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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=336</guid>
		<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 sh*t goes down in the second!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   All hell started to break loose now in Boston. After the incident with Crisp and Joe Maddon last night we all knew something would happen. Well here it is. James Shields hit Dustin Pedroia in the first which I thought would be it, but no! Shields came back in the second and hit Coco Crisp who then charged the mound. Shields took a wild swing at him and missed, after which TFC pulled Crisp to the ground where Jonny Gomes and Carl Crawford went to work on Crisp. It was a pretty brawl as far as Baseball fights go, yet Aki showed us all that is an absolute wuss! Aki stood quietly in the middle of the field being restrained (not really) by one of the Red Sox coaches. I will have a hard time respecting this guy as a man from this point on. Earlier today I pointed out that Aki has not fought his own battles here, now he stands pat while the ENTIRE TEAM fights. There is no excuse for this at all. How can you just stand there while every guy you play with is involved in a brawl? Right or wrong, you NEVER stand pat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays need a real hitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   The series in Boston is pretty much going the way I thought it would. I&#8217;m not silly enough to think the Rays can go to Boston and sneak out with another series win. I figured they would drop the first two and grab the third behind James Shields. This isn&#8217;t being brought up because of the two losses, I&#8217;ve been meaning to bring this up for a while now. The Rays bats are not very good right now. Aki has picked it up over the last month, TFC and Bartlett are doing better. The problem is the middle of the order. Upton is still taking too many strikes and isn&#8217;t hitting for any power. Watching him at this point he looks to be a better leadoff hitter than number three hitter. Pena has struggled and is now hurt. Longoria hasn&#8217;t burst on the scene like we all anticipated. Looking at the lineup from top to bottom there is absolutely no one that would scare any pitcher out there. The Rays need to make a move to get a legit middle of the order hitter. To take it a step further in my little fantasy here, I want an elite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kazmir is the man, should get Cy Young!</title>
		<link>http://tampabaysportsblog.com/tampa-bay-rays/kazmir-is-the-man-should-get-cy-young/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   I might be jumping the gun here but Scott Kazmir is off to a ridiculously good start. Since the early part of last year I have been arguing that James Shields was the ace and not Kazmir. I argue this not because I think that Shields has better stuff, he doesn&#8217;t, but because he has been more consistent in giving the team quality starts. Remember last year when Shields was robbed of at least 4 or 5 wins because of the Camp/Lugo circus that we had. I will now give the nod to Kaz. Scotty &#8216;K&#8217; is off to a phenomenal start and this is all coming on the heels of starting the season on the D.L. He is also a traditionally slow starter and tends to throw alot of pitches early which leads to 5 inning outings. He started that way again tonight but recovered to end up going 7 innings of shutout ball picking up his fifth win. This is an outstanding thing to think see transpiring in front of us. This guy can be flat out unhittable when he&#8217;s on and he seems to be on all the time now. He has only pitched in six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays win behind Floyd walkoff!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 02:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Cliff Floyd has now made his mark. Floyd hit a shot to center that barely got over the wall for a walkoff 2-1 win. He&#8217;ll probably have to go on the DL now after running the bases and getting beat down by everyone when he got home. Some notes from the game.    James Shields got away with some average stuff tonight. He left ALOT of changeups up in the zone tonight and thankfully the &#8220;other&#8221; Sox were not killing him.    Aki has 41 hits in May now. That&#8217;s got to be a club record or something. The thing that makes me laugh watching him though is that they all seem to go to the same damn spot. How does he do it?!   Pena needs to hit the bench for a couple days. It has gotten embarrassingly painful to watch him swing and miss all night long. I feel terrible when I watch him and he needs to be sat for a couple days just to get his head straight (it&#8217;s true, sorry Mom). In his last 10 games Carlos is hitting .242 with 12 K&#8217;s in 33 AB&#8217;s. The stats aren&#8217;t showing how ugly it&#8217;s been to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the fans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   I&#8217;m confused by the lack of attendance at the Rays games. The Rays have yet to start hitting yet they win. You could go watch Shields, Kazmir and Sonnanstine. You don&#8217;t have to see the crap that was continuously rotated out of the bullpen last year. You can see one of the best defense&#8217;s in baseball every night. Every game seems to be close and for the first time in our history they are winning more than they are losing. Where is everyone? I know it&#8217;s too much too ask for people to go every night, hell I can&#8217;t do that, but is it too much to ask for more than 12,000 people to come see our second place Rays? There are no more excuses for you right now. It&#8217;s still easy to find parking. It&#8217;s not a long drive for anyone from Tampa to Sarasota. What&#8217;s your excuse people? Every day I hear on the radio people calling in to the local shows and they say &#8220;when they win I&#8217;ll go&#8221;. They&#8217;re winning now so where are you? It&#8217;s time for the fans to stop making excuses. We can still bitch and moan about the dumb moves our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays win behind Shields almost perfect game.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   One pitch, one swing and that&#8217;s the only thing keeping James Shields out of the history books tonight. James Shields looked outstanding tonight against the Angels. He mowed down man after man never slowing down to take a breath it seemed. You could not have asked for anything better from your ace after the marathon game last night. He shut down the Angels in less than 2 and 1/2 hours and Evan Longoria helped close this thing down so the Rays could get some rest. Shields pitched 9 innings giving up one hit and no walks while striking out 8 in a shutout of the Angels. Longo came through with a walk-off two run homer in the bottom of the ninth to clinch it. The defense was phenominal tonight as well as Crawford, Upton, Pena and Longoria all made great plays to help out. The Rays just keep winning despite the lack of offense. Related Posts:Kazmir is the man, should get Cy Young!Rays sweep!Longoria sent down.and the bad Rays.Where are the fans?Rays bad again in loss to Sox.Rays in first, Shields player of the week.Rays win again.It&#8217;s official, B.J. Upton is the dumbest player in baseball!Rays season over, sigh. Technorati [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays bad again in loss to Sox.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 02:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   James Shields took the hill and looked bad from the first pitch tonight. These things happen. Shields is a good pitcher and this is just something that happens to all pitchers from time to time. The bullpen is starting to come down to earth as Howell and Dohman both gave up runs. Anyone who thought this team would finish the season with the best bullpen was crazy anyway. It was a bad night all around and there does need to be some changes made soon. I&#8217;m sick of watching Dioner Navarro act like he&#8217;s sitting on a bar stool behind the plate and not even attempting to move sideways or even drop down to block wild pitches. You can visually see each and every pitcher on the staff working to keep the ball down and in doing so they are ALL bouncing more pitches to the plate than normal. When you are having your pitchers do this the catcher must be aware and REACT accordingly. The fat catcher is a statue behind the plate and it&#8217;s getting worse. He will no longer be referred to by his given name on this site as the fat catcher has earned his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays in first, Shields player of the week.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Well in case you&#8217;ve been locked in a closet and hadn&#8217;t heard let me tell you, our hometown Tampa Bay Rays are in first place! Well tied for first actually but in first none the less. I know it&#8217;s early and I know I&#8217;m not supposed to get overly excited about it this early but c&#8217;mon! I&#8217;ve been a fan since Wilson Alvarez and Juan Guzman! I&#8217;ve had to watch Ben Grieve and Vinny Cashstealer! I&#8217;ve earned this and so have you. Sound off and let &#8216;em know you&#8217;re excited too. What a great week it&#8217;s been and hopefully they can ride this momentum for a while and give us all a chance to prove this is a baseball town. I will post the standings just for fun, look and be in awe.  Tampa Bay Rays 14 11 .560 &#8211;                Baltimore Orioles 14 11 .560 &#8211;                Boston Red Sox 15 12 .556 &#8211;                New York Yankees 13 13 .500 1.5                Toronto Blue Jays 11 15 .423 3.5    The other exciting [...]]]></description>
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