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By rss@youtube.com (MrJoeTrenton) Cole Hamels throws the first pitch to Akinori Iwamura in game 5 of the 2008 World Series. Go Phils!!!! Author: MrJoeTrenton Keywords: World Series Phillies Tampa Bay Rays 2008 Added: October 28, 2008

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By rss@youtube.com (painmd87) Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays... the final pitch and ground ball to Akinori Iwamura Author: painmd87 Keywords: baseball mlb tampa bay rays boston red sox akinori iwamura alcs game Added: October 20, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Brad Gregory Ziegler (born October 10, 1979 in Pratt, Kansas) is the closer for the Oakland Athletics. Ziegler's streak came to an end at 39 innings when the Tampa Bay Rays scored a run against him in the ninth inning on August 14. Akinori Iwamura scored on a double by B.J. Upton, which was also th...

The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Chavez.

The Rays most likely will stay with their internal options to fill the void at second base created by Akinori Iwamura 's season-ending injury.

He struggled some early in the season, but had pitched well recently and earned a call to the big leagues when Tampa Bay placed Scott Kazmir (quad strain) on the 15-day DL last week. If you drafted Price and are waiting for a return on your investment, ... Iwamura hopes to return by spring ESPN

It was a shocker, all right. A box, about eight inches tall. Does that say Tampa Bay Rays on it, I thought to myself? Is that Carl Crawford(notes) who I see? Akinori Iwamura(notes), too? Is that what appears to be the butt of No. ...

 Canada Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura is out for the season with a torn knee ligament, while closer Troy Percival (shoulder tendinitis) and shortstop Josh Bartlett (ankle sprain) are on the DL. Washington's Ryan Zimmerman went 0-for-4 in a 6-1 ...

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Iwamura was batting .310 with eight stolen bases in 44 games. The Rays also have designated hitter Pat Burrell (neck strain), starting pitcher Scott Kazmir (quadriceps strain) and closer Troy Percival (shoulder tendinitis) on the DL at the moment. ...

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Ben Zobrist has hit eight homers in limited at-bats for the Tampa Bay Rays, but with Iwamura and Bartlett both out, he's now getting a chance to play every day. Finally, former NL batting champ Freddy Sanchez of the Pirates went 6-for-6 on Monday night ...

 CLEVELAND It's another blow to a team already playing without second baseman Akinori Iwamura, closer Troy Percival, designated hitter Pat Burrell and staff ace Scott Kazmir. Iwamura is lost for the season with a torn knee ligament, and Percival's career might be ...

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 NY AP Photo/Tom Gannam) AP Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura is carried on a cart by trainers after colliding with the Florida Marlins' Chris Coghlan in the eighth inning. The Marlins defeated the Rays in 11 innings, 5-4, at LandShark Stadium ...

trade with the A's earlier this month, has had his contract selected from Durham, and will be available to play tonight. Dillon will wear No. 11. To make room for on the 40-man roster, the Rays have moved Akinori Iwamura to the 60-day disabled list. Baseball Notebook American Chronicle

knee injury to Akinori Iwamura will test the Tampa Bay Rays' infield depth. Willy Aybar started at second base Monday night for the second time this season, but manager Joe Maddon has several options, including Reid Brignac and Ben Zobrist. ... Rays 2B Iwamura carted off with knee injury Sify

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 CA Akinori Iwamura tore ligaments in his knee, which resulted in a season-ending surgery. The staff is looking at which way to go, whether to start Willy Aybar, Ben Zobrist, or give talented youngster Reid Brignac a shot. Either way, it is going to be ...

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee.

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 Canada AP CLEVELAND - Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. The Rays placed the infielder on the 15-day disabled list in a series of moves Monday. ...

Globe and Mail   Canada Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. Iwamura was injured trying to turn a double play Sunday against Florida. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon has been rewarded for guiding ...

 AZ Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. The Rays on Monday also announced a three-year contract extension for manager Joe Maddon. • Seattle catcher Kenji Johjima likely will ...

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Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. He will have surgery after the swelling goes down, according to Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. ...

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 ND CLEVELAND (AP) Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura (ah-kee-NOOR'-ee ee-wah-MYOOR'-uh) will miss the rest of the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. Iwamura was injured trying to turn a double play in the eighth inning Sunday against ...

But as for on the field, the Indians are saying they're not expecting any carryover from last week's series at Tropicana Field, when things got testy late in the series finale, with Kerry Wood throwing a pitch behind BJ Upton (and another one inside), ... Rays lose Iwamura for season CBC.ca

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 CA Updating previous reports, the Tampa Tribune's Marc Lancaster reports Tampa Bay Rays 2B Akinori Iwamura (knee) is expected to be out for an extended period, possibly the season, with his knee injury. He'll have an MRI Tuesday, May 26. ...

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 United States MIAMI (AP) — Second baseman Akinori Iwamura's aim was to turn a double play for the Tampa Bay Rays, and that's what happened — but not the way he planned. A bizarre sequence ended with Iwamura writhing on the grass due to a knee injury, ...

Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Carlos Pena hit a pair of homers to finish with four runs driven in, as the Tampa Bay Rays crushed the Oakland Athletics, 8-2, in the opener of a three-game set. Gabe Gross and Akinori Iwamura both had two hits and drove ... Tampa Bay Rays news and notes Tampabay.com

Seattle Post Intelligencer  NY PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 16: Infielder Akinori Iwamura #1 of the Tampa Bay Rays signs an autograph before play against the Chicago White Sox on April 16, 2009 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images) ...

By King Kaufman The Rays might have scored more in that inning but for a base-running blunder and a smart play by Phillies second baseman Chase Utley. With Jason Bartlett at second and two outs, Iwamura hit a sharp grounder up the middle off of J.C. Romero. Utley ranged to his right, behind the bag, to field the b...

No luck. Hamels breezed through the first three innings, needing just 33 pitches to Kazmir's 57. Tampa Bay had just two runners, with Dioner Navarro reaching on a two-out walk in the second and Akinori Iwamura hitting a two-out single in the third.

By Jeff Kallman It isn’t illegitimate to ponder whether genuinely great pitchers prove their greatness by walking the ducks onto the pond in the bottom of the first, as Matsuzaka did with Akinori Iwamura, Carlos Pena (with one out), and Carl Crawford (with two out, after a magnificent punchout of Evan L...

By e chigliak After finishing 61-101, 36.0 games out of first in the AL East in 2006 to earn the right to pick David Price, the Rays struggled through a 66-96 2007 with a young team featuring Tampa Bay draft picks Delmon Young, Elijah Dukes and B.J. Upton, free agent signings, Carlos Pena and Akinori Iwamura...

Tampa Bay Rays players Evan Longoria (3) and Akinori Iwamura of Japan, facing camera, celebrate after defeating the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 during a baseball game, Thursday, May 1, 2008, in Baltimore.

By Administrator Young doubled and scored on a Johnny Gomes single in the fourth inning to make the score 3-0… and then Akinori Iwamura walked, stole second and scored on a Jorge Velandia single in the fifth inning to make it 4-0. Wakefield then walked Carlos Pena and B J Upton before striking out Young to avoi...

By Administrator The Devil Rays jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning. Lead off batter Akinori Iwamura started the game with a base hit and moved to third on a single by Carl Crawford… he scored on a ground out by former Red Sox 1B Carlos Pena to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead.

By Jordan This unknowing, however, is part of the excitement: watching a player grow to greatness is one of the things baseball is all about. Among the Tampa Bay Devil Rays who have to chance to do just that are third baseman Akinori Iwamura, infielder B.J. Upton, outfielder Delmon Young, and shortsto...

By Jeff Sackmann We'll see still more of the Rays' young talent hit the bigs this year along with Japanese import Akinori Iwamura. But despite the presence of such young stars and stars-in-embryo as Scott Kazmir, Carl Crawford, Rocco Baldelli, ...