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Today in Sports History: October 29th
10/29/1996 - NBA announces 50 greatest In commemoration of the league's 50th anniversary, the National Basketball Association announces a list of the 50 greatest players of all time. Also announced were the 10 greatest teams of all time -- one of which was the '95-96 Bulls team that had just won 72...
"Major risk, major reward?" or "Evan Almighty!"
I've gotten used to the New York Islanders pulling stuff like this and I've also gotten used to the Tampa Bay lack-of-Devil Rays pulling this on a cost effective platform in the past... But a nine year investment in a rookie? This takes things to new risk levels: "This is obviously fairly...
A quick way to disuade this fan
The Tampa Bay Rays have been doing much to improve their image the last few eyars since Stu Sternberg took over the team. But you want to know one quick way to tear all that down with fans who are sick of the scandals, sick of the fact baseball has been sullied by BALCO and artificially inflated...
Shawn Kemp Hall of Fame for Paternal Excellence - 1/13/07
Saturday, January 13, 2007The San Diego Chargers have restricted ticket sales for this weekend's playoff game with the New England Patriots exclusively to residents of Southern California and the surrounding area. This is an extreme measure to maintain their home field advantage against a team...
Best Individual Moments
What were the best individual moments of the 2008 season? I've been tossing this around in my head for a couple of days now. The season was filled with so many great moments that it seems like you could name just about every player on the roster and say "Hey, remember when Player X did..." So I...
Philadelphia Phillies: 2008 World Champions
Baseballgirl may have a more comprehensive wrap forthcoming, but let me offer my congratulations to the Phillies for a Game 5 victory that took only three days. Most here picked the Rays to win, but I wasn't shocked at the result because while the Phillies were not one of baseball's best teams...
ALCS Preview: Red Sox and Rays -- to the death
via www.projo.com And they meet again. The Boston Red Sox versus the best team in the American League East, the Tampa Bay Rays. There is no doubt in my mind that this is one of the best ALCS match-ups I've seen in recent history. Something about this rivalry just makes it stand out. No, it's not...
'Ray' of hope: Sox tied for first
That's a happy dugout. via d.yimg.com It's a feeling the Red Sox haven't felt since the All-Star break. First place in the American League East. How sweet it is. And it wasn't just a squeak of a victory. This was a dominant victory. The Red Sox pushed past the Rays and their ace, Scott Kazmir,...
Papa Positivity's POV: The Offseason
With the Rays opening the season tomorrow, I thought it would be nice to take a look at what has transpired the last couple months through Joe's glasses. The team lost a young superstar in the making in Delmon Young, which you never like to see go, but what we got back is even more impressive. We...
Dr. Joey Fever
I always hesitate to claim that a rumor is close to happening, but I've been surprised that the A's hadn't moved Joe Blanton yet. So it doesn't come as a surprise that now that Johan Santana is off the market and the choice of free agent pitchers left consist of Kyle Lohse and Livan Hernandez, the...
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