True that this year we have a unique situation where three of the 10 lowest payroll teams in baseball are likely playoff-bound (Tampa Rays, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres).
Various sources within the last few days have leaked detailed financial data associated with several Major League Baseball teams, including small-market teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins and Tampa Rays, which often are portrayed as the poster children for financial mediocrity within the sport.
Monday, Yankee brass in town for the team's series against the Tampa Bay Rays gathered in Tampa to watch Chamberlain pitch to minor-league hitters, not even four months removed from his injury.
The Series drew the third-lowest number ever, topping only last year when the San Francisco Giants beat Texas in five games and the 2008 snoozer between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays (who watches baseball in Tampa anyway?).
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Much of the attention throughout the sports business during the past week has been paid to the attendance issues surrounding the Tampa Bay Rays and the commentary that reasons the Tampa Bay area is too soft a market for Major League Baseball.
The playoffs start Wednesday with the Texas Rangers visiting the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon has spent his managerial career fighting against the conventional wisdom.
Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg and Detroit Tigers president Dave Dombrowski will help run the committee.
But as Boston roiled after a giant wild-card choke to the Tampa Bay Rays, booze became an easy culprit.
The Tampa Bay Rays dominated meal time conversations for all the wrong reasons.
The Tampa Bay Rays, while always solid, face perpetual budget constraints that often hold them back from the next level.
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It was late afternoon at the Stadium and the Yankees were playing the Tampa Bay Rays in a crucial September series.
Suzuki hit a go-ahead two-run single in the ninth inning and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 Tuesday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are riding a September surge toward the playoffs.
After Tuesday night's 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays have lost all five of Price's starts this season.
Nova held the Tampa Bay Rays scoreless over four innings Tuesday, working out of several jams with a resolve that impressed his manager.
Even the Tampa Bay Rays, who have built one of the great on-the-cheap franchises in MLB history, wilted down the stretch this season.
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What do the Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Florida Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Islanders and basketball's New Orleans Hornets all have in common?
Shields, a Tampa Bay Rays starter, grew up believing that a pitcher with an effective pickoff move has an extra weapon at his disposal.
That realization has prompted several teams, most notably the Tampa Bay Rays, to offer low-cost, long-term deals to players in the nascent stages of their careers.
"I'm hurting the team, " he said after Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, who took a 7-0 lead against the New York Yankees' ace.
If the season ended today, the eight-team post season field would include the Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds.
PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Brandon Jennings stood with his hands on his head, his Tampa Bay Rays teammates also visibly concerned as they watched Toronto's J.
Sternberg, meanwhile, has turned the Tampa Bay Rays into a perennial playoff team by getting a big bang for the buck from his player payroll.
The only other World Series participant that was more frugal relative to their competitors for a given season in recent memory was the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays.
A. Happ get hit in the head by a line drive and taken off the field on a stretcher during Toronto's 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Cobb scattered three hits over 8 1-3 innings, Ben Zobrist drove in two runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 3-0 on Wednesday night.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman declined comment after New York beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 in 10 innings behind a pair of two-run homers by Kevin Youkilis.
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