sawx sweep, two all star rays

Your Weekly Rays Update

Overall: 55-33
Last Week: Boston (3-0), KC (3-1)
This Week: @ NYY, @ CLE

For the second time this year, the Rays sweep the Sawx in St Pete, which means that through 12 games between the two teams the road team has NEVER won. Since these two teams appear to be on a collision course to meet in October, home field advantage is even more crucial for both teams. We still have a second half of the season to play out, but it appears for the first time ever we will be witnessing a dogfight between the Rays and the Sawx for the AL East.

Tampa Bay…55—33 __ .625
Boston………….53—39 __ .576
New York……..47—42 __ .528
Baltimore…….44—43 __ .506
Toronto……….42—47 __ .472

We are almost at the half way point of the season and the Rays still have the best record in baseball. I touched on this last week but Rays of Light sums up the amazement I have for the Rays right now…

I’m already finding myself taking for granted how bad we’ve been for so long that I need to stop and appreciate just how good things are right now. Enjoy it, Rays fans, because you never know how long the ride’s going to last.

ALL STARS ANNOUNCED
Scott Kazmir and Dioner Navarro have been named to the All Star team, but more importantly Evan Longoria is one of the five finalists to make the All Star team. MLB opens up the last All Star spot to fan voting and currently Longoria has a slight lead over four other players. Fan can vote for the Dirtbag an unlimited number of times here until Thursday at 5 pm.

MORE ST PETE, NOT TAMPA
As the Rays surprisingly become the center of the baseball universe more locals are noticing how the national media mistakenly believes the Rays play in Tampa. This may have been a somewhat understandable mistake when the Rays were in last place and easy to overlook but that is no longer the case. Although on the flip side, as the Times article points out, a good deal of people believe the Lightning play in St Pete.