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With the bases loaded and the major leagues' RBI leader Josh Hamilton representing the tying run Sunday night, Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon didn't have too many good options.

Josh Hamilton was given one of the highest levels of respect a slugger can get from an opposing manager in Sunday's 7-4 loss to Tampa Bay: He was intentionally walked with the bases loaded.

With closer Troy Percival sidelined the next two to four weeks, the Rays said Friday that they have more than one man for the job of replacing him.

Today's arrival of RHP Chad Bradford led to the departure of veteran RHP Al Reyes , who was designated for assignment after Friday's game.

Just because the Trade Deadline has passed doesn't mean the Rays won't stay active.

LARRY LARUE; larry.larue@thenewstribune.com Published: August 8th, 2008 01:00 AM thenewstribune.com Posted online at 9:34 p.m. Thursday J.J. Putz has played with some great hitters, faced his share of others, ...

Raul Ibanez lined a pitch from Dan Wheeler inside the right-field foul pole, Seattle's first game-ending home run in its lost season, and the Mariners beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 on Thursday ...

Wheeler cruises through the eighth inning until he gets to Brandon Inge, but recovers from the walk nicely.

Carlos Pena homered, Edwin Jackson won back-to-back starts for the first time since April and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Wednesday.

Veteran reliever Dan Wheeler said he believes many games are won or lost in the last three innings.

The mood in the Rays' clubhouse before Wednesday's game was decidedly mellow, with a string of Bob Marley tunes wafting from the speakers in place of the usual hip-hop selections.

Prior to the start of Wednesday afternoon's contest against the Blue Jays, Joe Maddon said the possibility of the Rays making a deal before Thursday's trade deadline is "a solid 50-50." The Rays manager said he ...

Using this This Awesome Tool Via THT I'll run down what the current pitchers and hitters of the Rays will be projected to do the rest of the season.

Legendary baseball scribe Jerome Holtzman died Saturday in Evanston, Ill., but his legacy will live on through, among other things, his invention of the save.

Most of the time you wouldn't want to read lips too closely when Grant Balfour is on the mound.

Reliever Dan Wheeler walks back to the mound as John Buck rounds the bases on his three-run homer in the 10th.

From left, coaches Jim Hickey and Dave Martinez and manager Joe Maddon watch the Rays' victory Sunday.

Published Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 2:10 a.m. ST.

The loss snapped the Rays' seven-game winning streak. Tampa Bay, with the major's best record at 55-33, lost for the second time in the last 13 games.

John Buck hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the 10th inning as Kansas City rallied for a 7-4 win over Tampa Bay, in the finale of a four-game set from Tropicana Field.