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The recommendation on where to hold the party convention is expected Wednesday, and the conventional wisdom is that it's Tampa's to lose.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2010

Atlanta's [got] 51 [points], we're 54, Tampa's 55...

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That was no consolation to Milbury, Versus's studio analyst, who announced on air he was sick of Tampa's trap, was "leaving in protest" and wouldn't be back for the postgame wrap-up.

The Worst Hockey Game Ever Mike Sielski 2011

Given that the Red Sox have the second-most expensive roster in the American League roughly $161 million, that they pay their players about four times what the Rays do, that the Rays struggle to attract 20,000 fans to their games and that the Sox made off with Tampa's best player—outfielder Carl Crawford—this offseason, there probably ought to be some foreboding sense of shame in the air.

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Tampa's James Shields, meanwhile, limited the Yankees to one run and four hits until the bottom of the eighth inning.

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For long stretches of the game, especially in the first period, instead of advancing forward from their own end into the maw of Tampa's defense, the Flyers did nothing.

The Worst Hockey Game Ever Mike Sielski 2011

Three minutes later, Pronger lingered in the right faceoff circle for another 38 seconds before Tampa's Teddy Purcell skated toward him.

The Worst Hockey Game Ever Mike Sielski 2011

By having Coburn stand still, Laviolette hoped to draw the Tampa forward at the top of the 1-3-1 alignment out to challenge the puck-carrier—thereby taking Tampa's defense out of the trap.

The Worst Hockey Game Ever Mike Sielski 2011

Tampa's players couldn't let Philadelphia stall any longer, so they began chasing down the puck themselves.

The Worst Hockey Game Ever Mike Sielski 2011

Later in the night, once Rafael Soriano finished off the Rays in the top of the ninth inning for his second save of the season—he had 45 last year as Tampa's closer—the Yankees gathered in a tight group on the pitcher's mound, exchanging hugs and handshakes, passing out commemorative caps.

Between Yawns, the Yankees Clinch Division Mike Sielski 2011