Rays Fall to .500

by Tommy Rancel on Sep 16, 2009 11:26 PM EDT

73-73...wow.

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This is stupid and I hate it.

by R.J. Anderson on Sep 16, 2009 11:36 PM EDT reply actions

To think the team had already sewn up the second best record in team history by the start of September

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by Brickhaus on Sep 17, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions

It's not fun

Embrace Eternity

by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 16, 2009 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

At least everyone who made outrageous predictions in mid April won't be as wrong..

by vincesucks on Sep 16, 2009 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

Based on the first game I thought every single game would be rained out

Boy is my face red

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by Sandy Kazmir on Sep 16, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Has this been mentioned?

LF Carl Crawford loudly confronted DH Pat Burrell in the Rays clubhouse before batting practice Wednesday, prompting manager Joe Maddon to meet privately with both players.

“It was nothing,‘’ Maddon said. "Honestly I talked to both parties, everything’s good.’’

Crawford declined to elaborate; Burrell was not available pre-game.

by Doug09 on Sep 16, 2009 11:56 PM EDT reply actions

We'll we win 75 games?

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by JMB on Sep 17, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

so how bout that mid first round draft pick...

the ghost of stokes, camp, lugo strikes TB-sept 2009

by CubFanRaysaddict on Sep 17, 2009 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

Any change we can get top 10?

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by SRQman on Sep 17, 2009 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions

Unlikely unless we stay at the .125 winning pace

CIN is currently 10th with a 67-79 record, 6 games behind us. OAK, MIL, HOU also could fall faster than us too.

by Transplanted on Sep 17, 2009 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions

Lame

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by SRQman on Sep 17, 2009 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions

75 wins is what 10th will likely have

so if we can go 2-14 in the last 16 games, we’ll have a shot

YEAH-FAILURE

by Transplanted on Sep 17, 2009 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions

#10 probably won't get us anything significantly better than #15

There’s a huge drop after the top couple guys, and then there are about 50 guys who are pretty interchangeable. At this point anyway. Things usually change pretty significantly once the year starts, especially with high schoolers.

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by Brickhaus on Sep 17, 2009 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions

It's mostly just shits and giggles

at how bad we can fall

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by SRQman on Sep 17, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh crap

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by SRQman on Sep 17, 2009 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions

not like we'd sign him anyhow

by daveh33 on Sep 17, 2009 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions

We're making the Mets look good in September

Rays now have the 15th pick and with a semi-tough schedule coming up(@TEX, & SEA+NYY @ Home), we could legitimately fall below .500 & it would not be a shock. SP has been fine or at least decent enough to get by, but the bullpen can’t stop melting down & w/o Pena, offense looks so bad, the remaining games even against BAL & TOR could be battles.

by Transplanted on Sep 17, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions

Is Maddon on the potential hot seat for 2010?

Given the September collapse and the small window to win, does he need a good 2010 to protect his job or does his contract do that already? We’ve seen a few managers get fired by bad end of years & beginning of years recently.

by Transplanted on Sep 17, 2009 1:35 AM EDT reply actions

Not calling for his head, but if we miss the playoffs or win less than 93 games next year, I'm going to chop his balls off.

by Suttree on Sep 17, 2009 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Besides for the actual losing, what bothers me most

Is that this perpetuates the idea that our team was a one year wonder. While we were talked about fairly decently this off-season, I wouldn’t be surprised if most commentators write us off at this point.

Blarg…. :-(

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by Steve Slowinski on Sep 17, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions