Last chance to vote Carl Crawford to the 2010 all-star team

Whiskers Demoted!

Rays 2008 All-star and team leader sent to Durham. 

That's what happens when you bat .210 with 1HR in 41 games.

Matt Joyce recalled for added outfield depth with C.C.'s shoulder ailing.

Mayer Foster is gearing up for a fight with no possible winner.

MADDON-ING

Wheels coming off?

Rays waste best start in MLB history - now losers of 17 of last 27.

Don't they understand What's Important Now?
Luckily, Red Sox don't want 2nd place either.
Rays fans, don't give up on your 2nd place team.  Keep voting for them to be all-stars.

Food chain? 2nd Place Rays can't solve sub- .500 Fish, fall to 2nd place.

Rays in tie for Wild Card with washed up Red Sox.

Marlins need to learn "vuvuzela etiquette".  

Meanwhile, Pat Burrell is hitting .341 with 3 doubles and 3 homers with the Giants.

Just what "important announcement" is Stuart Sternberg going to make today?

Barely still in 1st Place Rays too tired to hang on against Braves.

Don't look now but Boston is only 3 games back.

What happened to the fire they played with in April and May?  

Don't they know What's Important Now?

The good news is they still have a 3 game lead in the Wild Card.

Rays Republic needs to step up and vote for Rays All Stars

Let this be a lesson when you have a family argument over what to watch.

Y Not US?

Red Wings icon Steve Yzerman named new Lightning GM

 3rd Best Start to a Season in MLB history

 

7 Rays Among All-Star Vote Leaders

Come on, Rays fans!  Vote 25 times!

EXTENDING THE LEAD

Rays pound Yanks, hold them to 2 runs through 8 innings

Best team in baseball now has a 4 game lead

Bartlett's power drought officially over

Maddon plans to keep his starters on a short pitch count.  How's that workin out so far, Joe?

Navi who?  Jaso 3 for 4, now hitting .333

4 stolen bases in 1 inning is better than being caught stealing 4 times in 1 game

BJ Upton has the best bubble gum in baseball

Sonnanstine enters with an 8-run lead in the 9th, leaves with a 4-run lead

Nothing like giving the defending champs some momentum after the game is in hand

Great catch, Navi. Please spend some more time in the batting cages.
Rays continue to beat Cy Young winners with pitching and defense. Now, if they could only start to hit.
Team Batting Average - 21st
Hits - 23rd
Home Runs - 20th
On Base Percentage - 19th
Welcome to the Rays, Hank Blalock. 0-for-3 is positively Burrell-like.
Fans who run onto the field should always get tazed.

Dan Sileo: The reason nobody is calling you about the Rays is because you are such a Yankee homer that all Rays fans stopped listening to you long ago. If this were a major league town, all the Yankee homers would have been driven off our talk radio stations long ago.

GONE!

The Pat Burrell era is over!
Burrell designated for assignment, Blalock on his way from Durham.
Do the Rays think they are the Yankees or Red Sox by signing terrible free agent contracts?
Now what do we do about the .173 catcher?

Blown Opportunity

Rays rally to tie, then lose in the 11th

Just a small speed bump on the road to the pennant
That's 3 straight losses, for those of you who are keeping score
Lead over Yanks now 1/2 game
Maddon still proud, and still starting guys who are hitting .179
When does Willy Aybar get to platoon with Pena? Meanwhile, Dan Johnson leads the International League in HR's
Hank Blalock is hitting .375 in Durham, while Pat Burrell is hitting .221 in the Majors
Did anybody see that catch Crawford made?

Perfect Again!

Rays just the 3rd team in history to lose 2 perfect games.

Only team to lose 2 perfect games in less than 1 year. (Buehrle 7/23/2009, Braden 5/9/2010).

Best team in baseball is 8th in team AVG.

How can a manager field a lineup with four hitters at .225 or less?

When do the fans start to demand John Jaso?

Vote early, vote often, vote for the Rays!

Cy What???!

Rookie Wade Davis matches former Cy Young winner

Longo keeps going, and going, and...3 HR's in 5 games

Don't look now but Evan is 2nd in MLB in runs scored 

Another rocky save for the still-perfect closer, thanks to some fantastic defense

15,000 less people show up on day without ZZ Top

Needed (Attendance) Boost

34,813 come to see ZZ Top, err...Rays at the Trop

Royals rock out in 10th while....umm...fans...sit waiting for the real show to start

Wall Street Journal:

Red Sox & Yankees both rank in the top 5 most hated MLB teams

Chicks dig positive run differential

Rays demolish A's 18-9 in two game midweek mini sweep
Tampa Bay still ignoring the best thing in baseball

Trop attendance 9th worst in major leagues

Best start in Baseball

Rays match April win total with 15-5 record

Offense leads MLB with .323 average with runners in scoring position
Soriano perfect 5 saves in 5 chances

Pat Burrell leads offense to win -- now hitting .231 with 2 homers
When your DH is owned by 0.5% of ESPN fantasy teams you might have a problem