Tampa Bay Rays Franchise...

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I am starting my season this year with the Tampa Bay Rays. I am waiting till opening day to start but from this point on i will be posting things about last season and the off season from signings, trades, releases, and anything else that has happened for the Rays this season. Hoping they can do what they did last season except win it all this time.

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Anyone wanting to ask questions about the Rays you can email me and ill get back ot you ASAP. You can ask anything about what they are doing and what they plan on doing to what they might do.

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I'm confused. do you play a game every day they play?

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I think he's just gonna wait til opening day so he can have the right rosters. I'll follow i had one last year

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Cant Wait Till 09
2008 Tampa Bay Rays Season Recap
2008 Record: 97-65 (AL Champs!!!!)


Last year was another year that people were putting the rays out of the race of the WS. They started out good haing a winning month in April going 15-12, with an era of 3.69 from opening day till the end of april. They started out strong and kept it going through the whole year. They made playoffs and even made it to the 2008 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies they just couldnt beat them in the end. But what do all baseball fans say what till next year.

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no, like havok said i am just going to wiat till the season opener so that i can have the updated rosters then ill start the franchise

[REBEL5 AC]

Ahhh okay, I gotcha. Nice thinking, but I couldn't resist haha

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Going into the off season the Rays knew they played great and they just needed to pick up so good players to help them win it next year for 09. They started off good in December by signing free agent RHP Joe Nelson. Acquired OF Matt Joyce from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for RHP Edwin Jackson. Signed free agent RHP Lance Cormier to a one-year contract. Signed OF Gabe Kapler to a one-year contract. Signed OF Pat Burrell to a two-year contract,


Joe Nelson- A 35 year old right handed pitcher. He is 6-1 200 pds. He has a 2.60 ERA at home and a 1.37 ERA away. Last year he pitched in 59 games and had a 3-1 record with an ERA 2.00

Matt Joyce- a 24 year old from Tampa, FL. Played for Detroit before getting traded to Tampa. He hit for an BA of .252 12 HRs and 33 RBI's in 92 games in 2008.

Lance Cormier- 28 year old right handed pitcher. He had his best year of his career last year with the Baltimore Orioles. He pitched in 42 games with an ERA of 4.02 alos with a 3-3 record. He also allowed his lowest ER of his career with 32 in 71.2 innings.

Gabe Kapler- Gabriel Stefan Kapler, A 34 yr old RF signed to a one year contract off FA. He hit for a .301 avg last year in 96 games. He als had his best SLG year last year also. He is coming from the Milwaukee Brewers which is a young team so he could be a vertern to the hitters this year for our young team. We will be glad to see what he will bring to this team.


Patrick Brian Burrell - 32 yr old Burrell coming off the World Series Champs the Phillies. He had his best FPCT of his career last year posting a .991 for the Phils. He hit three home runs in hte post season with an avg of .227. We will be looking for him to step up and play hard ball this year for our team and we will see what he can do for us.

[soldaderyan]

ADD some color dude

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Im trying to figure out how to. If anyone can help me it would be great and ill add color

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The Starting Roster so far for the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays is.

Starting Pitching
1. J. Shields
2. S. Kazmir
3. M. Garza
4. A Sonnanstine
5. D. Price

Bullpen
M. Talbot
J. Niemann
J. Hammel
D. Wheeler
J. Howell
G. Balfour
J. Isringhausen
J. Nelson
B. Shouse
C. Bradford

Infield
C. Pena
W. Aybar
A. Iwamura
J. Bartlett
B. Zobrist
E. Longoria
A. Kennedy
M. Ensburg

Outfield
G. Gross
M. Joyce
G. Kapler
F. Perez
B. Upton
J. Ruggiano
C. Crawford

This is the lineup so far as the depth cart. Ill be up dating it daily with changes through the spring training and till it is broken down to 25 man roster.

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Nice update man u ain't gonna do no crazy trade?

[soldaderyan]

hmm, david price in the starting rotation, nice

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na i go by what happens in real life and try and do it that way. I keep my rosters updated like real life and try to win with the players i am given.

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na i go by what happens in real life and try and do it that way. I keep my rosters updated like real life and try to win with the players i am given.

Yea me too :thumbsup:

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Yea he was put in the rotation this year. So he is moving from bullpen to the Number 5 starter and they are going ot see how he does from that spot.

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yea i might start my franchise early though cause i want to play so bad. I might just start another one with a another team till the seasn starts. Then i ll start with this franchise. I just want to wait to see what the opening day rostes are for all the teams

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The Start of Preseason and the Rays are off to a slow start. They went into preseason and played there first game against the reds and got beat but it wont stop them from being at hte top again

CIN 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 7 14 0

TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

W: J. Cueto (1-0, 0.00); L: R. Choate (0-1, 36.00)
HR: CIN: J. Hairston (1), A. Rosales (1).

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You playing spring training or are you doing it like real life

[soldaderyan]

Damn I dont like that boxscore, bro

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Again they are to another bad game against the NY Yankees of the AL East. They are using some new pitchers this spring to give them a try and see how they do. Hopefully we can bounce back after this.

TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0

NYY 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 7 0

W: P. ***e (1-0, 0.00); L: C. Orvella (0-1, 9.00)
HR: NYY: S. Duncan (1), J. Posada (1).

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We finally get things going this Spring. On Febuary 27 we faced the Boston Red Sox and we finally got some good pitching and hitting out of our squad. Niemann pitched a great game and didnt give up a run and Longoria hit is first home run of the Spring. Hopefully we can keep this up.




BOS 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 7 2

TB 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 X 12 13 2

W: J. Niemann (1-0, 0.00); L: M. Bowden (0-1, 21.60)
HR: TB: E. Longoria (1), C. Richard (1).

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Here was our Febuary 28 Game against the Defending World Series Champs. WE played hard but we just didnt have the pitching down right today.




Tampa Bay 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 11 2
Philadelphia 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 X 12 13 2


Standings | Recap: TB | PHI

Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kapler, RF 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000
Johnson, E, CF 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 .444
Ruggiano, CF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .375
Weber, J, RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .250
Aybar, W, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333
Kennedy, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000
Burrell, DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333
a-Perez, F, PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .222
Richard, 1B 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Nowak, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ensberg, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143
Brignac, R, SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Sadler, LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333
Riggans, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hernandez, M, C 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .333
Olmedo, SS-3B 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 .429
Totals 36 5 11 5 2 7 15

a-Struck out for Burrell in the 5th.

BATTING
2B: Aybar, W (1, Kendrick), Burrell (1, Naylor), Weber, J (1, Eyre), Hernandez, M (1, Woods).
3B: Ruggiano (1, Kendrick).
HR: Sadler (1, 2nd inning off Kendrick, 0 on, 2 out), Johnson, E (1, 9th inning off Woods, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Johnson, E 4; Ruggiano 4; Weber, J 2; Aybar, W 2; Burrell 2; Sadler 4; Hernandez, M 2; Olmedo 3.
RBI: Sadler (1), Ruggiano (1), Weber, J (2), Johnson, E 2 (4).
2-out RBI: Sadler; Weber, J; Johnson, E 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Burrell; Aybar, W; Sadler; Perez, F; Kennedy.
GIDP: Sadler.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Olmedo (1, 3rd base off Naylor/Paulino).
CS: Ruggiano (1, 2nd base by Kendrick/Paulino).

FIELDING
E: Brignac, R (1, fielding), Sadler (1, fielding).


Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rollins, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .375
Chavez, O, SS 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Victorino, CF 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .375
Bruntlett, CF 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Ibanez, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200
Jenkins, LF 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .167
Howard, 1B 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 .250
Tracy, 1B 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333
Mayberry, RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .400
Dobbs, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .273
Cairo, 2B 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .400
Ozuna, 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .800
Donald, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .100
Paulino, C 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Marson, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 39 12 13 10 1 4 15

BATTING
2B: Rollins (1, Talbot), Cairo (1, Cormier).
HR: Howard (1, 1st inning off Talbot, 1 on, 1 out), Mayberry (1, 1st inning off Talbot, 0 on, 1 out), Cairo (1, 1st inning off Talbot, 0 on, 2 out), Paulino (1, 6th inning off Howell, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Rollins 2; Victorino; Bruntlett; Howard 5; Tracy; Mayberry 5; Cairo 6; Ozuna; Donald; Paulino 4.
RBI: Victorino (1), Howard 2 (2), Mayberry 2 (3), Cairo (1), Donald (1), Paulino (1), Bruntlett (1), Tracy (1).
2-out RBI: Cairo; Paulino; Mayberry; Bruntlett; Tracy.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dobbs; Ibanez 2.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bruntlett (1, 2nd base off Day/Hernandez, M).

FIELDING
E: Cairo (1, fielding), Naylor (1, pickoff).
DP: 2 (Rollins-Cairo, Chavez, O-Cairo-Tracy).




Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Talbot (L, 0-1) 3.0 6 5 5 0 0 3 15.75
Cormier 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3.00
Howell 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.50
Day 2.0 4 5 1 1 2 0 4.50
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kendrick (W, 1-0) 2.2 4 1 1 0 0 1 3.38
Naylor 2.1 3 1 1 1 3 0 3.86
Koplove 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Eyre 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 9.00
Condrey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Woods 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 9.00


HBP: Paulino (by Cormier).
Groundouts-flyouts: Talbot 6-3, Cormier 3-1, Howell 3-0, Day 2-2, Kendrick 3-3, Naylor 1-3, Koplove 2-1, Eyre 1-1, Condrey 2-0, Woods 0-1.
Batters faced: Talbot 15, Cormier 9, Howell 4, Day 13, Kendrick 11, Naylor 11, Koplove 3, Eyre 5, Condrey 3, Woods 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Naylor 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Phil Cuzzi. 1B: Eric Cooper. 2B: Chad Fairchild. 3B: Arthur Thigpen.
Weather: 76 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:43.
Att: 10,270.
February 28, 2009

I am just using Real Life games from Spring Training.

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Another Spring Trainging Game and another loss. We are off to a bad start but we should be get going soon hopefully.



Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 11 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 2


Standings | Recap: TOR | TB

Toronto AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lydon, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111
2-Shoffit, PR-CF 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 .250
Adams, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111
Campbell, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222
Lind, DH 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000
a-Dopirak, PH-DH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Rolen, 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500
1-Emaus, PR-3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 .200
Lane, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .455
3-Calderone, PR-LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Jeroloman, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250
4-Arencibia, PR-C 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Loewen, RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .222
Cooper, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143
Ruiz, 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500
McDonald, SS 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200
5-Sanchez, PR-SS 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Totals 35 6 11 6 3 6 19

a-Doubled for Lind in the 8th.
1-Ran for Rolen in the 4th. 2-Ran for Lydon in the 6th. 3-Ran for Lane in the 7th. 4-Ran for Jeroloman in the 7th. 5-Ran for McDonald in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Dopirak (1, Abreu, W), Emaus (1, Abreu, W), Campbell (2, Orvella).
TB: Lydon; Shoffit; Campbell 2; Dopirak 2; Rolen; Emaus 2; Lane; Jeroloman; Cooper; Ruiz; Sanchez.
RBI: Shoffit 2 (2), Emaus (1), Arencibia (1), Sanchez (2), Dopirak (1).
2-out RBI: Shoffit 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Campbell; Emaus.
SF: Arencibia; Dopirak.
GIDP: Cooper.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: 4 (Cooper-McDonald-Wolfe, McDonald-Campbell-Cooper, Sanchez-Ruiz 2).


Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bartlett, SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500
Brignac, R, 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Crawford, LF 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .500
Johnson, E, 3B 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .400
Longoria, 3B 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .429
Weber, J, LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222
Burrell, RF 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333
1-Gross, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Zobrist, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143
Beckham, T, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500
Navarro, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143
Jaso, J, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Albernaz, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kapler, DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
a-Riggans, PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ensberg, 1B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .300
Nowak, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Perez, F, CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182
Ruggiano, CF 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 32 3 10 3 5 4 18

a-Struck out for Kapler in the 8th.
1-Ran for Burrell in the 5th.

BATTING
2B: Longoria 2 (2, Litsch, Wolfe), Bartlett (2, Takahashi), Navarro (1, Takahashi).
3B: Crawford 2 (2, Takahashi, Wolfe).
TB: Bartlett 2; Crawford 6; Longoria 4; Navarro 2; Ensberg 2; Ruggiano 2.
RBI: Crawford (1), Burrell (1), Longoria (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zobrist; Bartlett.
SF: Burrell.
GIDP: Navarro; Brignac, R 2; Beckham, T.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Johnson, E (2, 2nd base off Bullington/Arencibia).

FIELDING
E: Johnson, E (2, throw), Orvella (1, pickoff).
PB: Jaso, J (1).
DP: 2 (Longoria-Zobrist, Hernandez, C-Bartlett-Ensberg).




Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Litsch 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Takahashi 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 10.80
Wolfe 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 15.43
Bullington (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2.25
Santos (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Hayhurst (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hammel 4.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
Hernandez, C (H, 1) 2.1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.00
Abreu, W (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 1.2 3 2 1 1 2 0 4.91
Orvella 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 13.50


WP: Hernandez, C.
Groundouts-flyouts: Litsch 2-3, Takahashi 1-4, Wolfe 4-0, Bullington 4-1, Santos 2-0, Hayhurst 2-0, Hammel 2-6, Hernandez, C 3-4, Abreu, W 0-3, Orvella 0-2.
Batters faced: Litsch 8, Takahashi 10, Wolfe 6, Bullington 8, Santos 3, Hayhurst 3, Hammel 15, Hernandez, C 10, Abreu, W 9, Orvella 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Wolfe 2-0, Abreu, W 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Brian O'Nora. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Tim Timmons. 3B: Sam Holbrook.
Weather: 66 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 18 mph, L to R.
T: 2:47.
Att: 6,074.
March 1, 2009

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Our March 2nd Game against STL. We finally got our second win of Spring Training. I really hope we can keep this up


Tampa Bay 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 8 13 2
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 9 2


Standings | Recap: TB | STL

Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kennedy, 2B 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250
a-Perez, F, PH-CF 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .182
Ruggiano, CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .429
Nowak, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Longoria, 3B 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 .556
b-Brignac, R, PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Zobrist, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .100
Johnson, E, 2B 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .417
Gross, RF 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .400
Sadler, RF 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Ensberg, DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .214
c-Beckham, T, PH-DH 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333
Richard, 1B 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 .444
Hernandez, C, C 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Riggans, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .111
Olmedo, 3B 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .556
Weber, J, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .231
Totals 40 8 13 7 3 11 19

a-Hit a sacrifice fly for Kennedy in the 6th. b-Flied out for Longoria in the 6th. c-Reached on a fielder's choice for Ensberg in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Longoria (3, Wainwright), Gross (1, Hawksworth), Ruggiano (2, Hawksworth), Johnson, E (2, Motte).
TB: Kennedy 2; Ruggiano 2; Longoria 3; Johnson, E 2; Gross 2; Richard 2; Riggans; Olmedo 2; Weber, J.
RBI: Longoria (4), Kennedy (1), Gross (2), Perez, F (3), Ruggiano (2), Beckham, T (1), Olmedo (1).
2-out RBI: Kennedy; Gross; Ruggiano; Olmedo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gross; Zobrist 2; Ensberg; Brignac, R; Nowak 2; Weber, J.
S: Weber, J.
SF: Perez, F.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Olmedo (2, 2nd base off Samuel/Anderson, B), Gross (1, 2nd base off Kinney/LaRue).

FIELDING
E: Kennedy (1, throw), Zobrist (1, throw).
DP: (Brignac, R).


St. Louis AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Schumaker, 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .357
Stavinoha, LF 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 .500
Thurston, LF-2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .100
a-Hoffpauir, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333
Pujols, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375
Anderson, B, C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Ankiel, CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Rasmus, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Mather, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133
Ryan, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Wallace, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jay, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .375
Barton, DH 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .286
LaRue, C 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 .200
Craig, 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667
Greene, T, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375
Totals 37 5 9 4 2 1 16

a-Walked for Thurston in the 7th. b-Flied out for Ryan in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: LaRue (1, DePaula), Schumaker (2, DePaula), Ankiel (2, Cromer).
3B: Barton (1, DePaula).
TB: Schumaker 2; Stavinoha 2; Ankiel 3; Jay; Barton 3; LaRue 2; Craig.
RBI: LaRue (1), Schumaker (2), Stavinoha 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Stavinoha.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: LaRue; Jay; Pujols.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Barton (1, 2nd base off Houser, J/Hernandez, C), Mather (1, 2nd base off DePaula/Riggans).

FIELDING
E: Greene, T 2 (2, fielding, fielding).
DP: (Greene, T-Schumaker).




Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Davis (W, 1-0) 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
DePaula 1.1 3 3 3 0 0 0 11.57
Cromer (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Houser, J (H, 1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3.86
Medlock (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13.50
Thayer, D 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.50
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wainwright (L, 0-1) 2.0 5 3 2 1 1 0 9.00
Kinney 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
Hawksworth 3.0 5 3 3 0 3 0 4.76
Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Samuel 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6.75
Motte 1.0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0.00


WP: DePaula, Samuel.
Groundouts-flyouts: Davis 6-4, DePaula 3-1, Cromer 1-1, Houser, J 1-2, Medlock 2-1, Thayer, D 1-2, Wainwright 1-4, Kinney 0-1, Hawksworth 1-5, Miller 0-0, Samuel 0-2, Motte 0-1.
Batters faced: Davis 13, DePaula 8, Cromer 3, Houser, J 6, Medlock 4, Thayer, D 5, Wainwright 13, Kinney 3, Hawksworth 14, Miller 3, Samuel 5, Motte 7.
Umpires: HP: Scott Barry. 1B: CB Bucknor. 2B: R.J. Thompson. 3B: Chris Conroy.
Weather: 63 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:55.
Att: 4,272.
March 2, 2009

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Again we get a win we are on a two game win streak. Lets keep it up Rays and Rays fans.


HOU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 2

TB 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 1 X 12 9 0

W: J. Niemann (2-0, 1.80); L: B. Backe (0-1, 9.00)
HR: TB: R. Brignac (1).

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This just in from Last night. Coming straight from the Managers mouth. Our starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays opening game this season is going to be Josh Shields. Hope we can get good pitching that day from him!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nice updates but if u wanna practice around with colors and stuff check out this thread Layout test thread (http://www.2ksports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207764)

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Straight from MLB.com

Injury Update (http://billchastain.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/03/injury_update_1.html)

According to Joe Maddon, Carlos Pena is definitely a go for Friday in Bradenton. The Rays first baseman has been held back to give him adequate time to recover from off-season surgery to repair abdominal muscle tears.

"I feel great," Pena said. "I'm planning on playing Friday."

Meanwhile, Matt Joyce and B.J. Upton will remain on the sideline.

Joyce continues to have a sore calf muscle.

"He's got this soreness, stiffness down in his lower calf area," Maddon said. "...There's day's it feels better. And times it doesn't. He said he's feeling better, but it's not to the point where we feel like him participating. "

Upton is recovering from off-season surgery to his left shoulder and isn't expected to play until later in the spring.

Upton is "making progress," Maddon said. "Still no definitive anything. At the end of it I just know he's smiling and he's feeling good. He's confident. He's chomping at the bit too, all of our guys are who have not been able to play."

--Bill Chastain

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Nice i see u added color

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i figured out what i did wrong with it now ill add color to every score update and every major update

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Alright cool man

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This just in from MLB Rays TV.

This is Brian Adams for Rays TV. I am about to have an interview with the rays GM, MLG Xit Wounds. Hopefully he can tell us what he thinks about spring training with the rays and maybe some things that might change.


Hello there Sir, my name is Brian Adams of Rays TV. How are you doing today.


Well things are going good just wish we could get some better pitching out of or players this spring to see if they have what it takes to be in the bigs this season.


So how do you think your team will fair this season with the new starting rotation and adding David Price as a starter this season.

Well we have some live arms this season and with the youngster of Price pitching this season as a starter instead of in the bullpen, if he can do what he did last year the whole team will be in good shape every time he is on the mound this season. We are hoping he will have the stanima to go as a starter and we are hoping we wont have to move him back to the bullpen in the middle of the season.

So what do you think of your offense this season. I know you guys lost a great vetren in Cliff Floyd, but you guys did pick up some other vets this season in Pat Burrell and Gabe Kapler.

We all will miss Cliff he was one of the players that helped us get to the World Series last season. We wished we could of got him back this season but things happen and we wanted to go with some other players. But with the experience of Burrell coming from the championship team Phillies we know he has what it takes to step up and get us the big hit when needed.

So what do you expect from your team this year.

Well we are hoping to get to the World Series again this year and show everyone out there that last year was not a fluke and we can play with the best teams out there no matter when or where we are, Home or Away, We are a team to be scared of. Well sorry Brian but i need to get back to work with the front office so ill talk to you later

Ok there you have it the GM of the Rays is expecting this team to go to the promise land and win it this season and show people they are the team of the future and not the past.

Well this is Brian Adams of Rays TV signing off and saying good night.
Have fun everyone and lets enjoy Rays Baseball this season