Maddon also revealed Thursday's starting lineup, which will be, in batting order: Akinori Iwamura,...

Maddon also revealed Thursday's starting lineup, which will be, in batting order: Akinori Iwamura, B.J. Upton, Carlos Pena, Evan Longoria, Cliff Floyd, Carl Crawford, Dioner Navarro, Gabe Gross and Jason Bartlett. As of Wednesday afternoon, the only tweaking that may occur would be flip-flopping Floyd and Crawford.

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Past those starting nine, the six bench players figure to be utility players Willy Aybar and Ben Zobrist, outfielders Eric Hinske, Rocco Baldelli and Fernando Perez, and backup catcher Michel Hernandez.

We're also carrying 10 pitchers.

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by steve-o1285 on Oct 1, 2008 2:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

seems right

Jaso is probably already better than Hernandez but neither will play anyway
Hinske sucks but what is the alternative?

Works for me. I would like to see what our pen will be. Price, Howell, Bradford, Balfour, Wheeler and…..Miller? is my guess

by joeybw on Oct 1, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jaso can hit better, but Hernandez is the superior defender.

They would run rampant on Jaso.

by Imperialism32 on Oct 1, 2008 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hernandez has shown great defensive skills, I especially enjoy when he throws the ball to Upton.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They're just playing monkey in the middle since Beej doesn't believe in cutoffs

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 1, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh boy this lineup looks solid

We haven’t seen all these guys together in a while and this mixes nice offensively and defensively. Our bench features good bats and good gloves. One question I have is when we play in Chicago are we going to go with a homer friendly lineup to play to the park or what?

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 1, 2008 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh

ST. PETERSBURG- City council member Karl Nurse, whose district includes Tropicana Field, has made a bet with Alderman James Balcer of Chicago, whose district includes the White Sox’s stadium.

If the Tampa Bay Rays beat the White Sox Thursday, Balcer will send pies from Connie’s Pizza, a classic deep dish pizza place.

“On the odd chance that we lose,” wrote Nurse in an e-mail, he’ll send “citrus wines from Florida Orange Groves and Winery in South Pasadena!”

Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.

by P Brady on Oct 1, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs