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Yes, he’s Wengay’s brother, but City Council candidate Will Newton is his own man

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Five candidates are running to replace City Council member Wengay Newton for his District 7 seat covering parts of South St. Pete including Midtown and Child’s Park. One of them is his brother. Will Newton, or Winnie as his firefighter friends call him, is a St. Pete native and has lived in his district since the 1980s in the home he purchased then. Newton is a retired firefighter who now works as the district vice president for the Florida Professional…

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Rays announce free admission for military, veterans to their games

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The Tampa Bay Rays are saving Private Ryan … a seat. The Rays announced Friday that military personnel and veterans will be able to attend Rays games for free for the rest of the 2015 season. With what they call the Rays’ Honor Pass program, active servicemen as well as retired or honorably dischaged veterals will be eligible for free tickets to all Rays’ home games. This offer also is good for all dependents of servicemen with a valid dependent’s…

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As second half starts, can the Rays catch New York in AL East?

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The starting pitching has been shredded by injury. The hitting has been held ineffective by a lack of ability. They have shown the questionable talent of going into a prolonged slump. The general manager is new. The manager is new. Most of the players just got here. Ask yourself then: As the Tampa Bay Rays prepare to begin the second half of their schedule, do they have what it takes to catch the New York Yankees? Here at the break,…

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Rays’ Chris Archer pitches, gives up solo home run in All-Star game

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Chris Archer of the Tampa Bay Rays was part of the American League’s winning effort in Tuesday night’s All-Star game. Archer pitched an inning and a third and gave up a home run to Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutcheon. He struck out one. There had been hope among the Rays that Archer would get the start, but he was the fourth pitcher used by the American League, coming after old teammate David Price and before Wade Davis, another ex-teammate, who got the…

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Carl Crawford omitted as Fox picks Rays ‘Franchise 4’

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No Wade Boggs. No Fred McGriff. Especially, no Carl Crawford. When Fox-TV announced its “Franchise Four” list Tuesday night, they didn’t spend a lot of time looking through the history of the Tampa Bay Rays, or the Devil of the franchise that came before them. The best Rays of the Rays have come in the last decade, and Fox concentrated on those years. The picks: Former pitcher James Shields, former pitcher David Price, former second-baseman Ben Zobrist and current third…

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Rays’ Chris Archer not named as AL All-Star Starter

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After seeing him up close, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost evidently wasn’t sufficiently impressed with Tampa Bay Rays ace Chris Archer. At least he wasn’t impressed enough to name as the starter for the upcoming All-Star game. Instead, Yost named Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros as his starter on Monday. Keuchel is 11-4 on the season with a 2.23 ERA. Archer had a chance to debut, starting last week against Yost’s team. But Archer had one of his worst starts,…

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Rays finish first half by sweeping the Astros behind bullpen

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Who says a team has to hit the baseball to win? The Tampa Bay Rays closed out the first half of their season Sunday afternoon by sweeping the Houston Astros with a 4-3 victory. That left the Rays one game over .500 after 91 games, three games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East. The truth be told, the Rays didn’t exactly bludgeon the Astros in the series. They won with four hits, seven hits and five…

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