Former Tampa Bay Ray Carl Crawford: ‘My heart is here in Boston’

Former Tampa Bay Ray Carl Crawford: ‘My heart is here in Boston’
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Saturday, December 11, 2010 For 2 million, Carl Crawford is apparently willing to change more than uniforms. Introduced in a Saturday morning news conference at Fenway Park, the now former longtime Ray revealed a most interesting reason he chose to sign with the Red Sox: “My heart is here in Boston.” Also that he’d be willing, if asked, to bat leadoff and …
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Theo Epstein Hints Red Sox Have Been Aggressively Targeting Carl Crawford for Months
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein could not comment specifically on Carl Crawford on Thursday because the deal is not finalized. He did, however, offer hints as to what the impending signing means to the organization.
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Tampa Bay Rays 2008

The amazing Tampa Bay Rays of 2008. pictures put by team symbol, coach, pitchers, then batting order, then end of game shaking, and team symbol. enjoy!
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Gabe Gross led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a homerun, as the Tampa Bay Rays, who owns the best record in the American League at 35-22, downed the Chicago White Sox, 4-3 at Tropicana Field on June 1st, 2008.

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Hernandez wins AL Cy Young; Rays’ Price is runner-up
Seattle’s Felix Hernandez went 13-12, but drew 21 of 28 first-place votes from baseball writers.
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With Joaquin Benoit signed, Tigers eye free-agent hitter next
The club will now go after at least one of the big free-agent hitters: Victor Martinez, Adam Dunn, Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth.
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Yankees make Rothschild new pitching coach
Associated Press – November 19, 2010 4:54 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) – The Yankees have hired Larry Rothschild to be their pitching coach. Rothschild, who has been the Chicago Cubs’ pitching…
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Purdue’s Gene Keady receives Lapchick Award
Former Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady was one of three persons presented with the Lapchick Character Award on Thursday at Madison Square Garden.
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Baseball-Seattle’s “King Felix” Hernandez wins AL Cy Young award
Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez posted only 13 wins during the season but was a clear winner of the American League Cy Young Award in voting announced on Thursday.
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‘King Felix’ wins AL CY Young Award
Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez posted only 13 wins during the season but was a clear winner of the American League Cy Young Award in voting announced on Thursday.
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Report: Tigers, RP Benoit agree to three-year, .5M deal
Please read the full story on TSN.ca for the latest details
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Lynn Henning: Pitcher like Joaquin Benoit a critical addition for Tigers
The only question as to whether the Tigers got a shutdown arm of the Joel Zumaya variety is durability. Benoit had Tommy John surgery in 2008, which makes all the more remarkable what he did only a year after that surgery.
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Terry Francona Likely in Running for Manager of the Year, Unlikely to Come Away Winner
Manager of the Year is often a tricky award to hand out. Some skippers like Joe Girardi and Terry Francona are snubbed due to the fact that their team has the resources to give them the most talent, at least on paper. Winning managers are usually rewarded but it’s impossible to quantify which of those actually had the greatest effect on a team’s win-loss record.
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Three Yankees win Gold Glove awards
NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day.
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Red Sox look for answers in offseason
This being Boston — a baseball nut house in an NFL nation — the Red Sox likely feel compelled to do something this offseason to assure their uneasy “Nation” that the front office is awake and not nervous about cash.
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YANKEES: Jeter gets fifth Gold Glove
NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki won his 10th straight Gold Glove for a full season of fielding excellence. Mark Buehrle won again, perhaps clinching his spot with an acrobatic play on opening day.
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Tampa Bay Rays release 2011 spring training schedule

Tampa Bay Rays release 2011 spring training schedule
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Friday, November 12, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays’ 2011 spring training schedule includes 15 games in their current home of Port Charlotte and two in their old home of St. Petersburg. On March 9, a Rays split squad returns to Al Lang Field to face the Netherlands national team, one of the international squads that will be using the facility under a new city …
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Thousands turn out to honor NYC vets with parade
NEW YORK (AP) — Some 3,000 active-duty servicemen and women are among the estimated 20,000 participants marching up Fifth Avenue at the Veterans Day Parade in Manhattan.
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Tampa Bay Lightning’s Marty St. Louis hurt but plays vs. Los Angeles Kings

Tampa Bay Lightning’s Marty St. Louis hurt but plays vs. Los Angeles Kings
By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Thursday, November 4, 2010 LOS ANGELES — Somehow, Marty St. Louis got his foot into a skate. Despite a swollen left big toe that was hit by a puck in Wednesday’s overtime loss to the Ducks, the Lightning left wing, who could not even put on a sneaker, played Thursday against the Kings. St. Louis extended his consecutive-games-played streak to 402, the …
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Zimmer will return for 63rd year in pro baseball
The Tampa Bay Rays say senior baseball adviser Don Zimmer will return in 2011 for an eighth season with the AL East champions and his 63rd year in professional baseball overall.
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Neftali Feliz Named AL Rookie of the Year: Where He Ranks Among Last 10 Winners
Neftali Feliz is expected to be named the 2010 American League Rookie of the Year tomorrow, beating out Baltimore Orioles starter Brian Matusz and Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson.
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