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				<title>Evan Longoria wins Gold Glove Award</title>				
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				Longo is your &apos;09 Gold Glover AP/Steven SenneThe American League Gold Glove Awards were handed out today and the Rays cashed in for the second straight year. Third baseman Evan Longoria won his first career Gold Glove, beating out last year&amp;rsquo;s w...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Will Carl Crawford really be a member of the 2010 Tampa Bay Rays?</title>				
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				Has Crawford stolen his final base as a member of the Rays? AP/Bill KostrounThe Rays officially exercised Carl Crawford&amp;rsquo;s $10 million option for the 2010 season on Monday according to Bill Chastain of MLB.com. Does this move answer any question...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:15:55 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The 2009 American League Cy Young ballot</title>				
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				Greinke had a breakout 2009 season for the Royals AP/Ed ZurgaThe race for the American League Cy Young Award started out as a one-horse race as Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals stormed out of the box with a red-hot April. As the season progress...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Fixing the Tampa Bay Rays - Pearl Jam style</title>				
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				If you don&apos;t own this album, go get it - now. Stop reading.As the Rays prepare to sit and watch the Yankees and Angels duke it out for their American League pennant, there can only be one thought going through the minds of Rays&amp;rsquo; players, fans, ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:24:35 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Why did the Rays fire Steve Henderson?</title>				
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				Pat &amp;quot;The Bat&amp;quot; will have a new hitting coach in 2010 AP/Winslow TownsonThe Rays let two coaches go last Monday, eliminating Todd Greene&amp;rsquo;s position of quality assurance coach, and relieving Steve Henderson of his duties as hitting coach...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:52:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The 2009 Tampa Bay Rays - What went right? What went wrong?</title>				
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				Pena ended up tied for the AL lead in homers despite injury AP/Steve NesiusThe Rays finished an up-and-down 2009 season with a 10-2 home loss to the New York Yankees on Sunday, dropping their final record to 84-78. Despite finishing over .500 for onl...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:29:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Tampa Bay Rays 2009 award winners</title>				
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				Carl Crawford, 2009 Rays MVP AP Photo/Steve NesiusAs the Rays scratch and claw their way to the finish line in a desperate attempt to finish over .500 in 2009, it&amp;rsquo;s time to recognize the individual achievements of this year&amp;rsquo;s team. Unlike...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:24:36 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The American League MVP ballot: Mauer the merrier</title>				
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				The season is winding to a close, which means it is time to talk awards. Today we will be specifically discussing American League MVP. With the exception of the American League Central race, the playoff teams are pretty much set and with about 12 gam...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:14:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rays&apos; Burrell, Crawford involved in verbal altercation</title>				
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				CC feels the pain of losing, possibly leaving AP/Bill KostrounThe last two weeks have seen the Rays turn from contenders into pretenders and the frustration can no longer be kept behind closed doors. Marc Topkin reported a verbal confrontation in fro...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Tampa Bay Rays 2010 schedule released</title>				
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				The Rays will open 2010 against Wieters and the O&apos;s AP/Gail BurtonThe Rays ended their painful 11-game losing streak last night, but let&amp;rsquo;s be honest &amp;ndash; it&amp;rsquo;s time to look ahead to 2010. Major League Baseball released the official sche...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:11:48 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Five reasons to keep watching the Tampa Bay Rays</title>				
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				Davis should be in the &apos;10 rotation AP/Reinhold MatayAfter a disastrous week for the Tampa Bay Rays, it&amp;rsquo;s clear the 2009 team will fall short of its goal of a return trip to the playoffs. At a time like this, it&amp;rsquo;s easy to be negative and ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:52:50 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Dear Tampa Bay Rays: Just get out!</title>				
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				I&apos;m only going in if you give me&amp;nbsp;Michael Bolton&amp;nbsp;after the game!!ATTN: Stu Sternberg, Matt Silverman, Andrew FriedmanDear Tampa Bay Rays,I don&amp;rsquo;t want you in my town. It&amp;rsquo;s as simple as that. There is nothing you can do to win me o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:28:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rays lose to Red Sox in a microcosm of the 2009 season</title>				
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				Andy didn&apos;t get the result he hoped for.&amp;nbsp; AP/Chris O&apos;MearaIf one game summed up the entire season for the 2009 Tampa Bay Rays, it very well could have been Tuesday night&amp;rsquo;s loss to the Boston Red Sox. They got a fair amount of offense, but ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:34:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Three reasons the Rays, not Texas, will challenge Boston for the wild card</title>				
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				Pena&apos;s home run swing is on point right now. AP/Duane BurlesonThere&amp;rsquo;s a good bit of negativity surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays right now, and it is quite understandable. The bullpen blew two late leads in critical games on this past road trip an...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:02:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Bad timing - one vote against the Rays&apos; trade of Scott Kazmir</title>				
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				Good luck in Cali, Kaz! AP/Charles KrupaNow that we&amp;rsquo;ve all had a day to think about the trade of Scott Kazmir to the Angels it&amp;rsquo;s time to put our emotions and knee-jerk reactions aside and weigh the pros and cons of the deal.Reasons the Ka...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:06:10 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Tampa Bay Rays to trade Scott Kazmir to L.A. Angels</title>				
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				Goin&apos; to California - Kaz is head to the Angles AP/Darren CalabreseWith September call-ups on the horizon, the Rays will reportedly send Scott Kazmir to the Angels for prospects Alexander Torres and Matthew Sweeney. Lyle Spencer at MLB.com broke the ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:32:50 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>J.P. Howell&apos;s meltdown</title>				
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				It only got worse for J.P. after Barajas&apos; HR. AP/Darren CalabreseAfter allowing only two home runs in his first 49 appearances of the season, J.P. Howell has now given up five long balls in his last 10 games. Tonight&amp;rsquo;s solo shot by Rod Barajas ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:12:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Rays knock around Halladay as Pena swings his way towards an AL record</title>				
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				The Rays don&apos;t mind facing Halladay AP/Darren CalabreseThe Rays are officially Roy Halladay&amp;rsquo;s arch-nemesis. They moved their record to 4-1 against the Jays&amp;rsquo; ace this season by hanging eight runs on him in six innings of a 12-7 win last ni...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:03:19 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Tampa Bay Rays inch closer to Wild Card with win over Texas, Boston loss</title>				
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				Kaz has actually been pretty solid for the Rays of late AP/Mike CarlsonDon&amp;rsquo;t look now, but Scott Kazmir has won four of his last five starts and the Rays have clawed their way back to within three games of the lead in the race for the American ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:25:51 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles series preview</title>				
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				The lone vet to start in this series - Shields AP/Mike CarlsonWith a huge series against the wild card leading Texas Rangers looming on the horizon, the Rays need to be careful not to overlook the next three games against the Baltimore Orioles. The R...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:06:57 -0700</pubDate>
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