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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Matt Holliday</title>
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		<title>Glover&#8217;s gone and some other stuff.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Hinske]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Glover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunter Pence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays activated reliever Gary Glover today and immediately designated him for assignment. Bye bye Glover, it&#8217;s been fun, uh not really. That&#8217;s all I&#8217;ve got to say about Mr. Glover. Anyway, I had a slow day today so I decided to look at some of the past games this year with Justin Ruggiano to try and get a better hold of what type of player he is. I have come away with the same impression I had before, why no shot for this guy yet? He has decent pop in his bat, is a good fielder, has a decent arm in RF and has basestealing ability. I keep seeing other sites call him a tweener and that is a stupid statement. You can&#8217;t call someone a tweener when they haven&#8217;t played much at the next level. He&#8217;s done enough to earn a shot here and there is no real reason to keep him down at AAA. The thing that is getting to me is that Gomes (I know and I&#8217;m not letting it go either) continues to get limited playing time and complains about it. He says that he needs consistent playing time to get himself going. How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays rumors and options.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Sonnanstine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Fuentes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Barmes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Hammel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Niemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Ruggiano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Texiera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Holliday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Murton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pittsburg Pirates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rocco Baldelli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Mahay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trevor Miller]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   There are a ton of rumors swirling around the Rays as the deadline approaches this Thursday and they&#8217;ve got everyone guessing as to what they&#8217;re gonna do. I know my stomach dropped Friday when I saw the Yankees had obtained Xavier Nady and Demaso Marte from the Pirates. I really wanted Nady and thought the Rays could&#8217;ve gotten him using some sort of package involvingguys like Edwiin Jackson, Jason Hammel, Jeff Niemann or Andy Sonnanstine. The Pirates need pitching and the Rays have some to spare, so what happened? It&#8217;s anybone&#8217;s guess. This is hard for me to swallow for two reasons. It really helps the Yanks, who are coming fast, and it blocked the Rays from the deal. They killed us twice so to speak. This all leaves me wondering what the Rays plan to do. They&#8217;re being linked to guys like Brian Fuentes, Ron Mahay, Clint Barmes (god no), Jason Bay (no way that&#8217;s going to happen), Matt Murton, Mark Texiera and Matt Holliday (just for fun on the last two). I&#8217;m getting more frustrated with this because they don&#8217;t seem to be actively trying to move a Jackson, Hammel or Sonnanstine the way they should be. When David Price [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Friedman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Zobrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Niemann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Holliday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rays Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fat Catcher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xavier Nady]]></category>

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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>This has to be Gomes&#8217; LAST chance!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tampa Bay Rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonny Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Holliday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Murton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xavier Nady]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[   With the Rays offense struggling to push across runs, and the major need being a right handed bat to help out against lefties, this has to be Jonny Gomes last shot at production this year. I can understand why fans and even his teammates like him but his personality is not enough to keep him on the club. The Rays have been eyeballing guys like Xavier Nady, Jason Bay, Matt Murton and even Matt Holliday (not really). With the A&#8217;s throwing lefties at the Rays for the next three games Gomes has an opportunity to prove he can be that guy. At the start of the season we knew he would have limited playing time, we knew he was a defensive liability and with all that considered we counted on him to hit homeruns, especially against lefties. Mr. Gomes has disappointed in almost every way so far (he has done well stealing and running the bases) and it is time to show and prove. He says he&#8217;s a guy that needs regular playing time to get his swing right, what player doesn&#8217;t? All the excuses are gone now and he must start hitting. The Rays are winning more than [...]]]></description>
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