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Today in Sports History: August 7th
8/07/1999 - Boggs hits historic homerWade Boggs, playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, hits a home run off Indians' pitcher Chris Haney to give him 3,000 for his career. It was the first time a player hit a home run for his 3,000th hit and was the first notable moment in the history of the D-Rays....
Today in Sports History: April 3rd
4/03/1985 - Kings move to Sacramento A special NBA committee grants the Kansas City Kings the right to move to Sacramento, California. Kings owner Joe Axelson cited poor ticket sales, attendance, and "generally weak support over the years" as the reason for the move. Kings owner Gregg Lukenbill...
your American League Champions
Congratulations to the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays. From out of no where, having never won more than 70's games, to League Champions... That is a huge hill to climb. And it ain't over yet! The blogosphere is teeming with posts about the Rays win, but I'll just link to a select few threads: Sticks of...
"Major risk, major reward?" or "Evan Almighty!"
I've gotten used to the New York Islanders pulling stuff like this and I've also gotten used to the Tampa Bay lack-of-Devil Rays pulling this on a cost effective platform in the past... But a nine year investment in a rookie? This takes things to new risk levels: "This is obviously fairly...
A quick way to disuade this fan
The Tampa Bay Rays have been doing much to improve their image the last few eyars since Stu Sternberg took over the team. But you want to know one quick way to tear all that down with fans who are sick of the scandals, sick of the fact baseball has been sullied by BALCO and artificially inflated...
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