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ANAHEIM—The official arrangements have not been made, but Troy Percival knows he won’t throw another pitch again in a major-league game. “I know that I can’t really go out there and do it,” the Rays’ former closer said today during a visit to Angel Stadium. The four-time All-Star…
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August 11, 2009
Troy Percival visited his Rays teammates before Tuesday night's game with the Angels and the closer sounded every bit like someone who has thrown his last pitch in a major league game.
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August 11, 2009
The longtime star closer will finish his career as a Ray after 358 saves, eighth all time.
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August 10, 2009
Three-time All-Star Carl Crawford is enjoying the best year of his career, but Jonah Keri explains why it could be the 28-year-old's last hurrah in Tampa.
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August 11, 2009
Photo from the Riverside Press-Enterprise ANAHEIM—The timing really is remarkable. About six months after a vintage truck Troy Percival had painstakingly restored was stolen from his Southern California home, much of it was recovered on the eve of the Rays’ only visit to Southern California…
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August 12, 2009
The Angels offense waited a little too long to give Trevor Bell a win in his major league debut, but the rookie gave the Angels a chance to win, and the Angels closed out the series with a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in an afternoon tilt at the Big A. Bell lasted five [...]
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August 11, 2009
The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE GOOD: Jason Bartlett. Hey BJ Upton, still not sure why you aren’t batting leadoff anymore? Bartlett had 3 hits, just missing a cycle, with a double, triple and a HR. The [...]
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August 11, 2009
UPDATE,1:00: Bartlett just struck out to end the 8th. DEVELOPING: SS Jason Bartlett has a homer, a double and a triple so far, and will bat in the eighth needing a single to complete the first cycle in team history....
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August 12, 2009
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August 12, 2009
New Ray Gregg Zaun is already 38 years old, but he intends to keep playing well into his 40s to become the game’s oldest catcher.
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August 11, 2009
As we move into Major League Baseball’s stretch run, the Tampa Bay Rays will have the added benefit of competing previously for the AL East championship as experience in their attempt to return to the post-season in 2009.
No one foresaw the meteoric rise of Tampa Bay’s baseball club in 2008. Before the season, many fans were hopeful that Tampa Bay could have a .500 or...
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August 10, 2009
For the Tampa Bay Rays, it's a case of "what might have been." The Rays gained more ground on the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox, thanks to the Sox abysmal performance in the Big Apple, but failed to capitalize fully only winning one out of three against the Seattle Mariners.
The one that really hurt the worst was game one of the series. Tampa Bay built a 5-1 lead heading in to...
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August 12, 2009
The usual problems cap a 1-5 trip for a Rays team short on time.
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August 10, 2009
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The Nationals agreed to terms with five Dominican players, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson.
Bradford Doolittle of the Kansas City Star says Royals fans should hope the Nats don't sign Stephen Strasburg. If Washington can't strike a deal with Strasburg, he could become an option for the Royals in next year's draft.
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