improvement. Not enough for that kind of money. They also signed AJ Burnett to fill in the rotation but they haven&#8217;t re-signed Andy Pettitte yet. That&#8217;s a 4 game improvement if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five moves the Rays should make.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    In the spirit of trying to keep up with the goings on of the hot stove league I&#8217;ve decided to look at the possibilities and suggest five moves the Rays should make to improve their team. I will try to be as realistic as I can be while trying to view things from both sides. Let&#8217;s roll with it and see how it goes. Sign Joe Beimel: Starting slow and sounding as simple as possible, I know, but the addition of Beimel as Trever Millers replacement would be a huge upgrade to an already good bullpen. Beimel has done very well in the last few years with the Dodgers and, as a type B free agent, there would be no draft picks lost. Beimel could legitimately be used in more situations than just the lefty on lefty matchups if needed, but would be the ideal guy to slot in with Howell, Balfour and Wheeler in shutting teams down from the seventh inning on. There is a lot of competition out there for Beimel but I think it could be done. Re-sign Rocco Baldelli: One of those sentimental moves I think both sides would go for. The only problem that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays season over, sigh.</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/rays-season-over-sigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Time to wrap up the Rays season. What a season we had here, never saw this coming. I thought, the same as everyone else, the Rays would improve but not to this extent. Let&#8217;s wrap it up&#8230; The defense: The most dramatically improved thing on this team was the defense. The arrival of Jason Bartlett and Evan Longoria made this into the best left side defense in baseball. I was skeptical of Bartlett in the beginning (no need to bring my stupidity there again) as he had some unexplained throwing errors early but recovered to have a great season (should&#8217;ve got the gold glove over Young in my opinion). Longo was great defensively from day one and that&#8217;s that. Aki transitioned nicely over to second and Pena (won gold glove) was phenomenal. Having Pena at the corner saved Barty and Longo at least 5 errors a piece. Navarro&#8217;s improvement behind the plate was far and away the most amazing difference I saw. He was such a different player all around this year that I want to compare images from last season to see if this is the same guy. Unreal! Crawford and Upton were very good and have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays have been blessed and WILL make the playoffs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous reasons to think the Rays will or won&#8217;t make the playoffs. We know them all down here. I have watched and been a fan of this team since it&#8217;s inception and I, along with everyone else here, have been waiting for that breakout year like the Bucs or the Lightning had. The Rays compare more to the Bucs for me as I believe this is the first of many years of relevance. The Lightning had a more of a flash and dash type of thing and have struggled to remain a power since their Stanley Cup victory. The Bucs have been up and down since their Super Bowl run yet were &#8220;almost&#8221; there many times before. It&#8217;s hard to predict what the Rays will be. Here are some reasons to think they won&#8217;t make the playoffs. The Pink Sox will make a run as they&#8217;ve been there before and have the firepower to overcome mediocre pitching. The Rays have yet to really slump yet this year. Aside from the losing streak going into the all-star break, they haven&#8217;t stumbled over themselves too much. Injuries have started to hit at the wrong time. Crawford, Longoria and Percival are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays grab Bradford, Crawford back in lineup.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   A couple of Rays notes for the day. The snagged reliever Chad Bradford off of waivers from the Orioles and will be sending the infamous &#8220;player to be named later&#8221;. Bradford is a capable reliever who I can&#8217;t stand watching, but is effective. He is one of the few submarine style pitchers left in the game and is a groundball machine. I would expect to see him in those situations that require a double play ball and against tough right handed hitters. He&#8217;s having a good season to the tune of a 3-3 record with a 2.45 ERA. We can only speculate on who&#8217;s going to be the odd man out and I would have to guess Al Reyes. Rays Index thinks Jason Hammel may be gone (who they don&#8217;t seem to be a big fan of) but I gotta think that Hammel serves more of a purpose than Reyes and there isn&#8217;t anyone to really take his long relief spot. After watching the 85 mph balloons Reyes has been throwing lately I gotta think he&#8217;s on the way to the DL at least. In other news The Heater is also reporting that Carl Crawford will be back in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upton needs a kick in the ass!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I have to take a minute and get on B.J. Upton since no one else seems to want to. I&#8217;m completely sick of hearing the excuses being made for Upton by people saying he&#8217;s an &#8220;effortless athlete&#8221;. Let&#8217;s clear this up now. He is a very smooth athlete who CAN do things other can&#8217;t in a effortless manner. The problem is he is more of an athlete with no effort. I&#8217;m sick of watching him dog it down to first, make bonehead decisions and loaf after balls in the gap. More so though, I&#8217;m sick of no one doing anything about it. Grow a pair Maddon! The coddling of this whiny ass in CF has gotten out of control. We&#8217;re already in a situation where the Rays have no real candidate to play center and yank this jerk out of the lineup when he does this crap, but no one seems to want to let him know about it. Why did we sign Cliff Floyd again? Oh that&#8217;s right, as a &#8220;mentor&#8221; to our young players like Upton and Crawford. Do something Cliff! It&#8217;s so aggravating because B.J. IS so talented. This is what made me lose it in last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Rays rambling.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Listening to Ron and Ian today they did an interview with Joe Maddon which was pretty good. The only thing Maddon said that I don&#8217;t agree with is that BJ Upton hustles &#8220;all the time&#8221; and that he never has mental lapses. Are you kidding me? Does he think we all listen to the games on the radio and never watch them? I&#8217;m glad he thinks we are so stupid. I don&#8217;t expect him to bash BJ or anything but don&#8217;t tell me that what I SEE isn&#8217;t true. Anyway, they reported on the radio that Maddon and Friedman had a 45 minute closed door session after the game. God I hope it&#8217;s discussing trad possibilities! I can&#8217;t watch Gomes anymore, I change the channel or look away at the games now when he hits. It is the ugliest spectacle I&#8217;ve ever seen. And Carlos Pena&#8217;s and Carl Crawford&#8217;s at-bats are almost as unbearable now too. It seems that everyone on the team is capable of at least one hideous at-bat every game and something needs to be done. I would love to see Nady here but I continue to hear that the asking price is too high. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with Kazmir and Crawford?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   As I sit and watch this game tonight there appears to be something glaringly wrong with C.C. and Kaz. First off, Crawford has been on first twice tonight without even an bluff at taking second. I know he had a sore knee and had said he was &#8220;rejuvenated&#8221; when he came off his suspension. He isn&#8217;t looking so tonight. It really stuck out to me when I saw the homer that Freddy Sanchez hit. That looked like a ball Carl could&#8217;ve gotten to and he looked Uptonesque as he went after that ball. We&#8217;ll see there. I&#8217;m very concerned watching Kaz tonight though. He is looking very uncomfortable as he throws very timidly tonight. His slider is looking like a curveball and his fastball looks very average. He appears to be moving around gingerly as well. I&#8217;m very nervous watching this game. I hope my eyes are deceiving me and these guys aren&#8217;t hurt. We&#8217;ll see. Scott Brannelly Related Posts:Kazmir is the man, should get Cy Young!Rays get swept, bats need help.That was ugly.Rays grab Bradford, Crawford back in lineup.Rays win behind Shields almost perfect game.Magic report-Clinch, Hedo!Kazmir scratched from intrasquad start today.Rays in a big one with the [...]]]></description>
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