GT: Rays @ Red Sox - Sept. 11
by Randy Booth on Sep 11, 2009 6:45 PM EDT
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Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, Sep 11, 2009 7:10 PM EDT
It's time to host those pesky Tampa Bay Rays again.
Jon Lester will await those Rays as he takes the mound for game one of the three game series. Opposing him will be James Shields -- who always seems to oppose Lester.
Here's the series outlook:
Current Series
3 game series vs Rays @ Fenway Park
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Tampa Bay Rays Friday, Sep 11, 2009, 7:10 PM EDT Mostly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 60. |
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| Sat 09/12 | 7:10 PM EDT | |
| Sun 09/13 | 1:35 PM EDT | |
And here's the lineups, because the widget doesn't want to work yet:
Red Sox
Ellsbury, cf
Pedroia, 2b
Martinez, c
Youkilis, 1b
Ortiz, dh
Bay, lf
Lowell, 3b
Drew, rf
Gonzalez, ssRays
Bartlett, ss
Crawford, lf
Longoria, 3b
Zobrist, cf
Burrell, dh
Aybar, 1b
Kapler, rf
Navarro, c
Iwamura, 2b
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What is Jed's status?
Is he ready for the majors again? If he isn’t, then why isn’t he still in the minors?
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Because Pawtucket's season is over.
Next highest is A+.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then have him play A+; Dice-k did.
If he really isn’t ready, then sitting the bench won’t help.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Define "isn't ready"
He doesn’t need rehab time, that’s for damn sure. But if he’s considered not ready and in need of seasoning, than A+ won’t help him.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
IDK if he can handle MLB pitching or needs seasoning right now,
that’s why I asked the question.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm saying it makes sense for him to be at the majors if he's not able to handle ML pitching.
You don’t get better by facing competition significantly below you. At least this way he can get some PT in blowouts.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there are any
Gonzo better not play over him if he is fully rehabbed and ready.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree.
Tito is one to ride “hot streaks”
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I don't disagree.
I read that as “Gonzo won’t” instead of “better not”.
So I agree, but I think it’ll happen.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh Tito.
The Book…
says that hot streaks have little to no predictive value.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As does common sense.
That’s why they’re called “hot streaks.”
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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 11, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
go to hell rays
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 6:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well that's...to the point, maybe?
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I cannot stand them, I respect the team and Maddon
absolutely root for them to relocate to new fan base. The TB fan base disgusts me.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want MLB to thrive
a professional franchise in TB won’t contribute to that. Send em where they will be appreciated.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it could support the team, but New Orleans would be interesting.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO and Vegas might be good targets.
NO would need a dome and probably want to move it somewhat inland.
What about Inidianapolis?
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could see a team in NO, but I cannot see a professional sports franchise in Vegas
too much temptation. Playing with fire.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
IDK, Indy seems kinda small. If they want one, but if they did, I think that they would support the team.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't kow if they would want one.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.ibj.com/blog/article?articleId=6753
They support a MiLB team pretty well.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never thought of Indy
Don’t rule out a team in Puerto Rico either.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PR
didn’t think of that
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would make a lot of sense to be honest.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The most sense of any off shore location
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cuba could work
Of course, they’d have to settle their um… political issues before we can even start to think of a team there.
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Puerto Rico
If memory serves the Expos played some regular season games there when they were in their death throes.
Man I love that tuna casserole.
by Bloggy on Sep 11, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess they could support a MLB team then.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is the question of loyalties though.
Indians and Cubs fanbases are not easily poached.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about a team in North Carolina
Charlotte?
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be great, didn't think of that either
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but that is Braves fan central
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did not know that.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Braves have a huge following in that region.
I used to live there.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nashville?
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell would be a natural destination
when they were still associated with The Devil.
by Mister Snitch on Sep 12, 2009 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How many guys are the Ray on pace to lose in the next few seasons?
Pena
Crawford
Upton (will be traded this winter)
Navarro (non tendered this winter)
Iwamura this winter, (Don’t need him with Zobrist)
I like it
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How many are they on pace to keep?
Longoria
Zobrist
Well, I’m still freaked. Longoria alone is the single most frightening guy to see standing between a Sox pitcher and catcher.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know they have guys coming through the system, but the point is
they should have won last year. They wasted all the bullets they had to kill the Sox in the ALCS, it was over for them after that.
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
who the hell says evening
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
MassGal?
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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 11, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
que pasa!
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Fear the Rebel Polar Bears
by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
レイは意気地がない少女たちです
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, that's an awkward translation...
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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 11, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crawford comes very close to being out of the box in that stance
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
much like Johan Santana who is always 10 inches in front of the rubber
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And little remembered 2B Virgil "Vertigo" Landis
Who would often end up simply lying across home plate and hoping for a pitch in the “dirt” to hit him.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just how last time started.
But the guy at the plate…
Ugh…
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
for some random reason, this idea just popped into my head:
“I Hate The Rays” to the tune of YMCA
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
village people?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
O Longoria é um tinkerbell covarde
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
messing around with google translate?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes I love it
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What does that mean?
I think I have it sounded out right, but what’s the translation?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is that writing
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
turn turn turn
in hebrew. or the best I could do.
by obrient15 on Sep 11, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
I think it means something closer to “just before” or possibly “wrapped/coiled around”, but Hebrew-English dictionaries are difficult to read.
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, it seems to be from the same root as "before"
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow you just became a stand up guy in my eyes
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
19 pitches
0 outs.
I hate the Rays.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wow I just saw the most disturbing video ever
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
its a village people music video, frightening stuff
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOZ6xFxJqg
thats disturbing
by obrient15 on Sep 11, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not as bad as the one i found..........
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's all we need.
A swinging bunt.
23 pitches
1 out
Bases loaded.
UGH
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rain delay
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaaand a Rain Delay
I f’ing hate this game already.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the radar was bad, should not have been started
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has it been raining ALL DAY in Boston?
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i believe so
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's been raining practically nonstop here
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by crabchowdah on Sep 11, 2009 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This rain will probably end Lester's start
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He should be able to go again on 3 days rest though.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him out there to start off the next series after the off day.
by Ben Buchanan on Sep 11, 2009 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is outrageous
The Sox should protest this crap. If this end’s Lester’s start and we lose a game in the WC due to a stupid decision when the Yankee game was delayed from the start with the same radar…well that is shit. It is the second time the league has fucked the Sox with rain and Lester on the mound. Remeber our 5 inning 2-1 “loss” to FLA?
by Buzzy on Sep 11, 2009 7:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It's bullshit.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sox love this shit
they get the crowd in to fill them with overpriced food and booze and hope they get it 2x
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by gizmosandy on Sep 11, 2009 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they will hate it
if it costs them playoff revenue.
by Buzzy on Sep 11, 2009 8:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will Shields start tonight?
Hasn’t he already done a pre-game warmup?
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 8:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Postponed till Sunday.
"All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth." -Ted Williams
by BoldandBrash on Sep 11, 2009 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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