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2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: June 25

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for June 25, 2012. 1. Ranger...

46 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings: June 18

Tampa Bay Rays 1. Dodgers — Dodgers and opponents batting .239 in June. 2. Yankees — Rafael Soriano had five saves during nine-game win streak. 3. Rangers — Just one game over .500 since their ...

47 weeks ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

R.A. Dickey No-Hitter? Or B.J. Upton Hit?

Tampa Bay Rays Was B.J. Upton’s chopper off R.A. Dickey down the third-base line a hit or an error? By my standards, it was an error. By most official scorer’s decisions on a nightly basis, it was a hit. ...

48 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, B.J. Upton, R.A. Dickey, New York Mets, Tampa Bay Rays, No-hitter

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for June 4

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for June 4, 2012. 1. Rangers—Roy Oswalt signing ...

49 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS FOR MAY 29

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for May 29, 2012. 1. Dodgers—Scored ...

50 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings For May 21

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for May 21, 2012. 1. Dodgers—Won 9 of 11, f...

51 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for May 14

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for May 14, 2012. 1. Rangers—Fir...

1 year ago by Rich McVey Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals

2012 Major League Baseball Power Rankings for May 7

Tampa Bay Rays Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best and worst baseball teams in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings for...

1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, MLB, MLB Power Rankings

AL East Predictions

Tampa Bay Rays AL East 1. New York 2. Tampa Bay (wild card) 3. Boston 4. Toronto 5. Baltimore It’s official. The Tampa Bay Rays are consistently competing with the rich boys up north. Make no mist...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, David Price, Matt Moore, Robinson Cano, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Rays 2012 Preview

Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Rays You can count the 30 million dollars conserved in 2011 by lopping off the seven-highest paid players from their payroll. You can count all the franchise-record stats that ...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, B.J. Upton, David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays

Baseball's Pitching Changes: The AL Arms Race

Tampa Bay Rays — by Mark Ross Pitchers are scheduled to report to spring training in less than a month, and if Major League Baseball’s offseason is any indication, a lot of teams’ postseason hopes will ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, C.J. Wilson, Hiroki Kuroda, Justin Verlander, Michael Pineda, Yu Darvish, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Athlon Sports' 2011 AL Cy Young

Tampa Bay Rays With the World Series in the rear-view mirror and the hot stove just beginning to heat up, it's time to hand out some awards to this year's best performers on the diamond. The Baseball Writers' Ass...

Athlon Sports' 2011 AL Rookie of the Year

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, American League, Eric Hosmer, Ivan Nova, Jeremy Hellickson, Mark Trumbo, Michael Pineda, Anaheim Angels, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Rookie of the Year

Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers: An AL East-less ALCS

Tampa Bay Rays The AL East, with three 90-win teams, looked like the power division in baseball for most of the season. The Boston Red Sox had a ton of expectations after the free agent signings of Adrian Gonzale...

1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, American League, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Rays' Fans are the Worst in Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays by Josh Kipnis Tampa Bay Rays’ owner Stuart Sternberg is fed up with the fans in the Bay area. “I am frustrated this year. We’ve replicated [the success of] last year and our ...

1 year ago by Josh Kipnis Tags: News, Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays

MLB Playoffs: Four Must-see Games Today

Tampa Bay Rays by Charlie Miller Today is a day that Major League Baseball had in mind when it expanded the playoffs for what was to be 1994, but due to the strike, actually began in 1995. Four playoff games,...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Jeremy Hellickson, Josh Hamilton, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, ALCS, ALDS, elimination games

MLB: Best Night Ever Proves Game Doesn't Need Fixing

Tampa Bay Rays by Charlie Miller A couple of nights ago, I enjoyed the greatest night of my baseball life. Four teams fighting for a playoff berth in four different games, and three of them went into extra in...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, MLB Playoffs

Texas Rangers Will Outshine Rays in ALDS Rematch

Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay Rays v. Texas Rangers This rematch of their ALDS last year has Tampa Bay thinking revenge and Texas believing it has unfinished business. Last year, the Rangers defeated the favored ...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Ben Zobrist, C.J. Wilson, James Shields, Neftali Feliz, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Rays and Cardinals Down To Last Chance for Wild-Card Spot

Tampa Bay Rays by Josh Kipnis “Triple” is not the most common word in baseball. Any hitter will tell you that a triple is the hardest stat to check off the list. And for a defensive player, a ...

1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays

Red Sox Will Miss Playoffs

Tampa Bay Rays by Charlie Miller I think the Red Sox are done. It’s over, Red Sox Nation. On Sept. 1 there seemed to be no doubt that both the Red Sox and Yankees were in the playoffs. The only question was...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays

Predicting The MLB Wild Card Race

Tampa Bay Rays --By Josh Kipnis With October right around the corner, who are the most feared teams in the MLB? Surprising to most, the Yankees and the Phillies aren’t at the top of my list. In fact, the tw...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Albert Pujols, BJ Upton, Evan Longoria, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay's Mt. Rushmore

Tampa Bay Rays MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question was posed earlier this season whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore. That certainly piqued my inte...

1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL East, American League, Andrew Friedman, Aubrey Huff, B.J. Upton, Carl Crawford, David Price, Evan Longoria, James Shields, Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay Rays, Mt. Rushmore

Worst Sports Owners Tournament: Baseball Round 1

Tampa Bay Rays By Scott Henry (@4QuartersRadio) If your team has an owner or owners who treat the fans with respect, be grateful. If your team has an owner who spends within his/her/their mean...

1 year ago by Scott Henry Tags: MLB, Overtime, American League, National League, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Worst Sports Owners

Nine Positive Stories From MLB's First Half

Tampa Bay Rays By Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman on Twitter) You already know about the Dodgers and Mets financial issues, that Adam Dunn has two hits (in 58 at-bats) off of lefties this season, and that the C...

1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, Adrian Gonzalez, Joe Bautista, Lance Berkman, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Dodgers, Mets, Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Yankees, First half of MLB season

MLB's Dim-Star Teams

Tampa Bay Rays Twitter: @4QuartersRadio The MLB All-Stars have been selected, and there is no shortage of debates on the merits of the players who made the mid-summer squads. Most of the candidates, though, h...

1 year ago by Scott Henry Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, NL Central, NL East, NL West, American League, National League, Aaron Hill, Adam Dunn, Alex Rios, Carl Crawford, Chad Durbin, Chone Figgins, Chris Coghlan, Dan Uggla, Derrek Lee, Fausto Carmona, Ian Desmond, Jake Westbrook, Jayson Werth, John Buck, Jorge Posada, Lyle Overbay, Miguel Tejada, Raul Ibanez, Reid Brignac, Ryan Franklin, Shin-Soo Choo, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals

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