Congrats to all the Rays fans on the board!

I guess Elvis is offically off the hook!

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I don't even know why I bother. You get nothing for 3 hours and then they post the whole game at warp speed and you can't even see what they are trying to say.

Good.



Now Philadelphia can kick their sissy as.s.

Tell them all where to go Rudeboy!

Hasn't stopped them from filling the place tonight. When they start getting at least 75% capacity every night then they can start their whining. They may be World Series champs this year with a 52.8% stadium capacity. People want a good team, not a bunch of empty luxury boxes (which they will be with the recession).

It's still not over on gamecast...I wish I could bet there.

Go where?

This should be a lesson learned. No way this series would've gone 7 without this thread.

What are you talking about snipe? Im not arguing with you. My point is that they will never have the money to go get players or even sign their own without stadium dollars.

My point is if they can keep a young nucleus together that can compete for the next five years then they might average more than 22,000 a night and would be in a much better position to get a new ballpark. New ballpark or not they are never going to be better than 10-15 range in payroll, that's still a hell of an improvement over where they are now though.

Okay i see what you mean. I like Upton. What a hitter.

F*ck Upton. I kept that prick in my keeper league after the '03, '04, and '05 seasons. Then I give up on him after the '06 season and he busts out.

They already have the new ballpark planned, just waiting on govt funds.

The Rays are the design of very good scouting and drafting. They have a window where almost every player of importance should improve and virtually everyone is signed. They really badly need a closer and maybe Edwin Jackson can fill that role because there is no way they will pay for Krod and there isnt much else out there at least in FA's. I believe Crawford is signed through next year but they only have Floyd and Baldelli as FA's this year. The rotation is solid with Shields, Garza, Kazmir, Price and Sonnastine. Upton and Longoria will get better. Scary team.

he didnt bust out during the regular season. the playoffs have been a different story

Garza n' Price stepped up to put the REDSOX NATION asleep. They kept saying Madden didn't have anyone to shut them down late. He found a guy. That's what it takes to move on(no fear, and a very live arm.)

Isnt that the devil in the details? Tampa was yet another part of Florida that was hit by the condo speculators. I cant imagine they will have the money for a new park for years. Who knows though. Plus the plan is elaborate.

He put up some pretty nice numbers last year.

Yeah he did but he was playing hurt this year and his numbers suffered a little though he did cut his K's a bit

The funny thing is that the park they currently play gives them a nice home field advantage