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Rays still in first, but losing streak continues

Published on May 25, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Gary Shelton

The season goes along, and the Tampa Bay Rays keep losing parts. If this keeps up, there is no indication if they will be able to finish the season at all. Another day, another ache. Another game, another loss to another bad team. After a while, it seems less like a celebration that the Rays are in first place in the American League East and more like an indictment of the division itself. The Rays, still somehow in first place…

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Rays continue to ache, lose James Loney to DL

Published on May 25, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Gary Shelton

And now, a word about your still-in-first-place Tampa Bay Rays: Ouch. In a season right out of M*A*S*H, the Rays were aching a little more Monday than they were 24 hours earlier. Three players joined the hobbled masses, most notably middle-of-the-order hitter James Loney, who went on the disabled list with a left middle finger fracture. He expects to be out for 4-6 weeks. Also with day-to-day injuries are outfielder Steven Souza Jr. (left wrist sprain) and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera…

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Rays get a little healthier, and the results show it

Published on April 25, 2015 in Apolitical/Sports/The Bay and the 'Burg by Gary Shelton

Suddenly, the Tampa Bay Rays are starting to look the way they are supposed to look. Again. Suddenly, they are starting to play to way they are supposed to play. Again. Why, it’s April, and just like that, the Rays are starting to look like the Rays. Again. Slowly, steadily, things are starting to look up for the Rays, who won 12-3 over the Toronto Blue Jays. Injured players are coming back, and the hitting is coming around, and the…

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