Rays The Stakes

Thank You for your patience as we prepare to make the long over-due switch to our permanent site. Go Rays

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RAYS: 4 O's: 3 CHEESE: Matt Garza. G-Man overcame a rough start (25 pitch 1st), and worked through 8; giving-up only 1 earned run on only 4 hits, while walking 2 and striking-out 9. It did co...

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We're slowly warming-up to new technologies so please feel free to bring us with you everywhere you go in one of the following ways: Our RSS feed (on the sidebar) or Join us on our Facebook Fa...

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In a departure from our signature daily recap, "Cheese & Whine", today's post is just a compilation of various, random thoughts from the Rays' 2010 debut. -Evan Longoria is a stud, but his K's ...

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UPDATE: Actual lineup as posted in the Rays' clubhouse this morning (The Heater ): 1. Bartlett ss 2.Crawford lf 3. Zobrist rf 4. Longoria 3b 5. Pena 1b 6. Upton cf 7. Burrell dh 8. Rodriguez 2b...

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The sun is shining, the smell of fresh-cut grass hangs heavily in the air, and Tampa Bay Rays' baseball finally kicks-off in just over twenty-four hours. The roster has been pared down to 25...

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As we rapidly approach a new season (finally), I wanted to reach out and let everyone know that although things have gotten extremely hectic at the DirtbagFan household we still intend to cover o...

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Dear Readers, Over the last few months I've decided to go back to school for another degree, had my 4th "little dirtbag fan", and have been pressing forward with my forthcoming novel. As a resul...

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Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of voting for the BBA's rookie of the year awards; if you'll remember I voted for Tampa's own Jeff Niemann, but in the end he finished 4th (behind Bailey,...

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Evan Longoria received his first Gold Glove Award earlier this week, and now has been honored with a Silver Slugger Award. What is a Silver Slugger Award? Its an award given to the best offe...

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According to AP reports Evan Longoria has officially won his first Gold Glove Award. I'll go way out on a limb and assume that it will not be his last. The interesting aspect of Longoria wi...

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Not a huge surprise, but the Rays have exercised their option on CC and his $10M salary for the 2010 season. CC has been the heart of the young organization; owning the franchise marks in hits...

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It's official. The Rays have traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed, relief pitcher, Jesse Chavez. Chavez, 26, finished the 2009 season with an E...

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Carl Crawford has been voted as 2009's best left fielder according to The Fielding Bible Awards. I wholeheartedly agree, and am pleased to see Crawford getting the love he deserves after a stel...

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**UPDATE (OCT 30) Hey gang, get in while the gettin's good. There's still time to win a Jason Bartlett Autographed card courtesy of Rays the Stakes and Sports Memorabilia. Enter now. ---- **UP...

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Just a quick post to remind everyone that even though the posts have slowed down here at Rays The Stakes, you can still get all the baseball coverage you can handle by stopping over to the BASEBA...

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I'm a late comer to this party because, to be honest, I wasn't sure what to think about the re-signing of Kapler. A day has passed and I'm still not in love with the move, but I guess there's a...

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The votes are in, and the BBA (Baseball Bloggers Alliance) AL and NL Most Valuable Players of the 2009 MLB season have been announced. You can check out how Rays The Stakes voted (with explanati...

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My duties as a member of the BBA include casting votes for all the major annual awards, and no award in all of sports is more major than the coveted title of MVP. The BBA voting is set-up essen...

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In a strictly hypothetical situation who would you choose? The Rays have stated on various occasions that they're operating over budget and can not afford to maintain their current payroll. ...

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Today the Rays announced in a press release that the organization's sixth hitting coach will be former Cleveland hitting coach Derek Shelton. Shelton becomes the youngest hitting coach in Rays'...

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The BBA has released it's results of their voting for A.L. and N.L. Cy Young Award winners. Unfortunately, I missed the deadline to get my votes in, but Greinke would've been my number one guy, w...

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So the BBA votes for AL Rookie of the Year are in and I couldn't disagree more with the votes of my BBA brethren. I find it nearly impossible to bestow the award on a closer, much less a closer ...

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It's time for us to fulfill our duty as a member of the BBA, and cast our ballot for American League Rookie of the Year. How it works: It's a weighted ballot, meaning that we'll rank our top th...

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The Baseball Bloggers Alliance named their inaugural Managers of the Year today, selecting Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Jim Tracy of the Colorado Rockies as the best man...

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