Aug 13th 2008 2:30PM by Mullet (author feed)

The dog days of August are really getting to the Tampa Bay Rays. In addition to losing Evan Longoria, they’ve found out that they’ll probably be without star Carl Crawford for the rest of the regular season with a torn finger tendon. So here’s the question: Will this derail the Rays magical run to the playoffs … especially with the Red Sox having acquired Paul Byrd for the express purpose of not blowing 10-run first inning leads?

Luckily, we have AOL’s own baseball editor Andrew Johnson back for another live MLB chat, where we can discuss your Tampa Bay Rays, Byrd, Adam Dunn, the Mets’ lousy bullpen, or whatever you’d like in the world of baseball. So join us at 3PM eastern for a chatting good time!

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