Who will have more hits, runs and rbi's? Jed Lowrie or Jason Bartlett? Will Dice-K set down 6 or more Rays on strikes? You get the point. I never knew this style of betting existed outside of the superbowl.
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I'm headed up to Tampa for the first two games of the American League Division Series. It's official, my Rays are taking on the evil Chicago White Sox for the chance to play for the AL pennant. It's been an incredible ride so far, but I'm hoping even better things are on their way.For any free   more...
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Five and a half hours, seven homers, 14 pitchers, some lead changes, two shaky starters, it all added up to 11 innings of ball, a walk-off sacrifice fly by B.J. Upton, and a tied series headed back to Boston.That was an absorbing game, one in which managerial tit-for-tat with pitching (neither Josh   more...
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The Rays are baseball's feel good story of the year... but the Red Sox aren't a boring, hated dynasty yet... are they?
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ALCSIn today’s matinee, the Red Sox will host the Rays at 96 year old Fenway Park in game 3 of their ALCS showdown. The series is tied at 1 game a piece going into these 3 games in Boston. The Rays need to win only 1 game in order to bring this series back to Tampa Bay and Tropicana   more...
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The American League Championship Series will be an All-East affair for the fifth time. This time around will have a much different feel however as the upstart team from Tampa taking on the defending champions from Boston.
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The American League Championship Series will be an All-East affair for the fifth time. This time around will have a much different feel however as the upstart team from Tampa taking on the defending champions from Boston.
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Tampa Bay in the playoffs for the first time....Chicago trying to hold on....Philly attempting to click the kill-switch on the Brew Crew? Yeah, that sounds like Day 2 of the 2008 MLB Playoffs.>Los Angeles 10, Chicago 3 (Dodgers lead series 2-0)Next Game: Saturday @ 10 pm (Harden vs. Kuroda)What   more...
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Right off the bat, you have to mention the injuries. Boston is without 3B Mike Lowell and Tampa is without closer Troy Percival. Boston’s replacement on the roster goes to RP Mike Timlin, while Tampa has added SP Edwin Jackson.On paper, Boston has the advantage in 5 of the 9 spots in the line   more...
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Ellsbury vs Longoria... Pedroia vs Upton... Lester vs Kazmir... Papelbon vs Balfour... shall I go on?
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Tampa adds Matt Garza and clears out some of their outfield logjam.
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It might not be in the highlights, but Jason Bartlett and Akinori Iwamura made a sick play to get a tough force out at second to end the top of the 5th and keep our beloved Devil Rays within one run in Game 2 of the ALDS.Then in the bottom half of the inning, Bartlett [...]
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Today, I'm going to talk a bit bout 2008 fantasy baseball sleepers and deep sleepers. A good fantasy baseball manager enters a draft with list of players they have deemed to be undervalued or primed for a breakout and will target said players. The key is to not overvalue your sleepers, but there's   more...
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Here's a look at reality!

Matsuzaka grew up pitching in domes filled with crazy Japanese baseball fans... you think a few cowbells and low hanging catwalks are gonna scare him?
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