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Nov. 12, 2008

• Maddon one vote shy of unanimous Manager of Year selection - Twins' Gardenhire got a 1st-place vote (Marc Lancaster)

Nov. 10, 2008

• Longoria the unanimous choice for AL Rookie of the Year (Marc Lancaster)

Nov. 3, 2008

• The Rays have declined their 2009 options on Cliff Floyd and Trever Miller (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 29, 2008

• The dream is over: The Phillies win the World Series with a 4-3 win over the Rays in the previously suspended Game 5. Rays magical season comes to a close. (Aaron Knox)
• Feliz single puts Phillies up, 4-3; after a scoreless eighth the Rays are down to their last three outs against Phillies closer Brad Lidge (Aaron Knox)
• Maddon leaves J.P. Howell in to bat in the seventh, with his entire bullpen available and pinch-hitters standing by? (Aaron Knox)
• Rocco Baldelli homers on a cold, windy night when many said a homer couldn't be hit, giving the Rays a 3-3 tie in the 7th after Jayson Werth's RBI single had given Phils a 3-2 lead in the 6th. (Aaron Knox)
• Balfour, Howell warming in bullpen (Marc Lancaster)
• Take it for what it's worth -- the only two Rays relievers moving around without jackets in the bullpen are Balfour and Howell (Marc Lancaster)
• Manuel says Madson will "start" for Phillies in 7th inning (Marc Lancaster)
• Game on tonight (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 28, 2008

• Game 5 will not be continued today (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 27, 2008

• lineup shakeup tonight - CC 2nd, BJ 3rd, Pena 4th, Longo 5th (Marc Lancaster)
• Floyd says he has a slight labrum tear in shoulder (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 26, 2008

• Hinske on roster - Floyd out with shoulder injury (Marc Lancaster)
• Zobrist starts in right tonight (Marc Lancaster)
• I can go for that - Daryl Hall (sans Oates) will sing anthem before Game 5 (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 25, 2008

• First pitch tonight will be at 10 p.m. (Marc Lancaster)
• Tarp's coming off the field -- hopefully we'll have baseball soon (Marc Lancaster)
• Sounds like this game will be played tonight but probably will be delayed between a half-hour and hour before starting (Marc Lancaster)
• Gross starts in RF tonight (Marc Lancaster)
• wow -- and there goes the rain, in a big way. It's coming down hard now (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 24, 2008

• Rays tie 2008 World Series at 1-1 with a 4-2 victory over the Phillies on Thursday night. Games 3-4-5 will be played starting Saturday night, weather permitting, in Philadelphia (Marc Lancaster)

Oct. 23, 2008

• Pinch hitter Eric Bruntlett hit the first pitch he saw from David Price over the wall in left to put the Phillies on the board with 2 outs in the 8th. The Rays still lead, 4-1, in World Series Game 2. (Marc Lancaster)
• What rookie? David Price struck out Ryan Howard looking with two on and two out in the 7th inning to preserve the Rays' 4-0 lead over the Phillies in World Series Game 2. (Marc Lancaster)

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