Mailbag: Is Zobrist right man for job?
MLB (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Mailbag: Is Zobrist right man for job?
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Player Review: Ben Zobrist
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Last year was the best year of Ben Zobrist's professional career. Not only did he tear it up in Durham to the tune of .366/.471/.577/1.048 (wOBA of 135) in 20 games (making it impossible for the Rays to keep him in AAA), but also had his most successful tenure in the bigs. Zobrist was very, very good in his 62 games with the big club this summer; his slash line was .253/.339/.505/.844...
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Zobrist transforms into 'Zorilla'
MLB (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Zobrist transforms into 'Zorilla'
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Wonderment of Pregnancy Amazes Christian Artist Julianna Zobrist
Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Courtesy Julianna Zobrist for use on CBB Christian singer Julianna Zobrist never knew that pregnancy would be such "a crazy yet very very awesome experience." As she and her husband, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Ben Zobrist, prepare for the birth of their first child this winter -- a son to...
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Rays' Zobrist excited to get first preseason start - Philadelphia Inquirer
Saint Petersburg (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay Rays utility player Ben Zobrist received welcome news when he arrived at Tropicana Field about four hours before last ...
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BP Radio: October 23 - Zobrist
Baseball Prospectus Radio Podcast (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
NEW Ben Zobrist started in RF for the Rays and leads off this BPR. We talk with Zobrist about the World Series, then catch up with Joe Sheehan as the Rays and Phillies head into Game 2.Click here to read more or download the show.
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Rays' Zobrist excited to get first preseason start
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay Rays utility player Ben Zobrist received welcome news when he arrived at Tropicana Field about four hours before last night's Game 1 of the World Series.
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Notebook: Maddon gives Zobrist shot in Game 1
SI.com (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Rays manager Joe Maddon had one major surprise in his lineup for Game 1, starting Ben Zobrist in right field.Maddon liked the matchup of Zobrist and , who was the DH, against Philadelphia left-hander .Zobrist made just one regular season start in right, playing six innings on May 28 against Texas. He also played a few innings during a spring training...
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Monitors will be used in plants in Kursk Smolensk Volgodonsk
New order powers Areva T amp. (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Asian stocks rally after Fed cut. Maddon chose to use switch hitting Ben Zobrist in place of Rocco Baldelli, who had homered in his previous at bat, because of Lidge's platoon split. Send a Letter to the Editor. Oct, Federal Government Documents and Publications ContentWorks via COMTEX. Read the training tips and advice that helped our London Triathletes. After the evacuation, Fraser ended up...
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Zobrist Town?
The Peoria Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
After the Chicago White Sox were eliminated, the City Council decided to put a hold on renaming Peoria “Thome Town” after slugger and hometown boy Jim Thome. Now that the Tampa Bay Rays are going to the World Series, will the council consider renaming the city “Zobrist Town” after shortstop and hometown boy Ben [...]
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Offseason Outlook: Tampa Bay Rays
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Rays. Their likely 2009 commitments: C - Dioner Navarro - $413K+ C - Shawn Riggans - $400K 1B - Carlos Pena - $8MM 2B - Akinori Iwamura - $3.25MM SS - Jason Bartlett - $417K+ 3B - Evan Longoria - $550K IF - Willy Aybar - $402K IF - Ben Zobrist - $400K LF - Carl Crawford - $8.25MM CF - B.J. Upton - $413K RF - Gabe Gross - $414K+ OF - Fernando Perez...
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2008 World Series - In The Books!
Was Watching (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Man, when Ben Zobrist made contact in the 9th, for a second, I was thinking “Tie game!” Not to be… This Fall Classic reminded me of 2000 - when the Yanks took the Mets in five. Yes, this series, like that one, was a 4 to 1 take-down. But, the wins, for the most part, were close. Congrats [...]
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Late and Great
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
But the throw went into center field, and Bruntlett scampered to third. Balfour intentionally walked Shane Victorino and pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs to load the bases. Rays manager Joe Maddon brought in rightfielder Ben Zobrist to play second base as a fifth infielder. That was when Ruiz chopped a ball down the third-base line that Evan Longoria couldn't make a play on, and the rest was history....
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Phillies, finally
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... grasp that this really happened." Lidge, surviving a walk and scary line drive to right field by Ben Zobrist, finished with 48 saves in 48 chances. He struck out Eric Hinske on a slider for the final punctuation mark. "I went out to the mound and told him, 'No sign, just give me the good one,' " said catcher Carlos Ruiz, who hasn't decided if he will give Lidge the ball from the final out....
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Phillies defeat Rays to win World Series
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... 0-and-2 pitch. In came pinch runner Fernando Perez, who stole second. But Lidge got pinch hitter Ben Zobrist on a sinking liner to right and then whiffed Hinske to go 48-for-48 in save opportunities this season.That set off a wild celebration at the front of the mound as Lidge was mobbed by his teammates, who piled on top of him. One of the first to arrive was Ryan Howard, who crashed into...
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