Tonight, Let It Be Sonnanstine: 2008 Tampa Bay DEVIL Rays Thread

(also, I chatted with David Laurila for 5 minutes at the SABR convention this year and didn't remember his bylines til afterward, duh)

Perez tempts me to root for the Rays - if he's got an AmStud degree, that means he's studied with Andrew Delbanco?

does anyone know what the pre-season/spring training vegas odds were for the Rays to win the world series?

nobody? hmmm...

okay, just got two separate sources: 40-1 and 50-1 as of late march 2008.

Believe it was 50-1.

Tonight, Let It Be Kazmir

googled some more:

Some baseball odds as the season begins
March 29th, 2008, 7:01 pm · Post a Comment · posted by jackmagruder
Some baseball odds entering the season, courtesy of bodog.com …
Odds to win the World Series:
Boston Red Sox 4/1
New York Mets 9/2
New York Yankees 13/2
Detroit Tigers 9/1
Chicago Cubs 10/1
Los Angeles Angels 11/1
Cleveland Indians 12/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 14/1
Arizona Diamondbacks 16/1
Philadelphia Phillies 18/1
Seattle Mariners 22/1
Colorado Rockies 25/1
San Diego Padres 28/1
Atlanta Braves 30/1
Toronto Blue Jays 30/1
Milwaukee Brewers 30/1
Chicago White Sox 40/1
St Louis Cardinals 45/1
Minnesota Twins 50/1
Cincinnati Reds 60/1
Houston Astros 60/1
Oakland Athletics 70/1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 75/1
Texas Rangers 75/1
San Francisco Giants 100/1
Washington Nationals 100/1
Kansas City Royals 125/1
Pittsburgh Pirates 150/1
Florida Marlins 150/1
Baltimore Orioles 200/1

Rays 150/1 Shot to win world series!

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At the start of the season the Tampa Bay Rays were 150/1 Shots to win the world series. This is obvious but if you just put $10 on them your gunna be up 1500 bones (When they win). It just goes to show you how much things can change through a LONG season
ODDS
New York Yankees 9/2
Boston Red Sox 9/2
Chicago White Sox 35/1
Oakland Athletics 80/1
Los Angeles Angels 10/1
Minnesota Twins 55/1
Detroit Tigers 11/2
Toronto Blue Jays 35/1
Cleveland Indians 12/1
Texas Rangers 80/1
New York Mets 11/2
St Louis Cardinals 50/1
San Diego Padres 30/1
Los Angeles Dodgers 14/1
Philadelphia Phillies 16/1
Florida Marlins 150/1
Atlanta Braves 28/1
Houston Astros 60/1
Cincinnati Reds 65/1
San Francisco Giants 100/1
Chicago Cubs 15/1
Colorado Rockies 25/1
Arizona Diamondbacks 20/1
Milwaukee Brewers 28/1
Seattle Mariners 20/1
Pittsburgh Pirates 200/1
Baltimore Orioles 200/1
Kansas City Royals 200/1
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 150/1
Washington Nationals 150/1

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Back before the season started, many bettors were placing wagers on who would win the 2008 World Series. Not many of them had the Phillies or the Tampa Bay rays anywhere near the top.
2008 World Series Odds
--Still in contention

New York Mets 4 - 1
Boston Red Sox 9 - 2
New York Yankees 5 - 1
Detroit Tigers 6 - 1
Cleveland Indians 10 - 1
Chicago Cubs 12 - 1
Los Angeles Angels 16 - 1
Arizona Diamondbacks 20 - 1
Seattle Mariners 20 - 1
Philadelphia Phillies 20 - 1
Atlanta Braves 25 - 1
San Diego Padres 25 - 1
Colorado Rockies 25 - 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 25 - 1
Chicago White Sox 30 - 1
Milwaukee Brewers 30 - 1
Toronto Blue Jays 30 - 1
St Louis Cardinals 50 - 1
Minnesota Twins 60 - 1
Cincinnati Reds 60 - 1
Houston Astros 60 - 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 100 - 1
Florida Marlins 100 - 1
Texas Rangers 100 - 1
Tampa Bay Rays 100 - 1
Washington Nationals 100 - 1
Baltimore Orioles 100 - 1
San Francisco Giants 100 - 1
Kansas City Royals 100 - 1
Oakland Athletics 100 - 1

from http://www.bettorsworld.com/world-series-odds.htm

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/20/tampa-bay-rays-come-out-for-obama/

RAYS STEP UP

So....................... world series. huh?

Finally, an article that does deserve to be published in ALL-CAPS.

http://www.abc6.com/sports/36277274.html

GREAT NEWS FOR ROCCO BALDELLI. A VISIT TO THE CLEVELAND CLINIC LAST WEEK REVEALED THAT DOCTORS HAD MISDIAGNOSED HIS ILLNESS.

BALDELLI MISSED MUCH OF LAST SEASON, AND WHEN HE DID PLAY, HE WAS LIMITED BECAUSE OF EXTREME FATIQUE. DOCTORS THOUGHT IT WAS MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDER WHICH CAN BE FATAL.
THE BALDELLI FAMILY TOLD ME TONIGHT THAT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC DIAGNOSED HIS CONDITION AS CHANNEL-OPATHY, A NON-PROGRESSIVE, HIGHLY TREATABLE DISEASE.

CHANNEL-OPATHY IS A DISEASE INVOLVING DYSFUNTION OF AN ION CHANNEL. CHANNEL-OPATHIES ARE KNOWN TO INVOLVE THE ION CHANNELS FOR POTASSIUM, SODIUM, CHLORIDA AND CALCIUM.

ION CHANNELS ARE CRITICAL TO THE MEMBRANES SURROUNDING EVERY LIVING CELL.

BY THE WAY, THE BALDELLIS TELL ME ROCCO HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE RED SOX.

October hero Price to AAA:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2009/news/story?id=4016400

(where's yr new thread?)

^makes no sense "saving him for a playoff push" b/c you get more points later in the season huh?