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December - 2007

2007 Coming to a Close
Raynomics: Branding, Tickets, and Age
Save a Cownose Ray, Take a Walk
Boring Week
Third? Oh, Third!
Team Defense
Minor Details: Clearing the Air
What's Next?
LaMar-itis
Phew
Montoyo Fund Nets 13K
Stu's Fixer-Upper aka Under Construction
Raynomics: Rap & Rocco
Happy Holidays
A Clemens Sighting on You Tube...
Rays Aren't Done
Window Sill: Chris Nowak
Topkin Likes Internet Rumors After All
Hi Definition
2009 Free Agents List
Niemann
AL East Starting Pitching Comparison
Jake Takes on Gerry Hunsicker, Senior VP of the Tampa Bay Rays
Baseball Prospectus' Rays' Top 11 Prospects
Floyd Wants to Win
Unlawful
Floyd Deal Finally Official
Jake Takes on Voros McCracken
LaMar-itis 12/28/07
Prospect List
Innovation
Floyd Deal Still Not Official
The Marlins Are Copy Cats
Rays Avoid Arbitration with Glover, Balfour, "Officially" Sign Floyd
Mitchell Report is Out
Spring Training Schedule Released
Jake's Take: Playing the "Non-tender" Sweepstakes
A Cliff for the Rays
Non-Tender Interest
Kalt & Silverman Address the Fans
Nutty Buddy
Help Charlie Montoyo's Family
It's About Time
An Interview with Darcy Raymond
Question Time
Wait, I'm No Buster
Perhaps Everyone Won't Love Longoria on Opening Day
General Manager Manifesto: Volume II
Rays after Fukumori
Jake's Crystal Ball
[Bill James] Loves Evan Longoria
Winter Meetings Roster Wrap
Winter Meetings: Day 4 and more...
Winter Meetings: Day 3 and more...
Price Up Before All-Star Break?
Poll Discussion
Barton Not a Rays Target?
Winter Meetings: Day 2 and more...
Economics and Baseball Pt. 1
Winter Meetings: Day 1 and more...
Rays Trade Dukes for Glenn Gibson
Proving Time for Papa Positivity
Rays Like Barrett, Rejected Cliff Lee for Delmon
Jake Takes on "The Winter Meetings"
DRaysBay Obliterates Previous Monthly Record
The Return of Bill Evers?
Rays Eyeing Barton?
A Giant?
Times Gives Validation to Erstad Rumor
Rebuilding the Dream
Southpaw Galore

November - 2007

Dukes Ejected; Goes After Umpire
Percival is a Ray
Rays Talking to Geoff Jenkins
A Few Interesting Supplements to the Trade
Jake's Take on the Delmon Trade
Links and such
Looking For Lyle Lanley
Trade Bay: Friedman opens up the vault
Rays Deal Young, Rincon Replaced by Morlan, Close to Signing Percival
Field of Dreams
Rays After Bartlett
Rays Looking to Add a Shortstop, Late Innings Reliever
Moving On...
Boof Coming to Tampa?
Rays Re-Sign Two, Confirm Signing of Another
News and Notes
More Uribe
General Manager Manifesto: Volume I
Jonah Keri on the Rays
Ryu Pitching Himself Out of a Job
Another Reviewing Post; Extra Long!
More Young for Garza, Jack Wilson Talk
Rocco Texas Ranger?
Pena Did Not Reject a 3/30 Offer
Around the Internets
Rest in Peace Joe Kennedy
Wheel in the Sky Keeps on Turning
Segregation-Era Baseball Records Need Asterisk
Looking at Scott Dohmann
Lead-er-ship?
Dukes Talks Growing Serious
Gobble Gobble
Who's Got Recessive Gene?
City Voters Split Over New Stadium
Rays Still After Percival
The Natural Selection of a Species: Shortstop
Around MLB
Rays Add Four to 40 Man, Release Stokes, Switzer
Snelling No More
Rays Sign Gimenez
Interview with Andrew Friedman-June 2006
Roster Moves Day
Dewon Gets Another Shot
Ethically Upstanding Congressmen Turn Down Free Jerseys
Rays in Running for Yabuta
Around SBN
Inventory Stuff
Trop 2012
Maddon Argues For Young
Never Will I Break
More Fukumori
Oh Naimoli
Stadium Stuff
Tampa Bay Alternates
One More for the Road
Ruuu!
So Much for Bar-Ray
Jae Kuk Ryu is Still Playing Baseball
Cubs Still After Carl
Around the MLB
Dukes To Nationals, Again?
Off-Season Resources
Keith Law's Number One Farm System? Us Of Course
El Asesino Returns
Wow, That Deal Would've Sucked
Percival "Serious" About Rays
Day One Comes, Goes
Jake's Take: Crawford may be headed to Chicago
Reyes & Norton File For Free Agency
Lillibridge, Rocco, and Percival
Rays May Pursue Torrealba
Chicago Loves Carl
DRBC Wishlist
Breaking Down the New Uniforms
For What It's Worth
Rays Talking to Michael Barrett
Reviewing the Pitchers
Site Design Change Complete
Ron Mahay a Ray?
Perhaps The Stupidest Rumor Ever
Reviewing the Batters
Community Off-Season Wishlists
Over 4,000
Rays Planning New Stadium (Or Maybe Not)
New Look and Name for a New Era
FINAL LOGO VOTE
Oh My...
Delmon for Garza?
Jake takes on Emeel Salem, OF Prospect and 2007 Draftee
More Info on Fukumori + Baldelli
Jake takes on David Price, again
Twins & Rays Are Chatting
MLBTR Projects the Top 50 FAs
Rotoworld Hates Us
Off-Season Notes
Tuck Him In
A Book...About the Rays?
The Stoker Must Go
The Minors Have Free Agency Too
The Blind Side
Rays Might Go to Japan, Again
Champion Stadium Awaits
The Rays Still Have a Hickey
Farewell Our Beloved Raymond

October - 2007

Elias' Ratings Are Out
Josh Paul is a Free Agent
Everybody Loves Evan Longoria
Riske Opts Out; Becomes Free Agent
Schilling + Rays = Nada
Your First Off-Season Themed Off-Season Article
Wait a Minute...
Rays Claim Birkins, Release Casanova
Wow, Will Carroll
Win My Book
Putting Fan Back in Fantasy
Topkin Talks: Payroll
Tell Me This Isn't Odd
Even More Roster Stuff
Thinking About the 40 Man
Folks, Your Prospect List
Bill James Calls Shields "Drysdale to Kazmir's Koufax,"
Rays Release Witasick, Claim Snelling
Prospect Finale
Decision Pending
Dukes > Winter League
Prospect List #25
Farewell Jae
Longo's Stay in Arizona is Over
Prospect List: 24
Prospect List 23
Jake's Take: The End is Near...
Did Peter Gammons Swipe The Rays?
Topkin's Weekly
LaMar-itis Interview
Prospect List: #21
Speaking of the Pen
If You Unveil It, They Will Come
Prospect List: #20
An Interview with J.C. Bradbury
Prospect List: #19
Jake Takes on Fernando Perez, Rays Minor Leaguer and Future Governor?
Prospect List: #18
Yay, 300,000
Yet another Gratuitous Evan Longoria Post!
Prospect List: #17
Thinking About Service Charges
Evan Almighty
Topkin on Mazzone, Pena, and Martinez
Powder Kegs, Bobble Heads, and Radio Sets
AFL Update
Prospect List: #16
Player Review: Carlos Pena
Prospect List: #15
Things That Go Boom!
Pondering Sonnanstine
Prospect List: #14
The Schedule Arrives
Jake's Take: Who's The Boss? I am- Part. 1
Peter King Should Stick to Football
Solving Within
Prospect List: #13
Prospect List: #12
Player Review: Carl Crawford
Player Review: Akinori Iwamura
Topkin Chimes In
Everybody Loves Evan Longoria
About Those Attendance Numbers
Prospect List: #11
DRaysBay to Change as the Team Does
Prospect List: #10
Reflecting on the Hit Show
Prospect List: #9
Prospect List: #8
AL Comeback Player of the Year- Carlos Pena
Hickey Arrested on DUI, other charges
Prospect List: #7

September - 2007

I Hate to Say, "I Told Ya So"...
Thanks for Hoping
Game Thread 09/28/07; RAYS (65-95) at Toronto (82-78)
Delmon Will Play
One Last Time
Oh Boy...
Game Thread 09/28/07; RAYS (65-95) at Toronto (82-78)
Sneak Peak?
The Day After
Game Thread 09/19/07; RAYS (65-94) at Toronto (81-78)
Prospect List: #6
Rays Lock Up #1 Pick
Sternberg: Payroll Will Increase
Game Thread 09/26/07; New York (91-67) at DEVIL RAYS (65-93)
Prospect List: #5
Game Report 09/26/07: New York 12, RAYS 4
Pena Breaks Another Record
Prospect List #4
Shieldsy Likes Curt-y
Game Report 09/25/07: RAYS 7, New York 6 (10)
Aki Switching Spots
Crawford's Groin Strain Sidelines Him For the Year
Prospect List #3
More Schilling
Prospect List: Ranking #2
One More Thing
Community Prospect List: #1
Game Thread 09/21/07; Boston (92-63) at DEVIL RAYS (63-92)
20/20
Game Thread 09/21/07; Boston (91-63) at DEVIL RAYS (63-91)
Buster Olney Time, Again
Game Thread 09/21/07; Boston (90-63) at DEVIL RAYS (63-90)
Updating the Old, Trusty Document
Breaking News: More Uniform Changes
Rays Unis Leaked
Ruggiano Up
Game Report 09/19/07: Anaheim 2, DEVIL RAYS 1
Breaking News: Operation Shutdown 2007
Game Thread 09/17/07; DEVIL RAYS (63-88) at Anaheim (88-62)
Scott Boras Speaks Out on Peña's Value
It all starts from the bottom....
Game Thread 09/17/07; DEVIL RAYS (63-87) at Anaheim (87-62)
Crawford Out Until at Least Friday, Possibly Longer
Montgomery Repeats as Southern League Champions
Game Thread 09/16/07; DEVIL RAYS (62-87) at Seattle (78-69)
One Night, Zero Championships, Two Additional Players
Game Report 09/15/07; DEVIL RAYS 6, Seattle 2
In a Daze
Lots of A's in Rays
One Out, One Back
Down on the Corner...
Benches Clear in Durham
Roiding Roses
SS Does Not Stand For Stand Still
Game Thread 09/11/07; DEVIL RAYS at Boston
Casanova Back
Rays Taking Out the Trash?
Hacking Away, Again
Game Report 09/10/07; DEVIL RAYS 1, Boston 0
Jake's Take: Maybe....
About That Rocco Fellow
Just makes me want to buy his book even more...
We Have a Jorge
Game Report 09/09/07; Toronto at DEVIL RAYS
Sunday Notes
Rotoworld is Harsh
Game Thread 09/08/07; Toronto at RAYS
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Manager:
Game Thread 09/07/07; Toronto at RAYS
Oh Brother....er Father
More Love for Pena... Let's Hand Him Some Hardware
C.R.E.A.M 9/6/07: Pena
How Did One Straw Break The Camel's Back?
CC Suspended for Two Games
Vote for Pena
Time?
Carlos Peña Lives with the Immortals
Bring 'em Out?
Three In
Game Thread 09/02/07; RAYS at New York
Maddon v. Torre
Sternberg Gives Maddon Vote of Confidence
Notes

August - 2007

Winning is a Beautiful Thing
Game Thread 08/31/07; RAYS at New York
Bullpen: Lucky or Good?
Encouraging, Very Much So
Mason and Longoria Win Awards
Modest Mouse is on Fire
Dukes Escapes Friedman's Freezer
The Most Shunned Rookie of the Year Candidate
Season Milestone Watch:
Rhyne Hughes to the DL
Paul Should Stay?
Pena Forever Ever?
Down Goes Wheeler, Down Goes Wheeler!
Pitching Notes
Baldelli Off the Tracks
Hendo Meets With Team; Discusses Slump
Is Evan Longoria the Next Jeff Bagwell?
OMGWTF Guzman BB?
Six Man Rotation
Someone Takes Offense
Edwin > Objects
C.R.E.A.M 8/23/07: The 40 Year Old Purchase
Who's Now?
Tampa Fans Are Morons: 256th Edition
Schilling Wants to be a Ray?
Owners Say the Darndest Things
Does the Sox / Yank Ump Bias Exist?
Jake's Take: I'm Superbad-er?
The Gooz IS Loose
38 Pitches
The Gooz is Loose?
No Cab, Not Yet at Least
Houser Suspended
Sternberg Speaks
Price a Catfish
What the Houser?
The Other AFLers...
Final Draft / Signed List
Price for Kazmir Goes Up
Wheeler Was Put on Waivers; Withdrawn
Meet the Future: Jake Takes on Kyle Ayers
Again
Final Price Contract Info
Action Jackson: Give the Man Some Credit
Is David Price the Best College Pitcher in Recent History?
Worst. Defense. Ever.
C.R.E.A.M 8/15/07
PRICE? CHECK!
Price Check
Newmann!
Clock Ends at Midnight
Gomer in the Gloaming
Townsend on DL
Five More Days of Waiting Games
No News = Good News?
Masochist
More Friedman Hagiography
Today's the Day
If Nobody Sees The Game, Do They Still Play It? (W/Hammel Edit)
Run(s) Away
Trade Update #2
In Case You Were Wondering....
Monday Cab
Fossum Released
The Ultimate Tampa Bay "What If?"
Rays after a Cab
What's gotten into Dioner Navarro...
Chaim Bloom talks with DRB
Bloody Hell...
Dale Thayer Finally Gets His Chance
Tomfoolery and Hijinx
Eye Blur for IsoPedroza
C.R.E.A.M 8/8/07
Bonds 756
Fossum Cut, Switzer Back
Trends of Every Kind
The Story of "Lefty McGee"
Responding to Romano
Ken Rosenthal Format
Delmon Young Doesn't Like John Romano
Sign John McDonald
C.R.E.A.M 8/6/07
That Time of the Year, Again
Mid-Season Top 15
Press Button. Get Fossum.
Poll Time
Notes from Topkin
Rays Not Jumping On Waivers
Pen Count
Say It's Not Say Neifi
Gotta Love Jim Bowden
Kaz is Back
Checking in on the Departed
About Those First Three Draft Picks...
Que the Guns N' Roses
Raul a Bull, Again
Dateline DRB: To Catch a Statue
Not to go all Buster Olney on you...
Jays v. Rays: Senior Day!
And You Thought I Was Nuts Before...
A Job Well Done... With a Little More Work to Do.
The Deal That Almost Was
Quote The Raven
Speaking of Friedman Love...
Cha-Ching!

July - 2007

Evan Longoria Promoted
Trades, Hagiography , and Paramore
So uh...That's it?
Don't ask, Dotel...It's Deadline Day.
It's the Jays and Rays
Niemann Leaves Start Early
About Pitch Counts
Andy Sonnanstine: David Bush Version 2.0
Take a Closer look at Those Contracts...
One Day Left
El Asesino = Probably Not Going Anywhere
Eh...
Wigginton for Wheeler
Cantu traded to Reds
Camp to Minors!
The Dull Roar at the Trade Deadline... Is It a Good Thing?
Jeesh.
Even more Wiggy....
McClung Traded For Balfour
Richard it is....I guess
Catcher Trifecta
Delcarmen in Wiggy talks?
Brendan Harris = Made
More Wiggy Watching
Live Blog, Yay!
Wiggy is a Wanted Man
Stokes Has To Go
J.P. Peterson Might Be Crazy
Rumor Mill
Lost in the Shuffle
Rays' Playoffs Begin Tonight
E-Gore
FA Wishlist, Again
Ugh....
Mr. Strangeglove or "How he stopped overthinking groundballs and learned to mash in MLB"
It's the J Factory
Aki Ain't Even Bull****in!
Hold On
So About Dumping Maddon
Pride or Die
Maybe the Farns?
Golf Balls in Elbows
Hammel, WTF?
Fossum Might Be Out After All
Wigginton for Proctor?
Well, At Least Jorge Cantu is Right About Something
Maybe Boras With Crawford IS Dangerous
Wait a Minute...
Hooking Up, Again?
Relief on the Way!
First Cocky the Rooster, now Nutts the Dog
Uh Joe? Joe Henderson? We Need to Talk
Bye Switzer
Mathematics
About Those Draft Picks
Dukes Use(d/s) Steroids?
Speaking of Sabbaticals
The Coaches
Enemies Today, Partners Tomorrow?
Carl Responds
No BJ, Show Goes On
Did the Rays Overachieve?
Another Day, Another Wishlist
Crawford's Comments on the Rays
The Knuckler
Oh Those Lazy Days of Summer
PANIC TIME
What in the hell is wrong with Scott Kazmir?
Kaz Reverting, Mad Maddon?
Three Days Off
Win, Sweet Win
11 Game Losing Streak...Sad...or Funny?
Of Javier
Reyes to DL, Switzer to pen, Glover to close
Contreras, Vazquez: Rays Targets?
Because Nothing Says Slump Buster Like Boston
Jake's Take: Um, Yeah....
Dear Rays,
The Bulls
Congratulations Carl Crawford
The Biscuits

June - 2007

The Vero Beach Rays
Taking my Midseason Break Early
What's Eating Elliot Johnson?
The Break-Up: The Story of the "Young Trio"
The Catfish
Looking at Rookie Ball / Short Season
It's Josh Wilson's World; We're Just Living In It
Looking at the DSL / VSL
Rays Sign Second Round Pick Kline
6-25-07 Game Thread: White Sox @ Rays
The Rays Love Trading With The Dodgers
Rays' Flexibility: It's Fuzzy Math
Dukes Gone (Or Not)
Dukes Likely Gone By Weekend
Rays Scouting White Sox / Marlins?
6-20-07 Game Thread: Rays @ D-Backs
Rundown
6-19-07 Game Thread: Rays @ D-Backs
Expansion Interleague Rivalry Hits Year #10: Rays Vs. D-Backs(6-18-07)
6-17-07 Game Thread: Rays @ Rockies
Gomes Could Deliver Stamp To Dukes Deal
6-15-07 Game Thread: Rays @ Rockies
Meet Mr. Harris
More Signees
6-13-07 Game Thread: Padres @ Rays
It May Cost an Arm and a Leg...
Rays Sign 12 Draftees
6-12-07 Game Thread: Padres @ Rays
The Plan
Witasick to be Signed, Jason Hammel Recalled
Jake's Take: PH Balanced
Corky, Orvella Demoted; Promotions Tomorrow
Thayer The Choice?
Let's Try This Again
Upton hurt, Navarro seriously hurt
Draft Day 2007
Is it Trade Rumor Time Already?
What To Do
6-5-07 Game Thread: Rays @ Blue Jays
See Ya Seddon
6-3-07 Game Thread; Royals @ Rays
6-2-07 Game Thread: Royals @ Rays
6-1-07 Game Thread: Royals @ Rays
The Price of Dukes

May - 2007

5-30-07 Game Thread: Tigers @ Rays
Rotation Mess, Be Gone!
Jonny Be Good?
Aki Activated, Gomes Demoted
Minor Details: Let The Good Times Roll
Topkin, Telling It Like It Is
Rays - Sox Rained Out
I'll Take "Useless Rays Facts" for $800, Alex
Looking At The Pen
Jake's Take: Dumb Media Boycott Part Deux
Dukes To Sit, Paul To DL, Riggans To Tampa
Jake's Take: Dumb Media Boycott
Mariners @ Rays 5/24/07
Dukes Not In Lineup
Restraining Order Sought Against Elijah Dukes
Jake's Take: Questions, tons of Questions
2007 Draft Preview: Part I
Percy In Green?
The Word: On All
Finally Back
Anti Virus Commencing
"Brew Crew" Number Two?
New Lineup
Jake's Take: Stuff on My Mind
Tinkerbell's Not a Rocco Fan: Leaves Game.
Leadoff Problems
Where Does CC Rank?
It's Do Or Die Time
Game Thread 05/11/07; RAYS at Toronto
Game Thread 05/10/07; RAYS at Baltimore
Rays Claim Wilson off Waivers from Washington
So Much For Zambrano Burning His Old Team
Minor League Minute for Wednesday, May 9th
Game Report 05/09/07; RAYS at Baltimore
Gratuitous Evan Longoria Post #1
Was Salas On A 'Designer' Drug?
Sternberg Talks Stadium
Put a Rocket in Your Pocket and Kiss Off!
Jake Takes on BP's own Will Carroll
Salas Suspended 50 Games
Lugo Demoted
The Hitters Through 30 Games
BREAKING: Wade Davis Pitches No-Hitter for Vero Beach
Game Report 05/04/07; Oakland at RAYS
Game Report 05/03/07; Minnesota at RAYS
Game Report 05/02/07; Minnesota at RAYS
Looking At The Stats: Pitchers
Minor League Minute for Tuesday, May 1st
Game Thread 05/01/07; Minnesota at RAYS
Minor League Minute for Monday, April 30th
The Old Chicken and the Egg Scenario

April - 2007

Extended Spring Training Information
Minor League Minute for Sunday, April 29th
Game Report 04/29/07; RAYS at Oakland
Game Report 04/28/07; RAYS at Oakland
Game Report 04/27/07; RAYS at Oakland
Minor League Minute for Friday, April 27th
Game Report 04/26/07; RAYS at Anaheim
Game Report 04/25/07; RAYS at Anaheim
Carl Crawford is a Deity, Rays Sweep Yanks, Take Fourth By Force
A Few Thoughts
Iwamura Heads to DL; Cantu Called Back Up
Minor League Minute for Monday, April 24th
Game Report 04/23/07; New York at RAYS
Bucks, Bullpens, Big Hopes, and a Bunch of Other Stuff
Minor League Minute for Sunday, April 22nd
4/22/07 Indians @ Rays
4/21/07 Indians @ Rays
Sickels' Blog Focuses on Rays, Brignac
The Hot Corner: Batting Titles
Game Report 04/20/07; Cleveland at RAYS
Minor League Minute for Thursday, April 19th
Game Report 04/18/07; Baltimore at RAYS
Minor League Minute for Wednesday, April 18th
Vote for Carl
Game Report for Tuesday, April 16th
Catching Up
Game Report for Monday, April 16th
Sidebar Issues Resolved. Hopefully? Please?
4/15/07 Rays @ Twins
Sunday Scribes
Minor League Minute for Saturday, April 14th
4/14/07 Rays @ Twins
Jake's Take: Place Your Bets
Jake's Take: Running Numbers
Ummm....What?
4-13-07 Rays @ Twins
The Big O
Lugo, Not the Rays, Who Ended The Relationship
Game Thread; 04/11/07: RAYS at Texas
Really Now, What Did You Expect?
Melting Like So Much Ice
Open Thread : Ray at Rangers
Lidge to Tampa?
This is what we have been waitin for
Firefox Browser Issues
AL East Roundtable: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Minor League Minute for Saturday, April 7th
Game Thread 04/07/07; Toronto at RAYS
Rays Use Ninth Inning Rally to Best Toronto in Home Opener
Rays Are Interested in Jose Capellan
Minor League Minute for Friday, April 6th
Heh Something New
Live Blogging the Home Opener
What It Means
Jake's Take: HOW DARE YOU!!!
Cold Pitchers or Signs of Good Things to come?
Home Opener Sold Out
Game Thread 04/05/07: RAYS at New York
Baldelli, Navarro Out Tonight
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose, and Sometimes....It Rains
Game Thread 04/04/07; RAYS at New York
Judgment Day For Cantu
Just Fell Shy
Game Thread 04/02/07; RAYS at New York
NEW! IMPROVED! IT'S MLB SLOGANS 2007!!!
Carl Crawford Will Win The MVP

March - 2007

2006 v. 2007
Norton Out 4-6 Weeks
Cuts Made
DRaysBay Top 30 Prospects; Part I: 30-25
McClung, Orvella sent down, Pena cut
Steve Phillips Is An Idiot (Part Two)
Scott Boras Doesn't Care About All Of His Clients
Upton at Second?
Oh Danny Boy!
Howell Could You, Joe?
Game Wrap 3/28/07
About that LOOGY
Game Wrap 2/27/07
Maddon's In-Game Switch Makes Sense
Of Knuckleballs and Homeruns
Nitpicking Jerry Crasnick
Game Wrap 3/26/07
Jorge Julio to Tampa Dead
No, No, No, A Thousand Times No!
Ask Will Carroll
One Week to Go : Who Makes the Team?
Game Wrap 3/25/07
Goodbye Solemn Warrior
Live Blog Test Run
Game Wrap 3/23/07
Dos Jorges?
Vote or Die.
Game Wrap 3/22/07
Reminder : Fantasy Draft Tommorrow
Two More Bite the Dust
Someone Please...Tell Huff to Shut Up
Cantu may be trading in his leather, for a suitcase
The Hammy Whammy Again
Game Wrap 3/21/07
The Hot Corner: Is Jim Leyland a Hall-of-Fame Manager?
Ridgway is Durham-Bound
Jake's Take: Chatting it up
Buzzkill
Probablity and Popularity
Guzman to Durham
Price Check: Pitcher abuse or "Just good pitching"
Scratch that Paul / Dohmann for Ben Sheets deal...
Indians Scalp Rays 5-3
So That's What a Rays' Championship Ring Looks Like!
Price Check #6
3/16/07 Game Wrap: Rays Vs. Pirates
Spring Cleaning
The Alomar Spring Training Award
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, and Seven Righties Don't Make a Lefty
Stokes as the Fifth Starter? Hmm....Scratch that
Four More Sent Down
Jake's Take: It's a Mad, Maddon, Madden World
Note to Andy: Pick up this kid now! Part II
Jake's Take: The Hammer
10 Players Gone in First Round of Cuts
Spring Training : Serious Business
Nick DeBarr is back! Nick DeBarr is back!
Game Notes: Houston vs. RAYS 3/11/07
Game Wrap
Korean Updates
Game Wrap
Price Check # 5
Game Wrap
Red Sox pom poms aside, Peter Gammons has some interesting things to say
Game Wrap
We and Us
Game Wrap
Price Check #4
Game Wrap
Another Aubrey Huff is an Ass post
SI Loving The Rays
Game Wrap
The New PA Announcer
Game Wrap
A Few Things to Ponder
As Kaz Ages
Fennelly Replies....Sort Of
Game Wrap
Evan Longoria: An Elite Prospect?
Blown Cover
Game Wrap
DRays Bay Takes on Stuart Sternberg, Devil Rays Owner
Chatting with Michael Westbay

February - 2007

Well that was quite lackluster
Stand By Your Man... For a Little While Longer At Least
Jake's Take: Leave it to a "Professional"
One Intrasquad Game in the books
Cumprimentos de Brasil!
Spring is in the Air
Second Helpings of Mongolian Beef
Bringing Them In
More Than One
Marc's Sunday Pieces
Price Check # 3
Saturday Morning Blog Hits
What in the world?
Jake's Take: Groundhog Month
Pics
Delmon Young Community Projection
Jake on 1470
Jake Takes on......David Price, Vanderbilt Starting Pitcher
Rays Preview
Caught in the Net
B.J. Upton will try fielding many Positions
Three Outfielders Arrive
Yeah...that's why he was canned
Price Check #2
Nate Silver Predicts the AL East Records
Sunday Morning News and Notes
Dukes Behaving
A Sight for Sore Eyes
News and Notes
Jake Takes on Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus Writer
Jake's Take: I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!
It's More Than Just a Slogan, It's All the Rays Can Promise
Aki's 'Wunda' Bat
Method to the Madness
Another Day, Another Bad Column
Pitchers and Catchers Report Today!
JOHAN - The Bullpen
So uh..who's up for a game?
Rays Infield Defense is key to pitching improvement
Jake Takes on John Manuel, Baseball America Writer
Blue Moon
Rays get Ryu
Ode to SportsRadio AM 1470
Cleveland Rocks! (Only if they give up a reliever...)
Jake (gladly) Takes on Jenn Sterger(FSU Cowgirl and Beautiful Rays fan)
MLB News and Notes
News and Notes
So far, Paul is batting .000
A Minor Suprise in Big League Camp
Price Check #1
Pssst! Hey! Over here!
Chatting with Will Leitch
Happy Birthday to Us
Tampa Bay Rays
Jake's Take: Consider yourself at home, consider yourself part of the family
Talking with Tim Dierkes
Jake's Take: Not-so-much News, Not-so-much Notes
FSN Florida Announces Rays TV Schedule
Getting to Know You....
Rays Make Pena, Casanova Deals Official; Meadows Signs with Reds
Testing the Waters
Super Sunday
Emperor Toad is Lovin' It.
DRaysBay Sets Another Record
Note to Andy: Snatch this kid up now!
Rays Unveil '10 Seasons' Logo
The Power of Akinori
There's 57 channels and nothing's on...
News & Notes
Well...At Least I Saw It Coming

January - 2007

Zam Back in the AL East
In response to Bill Madden
Rocks after Rocc
Sternberg Feein' Heat
List Time
Re-Arranging
Rays Nuggets
Toby Hall Still Shooting his Mouth Off
Transaction Recap: Rays Add Carlos Pena to 1B Glut
Yankees Seeking to make Inroads in China
Transaction Recap: Rays Add Dohmann, Mori
Over/Under: Melvin Emmanuel "B.J." Upton
Rays to Sign Carlos Pena
Predictions Thread (Pitchers)
Rays Nuggets: Link Dump Edition
Jake's Take: The Old Song and Dance?
If First Basemen Could Only Pitch...
Jake's Take: Looking into Paul DePodesta's "Lost" Laptop
Payroll Patrol
The Non Roster Invitees as of now....
Rays Add Dohmann to Bullpen
Hmmm....?
The Rays have their Manny
A Few Passing Thoughts
Mori May Return
2007 Predictions Thread (Position Players)
Mori Released
Projecting into the Unknown
Take It From Somebody Who Isn't In The Game.
McGriff a Ray again
Jake's Take: Accept no substitutes!
Jake Takes on Bill Chastain
McClung and Wigginton Agree to Deals; Paul to Hearing.
Dukes Arrested
Notes from Around the League
The Preliminary Live Blog Schedule
Because Having Kazmir Wasn't Enough...
Rays Nuggets
Three Things I Was Wrong About
Erstad to Rays Unlikely
Rays Could Move to NL East
Pie-Man Finds Work
JOHAN Identifies the Rotation
Dukes: Destination Toronto?
Sorry, I've been wrapped up in packaging tape.
Jake's Take: Devil Rays for Dummies
Dukes : Destination Pittsburgh?
Gwynn and Ripken In
Karim Garcia? Who is Karim Garcia?
News and Notes
DRaysBay Sets Record
Yankees Trade Randy Johnson to Arizona
Steam from the Hot Stove
The Perfect Storm
Rays Interested in Scott Dohmann?
Rays Acquire Brendan Harris
MLB News and Notes
Minor Details: Baseball's Little (Big) Mysteries

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