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Knuckle Sandwich: Sox-Rays Gamer I
Tim Wakefield is an unfathomable 19-3 lifetime against Tampa, and has punched the Rays in the mouth 9 rounds to 1 at the Trop, which may leave them wishing they stayed in MousePark. He gets the start tonight with personal catcher Kevin Cash behind the plate, as the flu has knocked several Sox for a loop including Tek, Beckett, Dice, and probably several others who are powering through; Francona has had to do a fair amount of juggling to field a team. Matt Garza gets his first start after returning from the 15-day DL.
Lineups follow, comments go.
| Boston | |
| J. Ellsbury cf | .290 |
| D. Pedroia 2b | .351 |
| D. Ortiz dh | .189 |
| M. Ramirez lf | .356 |
| K. Youkilis 3b | .345 |
| J.D. Drew rf | .284 |
| S. Casey 1b | .346 |
| J. Lugo ss | .321 |
| K. Cash c | .250 |
| T. Wakefield | 3.96 |
| Tampa Bay | |
| A. Iwamura 2b | .209 |
| C. Crawford lf | .302 |
| B.J. Upton cf | .296 |
| J. Gomes dh | .283 |
| E. Longoria 3b | .282 |
| E. Hinske 1b | .322 |
| D. Navarro c | .444 |
| G. Gross rf | .000 |
| J. Bartlett ss | .222 |
| M. Garza | 9.00 |
Between Lester and Wakefield the Sox have two excruciatingly unwatchable pitchers.
Please let Masterson be the real deal.
Posted by: SF | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:30 PM
Manny Ramirez drinks your milkshake
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:30 PM
Great patience Drew.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:34 PM
Hey, it's wierd saying that without the sarcasm!
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:34 PM
*Prays for 2008 Lugo to be at the plate, and not 2007 Lugo*
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:39 PM
Hooray for both Drew AND Lugo having plate discipline this year! 1-0 Sox on three straight walks.
Posted by: Atheose | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 07:42 PM
Seriously, Wake, retire. Go away, please. Thanks for everything -- I really mean that. But you are just not watchable. Every fifth day I simply cannot watch the Red Sox. That's not fair!
Posted by: SF | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 08:43 PM
what happened to the unbeatable at the tropicana wakefield i came to count on?
will someone please pop the inflatable raymond already.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 08:56 PM
Um, why not Papelbon right now?
Posted by: SF | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:20 PM
well good news is Pedroia gets another shot to extend his hit streak.
Posted by: TJ | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:51 PM
yay D
Posted by: TJ | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM
uhg. that was ugly.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 11:00 PM
papelbon warming. timlin in a self induced jam. tito elects to stay with mike. game over. thanks for that.
Posted by: sf rod | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Nice job Tito.
Posted by: SF | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 11:12 PM
"Manny Ramirez drinks your milkshake"
haha- humor keeps us breathing during trying times. 3 game losing streak. sigh.
Posted by: Ric | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 11:28 PM
The Sox are overrated. Don't be surprised if the Rays shock everyone. A little FYI: The sox didn't lose tonight's game because they choked. They lost it because the RAYS ARE THE BETTER team. Drink some water with that pill.
Posted by: Ray-Fan-Man | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 06:11 AM
Straight hilariousness RFM. Enjoy the bitterness.
Posted by: Devine | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Ahahaha it's tough not to be bitter when your team has never had a career over .500.
The Rays are good Ray-Fan-Man, if you read some of the prediction posts on this website you'll see that we all agree. But they're not better than the Red Sox, and probably not better than the Yankees. They'll continue to improve with their young talent for a while though.
In any case, there's no need to be a dick about it dude.
Posted by: Atheose | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Tampa Bay will finish second to Boston in the east.
Posted by: TJ | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 01:55 PM
I wouldnt say any of the teams in the AL east have proven they can pitch or win on a consistent basis this year.
Posted by: sam-yf | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 03:35 PM
"...Tampa Bay will finish second to Boston in the east...."
or, toronto will finish second to the yanks in the east...all things are possible... in april
Posted by: dc | Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 08:02 AM
A Tampa Bay Devil (sorry) Rays fan talking trash!
Chuckle. Chuckle.
Posted by: SoxFan | Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 12:53 PM
...or, toronto will finish second to the yanks in the east...all things are possible... in april...
Was just a feeling I had even before the season started. Im hoping my streak of wild predictions continues, Last spring before the season I picked a Sox vs Rox world series. :)
Posted by: TJ | Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 02:05 PM