Mountains tower over valleys lying deep in snow, their cathedral-spire peaks turning red in the rays of the setting sun.
Instead of having a third of your home games against the Twins, Indians and Tigers, floating realignment would give the Royals a robust home schedule that consistently features the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays.
The moment that Dayton Moore and the hierarchy of the Royals decided to dangle Myers in front of ball clubs such as the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox, the Mets should have immediately jumped into the conversation since this is exactly the only type of trade they should consider for Dickey.
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Could you imagine for a single season seeing the American League East comprised of the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, Braves and Rays?
As recently as September 3, the Red Sox held a nine-game lead over the Rays in the wild card race, but a 7-19 slump ultimately proved fatal to a playoff berth.
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This would suggest that it takes less of a trigger, namely UV rays in sunlight, to make potentially harmful cellular changes in people with red hair.
Nonetheless, five Red Sox games in late August (when the team trailed both the Yankess and Rays in the AL East) placed in the top ten most-watched shows in Boston.
Using the statistical projections for those teams simulating this season 3, 000 times, the Yanks, Red Sox and Rangers are now virtual locks to make the playoffs, while the Tampa Bay Rays, a small-market party crasher three times since 2008, got a healthy bump as well.
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Midbite into an ostrich burger at lunch one day, I watched the vanguard of an elephant herd emerge onto the lagoon shore, about 100 yards away, and each evening I trained my binoculars on the red lechwe gathered in the shallows, their russet coats burnished by the sun's slanting rays.
Costco last week said it halted sales of five wild-caught fish species that are on Greenpeace's "red list" of overfished species, including Greenland halibut, certain types of grouper, and skates and rays.
Each day, when the first rays of sun warm its ochre walls, the doline comes alive with the sounds of the red-green macaw, as formations of these exotically-plumaged parrots dive and wheel below the lip, periodically alighting en masse to bicker, preen and survey their domain.
In order for Major League Baseball to avoid asking teams like the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies to pony up more money for low-revenue teams like the Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins this season, the Chicago Cubs will likely have to make up for their lower attendance this season by finding new revenue sources.
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