Break up the Rays

Just wait 155 more games.

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Originally posted by Dad04:
They beat the Yankees 15-5 in their home opener after a long pregame AL banner hanging ceremony. This team is no fluke. The Yankees aren't a bad team either, but obviously not in the Rays catagory. W ang probably needs to be sent down to get his mojo back and they are lacking Arod and Texiera. They will get better, but I don't know who is as good as the Rays.

Dad04,

I see you read the book, Outlooks On The Season, By Chicago Cubs Fans.

Chapter 1 - Winter Meetings 104 pgs.
Chapter 2 - Spring Training 100 pgs.
Chapter 3 - Opening Day 98 pgs.
Chapter 4 - It's Still Early 63 pgs.
Chapter 5 - Things Can Change After The All Star Break 26 pgs.
Chapter 6 - Wait 'Till Next Year 1 page

As a Yankee-Fan who lives in Orlando, I can tell you that the entire culture of The Rays has changed. The Trop is no longer Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park-South. The Rays fans are there in droves now, with their cowbells!

They are so "For-Real", it's incredible... IMHO, Longoria is such a GREAT player, even as a 2nd-year player. I'd even say he's probably the best 3rd-baseman - defensively - in the American League. They have SO MUCH team-speed, that it's really tough to compete. Just think they when they bring Price back up from Durham, and their loaded farm-system, they'll be contenders for years to come...

Why is Teixeira sitting with just a sore wrist? Is this guy for real? For those who followed him in Texas and LA, I have a question:

Is Teixeira a soft player or what? IMO, from what I'm getting out of it, he is. Not good

Teixeira better man-up or else he's gonna hear it. No way he should be sitting unless he's injured.

At least Arod with a torn hip who still needs more surgery is busting his hump to get back in the lineup and Swisher is out there chucking innings.

I like this Swisher character. Perfect fit for NY.

Teixeira on the other hand, the jury's out on him.

Not to get off-subject, but Mark Teixeira is a perfect-fit, IMHO, for the Yanks, and he will be a great-one for years to come... He's got some tendinitis in his left wrist, and he's having trouble swinging righty... With Garza on the mound tonight (great pitcher, btw), he may be in there from the left-side...

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Originally posted by zombywoof:
Teixeira better man-up or else he's gonna hear it. No way he should be sitting unless he's injured.

At least Arod with a torn hip who still needs more surgery is busting his hump to get back in the lineup and Swisher is out there chucking innings.

I like this Swisher character. Perfect fit for NY.

Teixeira on the other hand, the jury's out on him.

I would venture to guess Tex is pretty banged up to not be in the lineup. Remember, the season is 162 games, not just 1 series.

I like the way Swisher gets after it - hard and with a smile on his face.

Yea.. Maybe that's all it is and he's supposed to be back tonight.

As for Tampa, they're gonna contend. I wouldn't put them ahead of the Yankees yet for this year but they're gonna hang around. They got good young talent with experience now that they tasted playoff baseball.

I think the entire AL EAST is the toughest division in Baseball, and even the Orioles are better than last season, and are getting better... Having said that, I think The Rays, Yankees, and Red Sox are all evenly matched, and the division will be extremely tough to win.

I'd almost forgotten about Price. I'd be a little steamed being in Durham if I were him, but he'll be fine in the long run. They are tough and will be.

I like the Rays. The key whether you think they are for real or not is their pitching - will that hold up like it did last year. If so, they are obviously contenders again. I wonder if people in their early season excitement are counting on Longoria hitting five homeruns every week. At that pace, that would give him about 110 for the year.

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Originally posted by redbird5:
I like the way Swisher gets after it - hard and with a smile on his face.

The Swisher you see on the field and the one in the clubhouse are two completely different people. There is a reason the White Sox had no interest in keeping him around...wait 'till they sit his .240 hitting butt and he's not playing and pouting and moping around...

A wrist problem, especially tendonitis, can be crippling for a hitter.

As for knowing what Swisher is in the clubhiouse---how does any layman know that--surely not by Mariotti and such in the papers

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The Swisher you see on the field and the one in the clubhouse are two completely different people. There is a reason the White Sox had no interest in keeping him around...wait 'till they sit his .240 hitting butt and he's not playing and pouting and moping around...

I don't see Swisher as an everyday player and he's not gonna hit like he is now. He's definitely an upgrade from what the Yanks have had the last few years though. Plus he can play a lot of positions and with guys like Damon who break down quite often, Swisher might be playing more than just some pinch hitting.