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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>
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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 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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=289</guid>
		<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 are winning in spite of Maddon.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   First thing to say here is that the players on the field are getting it done. All the credit in the world belongs to the guys on the field doing what needs to be done. No doubt about it. I am getting very frustrated with our idiot Manager now though. It seems at the moment that the players are winning in spite of what Mr. Maddon does. This creates a problem because Maddon isn&#8217;t going to try and correct what seems to be working even though it won&#8217;t continue to work. At the game today there a some things that stuck out to me.   First thing is a glaring issue. What the hell was Jason Bartlett doing batting sixth? Is a guy swinging a rubber bat (who&#8217;s BA, SLG and OBP were all under .300 to start the day) really going to protect Evan Longoria? In the first inning they walked Longoria intentionally to get to Bartlett and JB grounded out. I hope this was just an attempt at something different and doesn&#8217;t become some sort of new wave crap Maddon wants to try.    We don&#8217;t bunt enough! This is the main thing that bothers me where the players are overcoming stupid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays defense IS better.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 02:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   Let me give it to myself before I get shell shocked by Rays Index and the rest of them. Jason Bartlett is better than Brendan Harris. I judged Bartlett too quick and I have to retract my earlier statements. In the first few weeks of the season I was so unimpressed by the play of Jason Bartlett that I started speaking out of turn on some things. Bartlett still makes me miss Harris offensively at the moment but after seeing him play short the last few weeks, the defense is noticeably improved. At the moment Bartlett has seemed to put the throwing problems behind him but the range is there. He has made some great plays and I feel the need as a man to let everyone know that I have tasted my foot and have decided to remove it. I still have some complaints about some things on the defensive side but this is a much better team. We obviously miss Delmon Young is right field but Gross and Haynes seem to be fine out there. B.J. Upton still plays too shallow in center and whenever Hisnke or Gomes is in right is hold my breath. None of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Rays&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   On Friday and Saturday the Rays looked like the team everyone was hoping to see. Andy Sonnanstine pitched well Friday and the new bullpen didn&#8217;t have to do much as the Rays exploded for seven runs in the eigth inning to put down the vaunted Yankees at home. Dioner Navarro was hurt, in the goofiest way possible, but backup Shawn Riggans stepped in and showed a glimpse of the talent that we&#8217;d like to see from a starting catcher. Carlos Pena and Cliff Floyd delivered homeruns in the rout. On Saturday the Rays jumped on an HGH-less Andy Pettitte and never looked back. Jonny Gomes thought he hit a homerun early and looked pretty stupid getting tagged out as he rounded the bases but redeemed himself later by actually hitting one. It was a strange baseball day all around but the big thing was how bad Pettitte looked. I guess Brian MacNamee, oh I mean Andy Pettitte&#8217;s dad, didn&#8217;t have any tough juice for him. Too bad. Anyway those were the good Rays. Related Posts:Rays open season strong.Rays bad again in loss to Sox.and the bad Rays.Wow, Sonny dominates!The Rays are smarter than the Yankees.Rays avoid an embarrassing sweep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays report- Weekend wrap-up, Kazmir headed to DL?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/2008/03/17/rays-report-weekend-wrap-up-kazmir-headed-to-dl/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays won all their games over the weekend (including a &#8216;nice&#8217; game with the yanks). I sincerely hope this trend continues into the regular season as the Rays aren&#8217;t stranding runners, getting decent pitching and playing great defense. Anyway there are some things to watch.    According to the Rays official site Scott Kazmir may start the season on the DL. This is very scary to me. As the injuries seem to come in bunches the team is capable of dealing with guys like Baldelli, Zobrist and Shawn Riggans but if Kaz goes down for an extended period, there is no answer for that. Kazmir is one of the best young pitchers in baseball and most of the expectations for this team ride on him and James Shields staying healthy. Shields is now slated to be the opening day starter and he seems to have one of those rubber arms, along with perfect mechanics, which makes us not worry about him. As I speculated here, arm injuries with guys like Kazmir are scary. This could be a two week rest or lead to Tommy John surgery, lets hope for the best!    DRaysBay has a post up about [...]]]></description>
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