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Rays Sweep But Yankees Not Gonna Weep

The Tampa Bay Rays are scary.

The team is young, fast and has talent.

The last two nights it was all Tampa Bay Rays, as they took both games in the Bronx.

Are they better than the New York Yankees?

When the Yanks are all well, my answer is no.

Just a month ago down in Tampa Bay the Yankees were healthy, and they took two of three games from the Rays.

This is not the same Yankees team, and they still made the Rays earn both wins.

Finding flaws are far and few between looking at the Tampa Bay Rays roaster.

Their biggest weapon is speed. Whether it is at the plate, on base or in the field, this group hustles and distracts opposing players.

Still, the Rays inexperience was evident last season. There is so much baseball left to be, and things can change much faster than people realize.

Rays skipper Joe Madden has an aura about him that I am not to fond off, but need more time to figure out why. What he did so effectively in 2008, but downright flopped in 2009 with the same team tells me something is just not right.

Attitudes need to stay in check.

Tonight when Tex picked off Jason Bartlett on a signature Pettitte fake-out move, he looked half asleep out there. Bartlett is fast as hell, and if he had a reason to be ready he would have been. Continue reading ‘Rays Sweep But Yankees Not Gonna Weep’ »

Tampa Bay Rays Hit Send On Message To The Yankees

The Trop was packed, fans were roaring, the New York Yankees were visiting, and not to mention the Tampa Bay Rays hit send on a message to the AL East.

The game began with both pitchers going pound for pound. What looked to be a dual on the mound, ended the minute Michael Kay stated it.

Out of nowhere it was already the top of the fourth inning. Nick Johnson starts it off with line-drive into right for his, and the Yankees first hit of the game.

Mark Teixeira followed and his premature struggles extend as he blooper one up for an out.

Tex’s uneasiness was speedily forgotten when Arod slammed what looked to be a home-run into center field, but it bounced off the top wall. Johnson scored, and Arod was safe at third, only to continue home off an error by Rays catcher Dave Navarro.

Finally, the Yanks broke the hard throwing Price and were up 2-0 and all looked to be moving right along. Continue reading ‘Tampa Bay Rays Hit Send On Message To The Yankees’ »

Battle Of The Blogs

Double G Sports (check out his blog, it’s great) kindly invited me to join his fantasy baseball league Battle Of The Blogs” and we just had our draft.

It is a 20 team H2H (head to head) league on ESPN.com, with a six player keeper rule which means six players will carry over to next season fantasy season.

In the draft I had the first pick, and used it for NYY Alex Rodriguez, partly because of Albert Pujols has been bothered again by back spasms which are a concern, and partly out of loyalty.

Arod is healthy and will put up monster numbers this season, as he always has consistently. Automatically a keeper so please no time for negative Arod comments as he is on my team for better or for worse.

Any suggestion would be appreciated, as after multiple mock drafts my team is not my ideal and I could use the help.

MY FANTASY TEAM: Lady Loves Pinstripes:

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