Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Sam Fuld, in partnership with the Rays, the University of South Florida Diabetes Center and USF Athletics, and Florida Diabetes Camps will host the Inaugural Sam Fuld Diabetes Sports Camp at USF on Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4.
Fuld, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes [...]
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New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is looking at his new property from the bottom to the top and making changes along the way. Like the owners of the Tampa Bay Rays, he is considering everything from the uniforms to the teams name, in an effort to improve the club. But unlike the Rays, whose [...]
On the night I saw Moneyball, the Tampa Bay Rays were eliminated from post-season play by the Texas Rangers. The Rays weren’t supposed to be in the playoffs this year, and yet they were. Though the Rays are using a form of Moneyball, where statistical analysis shows patterns that the old-school baseball eye may not [...]
On this day in 2006, Trevor Hoffman sets the all-time saves record, as the Padres closer records his 479th career save, surpassing Lee Smith (according to nationalpastime.com). The 38-year-old Hoffman retired earlier this year with 601 career saves. However, Hoffman held the all-time saves record for less than 5 years, as Yankee great Mariano Rivera [...]
In 1969, the New York Mets move into first place for the first time in their history (according to www.nationalpastime.com). The Amazins, with their double-header sweep of the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium, take a game lead over the second-place Cubs. The Mets hang on to win the division and eventually defeat the heavily favored [...]
