Pressure Pressure Pressure Pressure

Nice graphic!

Put Longoria in that chart and I’d like it a lot more… Ortiz isn’t much to look at.

by billso on Oct 14, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

But he's hefty, and the joke is that he weighs 400 pounds.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 14, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

god red sox fans are chanting like they have a chance to come back and win or something

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 14, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And the TBS announcers are leading the chant

by atlantaray on Oct 14, 2008 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only Gerald Williams were around to enjoy what he built.

by RATW on Oct 14, 2008 11:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A beer for every Rays run!

So drunk! yay 4 lyfe!

by staplemaniac on Oct 14, 2008 11:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

supposedly maddon was going to announce that after teh game. where are the competent reporters.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 14, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i would go with shields

i dont care that he is on the road, kaz pitching anywhere scares the crap out of me

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 14, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

I want to close this thing out with Shields pitching like Shields and Dice-k like Dice-k

by staplemaniac on Oct 14, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Including the Trop...go with Kaz I say

by steve-o1285 on Oct 14, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Shields goes game 5, can you bring him back for a game 7 on 3 days rest? is it even 3 days?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 14, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How about ending this series in 5 games?

I hope the next home game the Rays play is Game 1 of the World Series! I say we keep the foot on the gas pedal & knock these fuckers ( Red Sox ) out before they get any confidence or life.

by drrub on Oct 16, 2008 2:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so is this the recap post?

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 14, 2008 11:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Your mom recapped my post

by staplemaniac on Oct 14, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

no she didnt!

i think i wouldve felt comfortable grabbing a bat against wakefield tonight

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 14, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"when will there be good news?"

Doesn’t he live in Sarasota, too?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 14, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

how odd that his book was foreshadowing lol

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 14, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stop reading!!! The answer is NO!

by steve-o1285 on Oct 14, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fail!!!

Or never…I’m so retarded

by steve-o1285 on Oct 14, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Boy I need a distraction...ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Conway Twitty!

by steve-o1285 on Oct 14, 2008 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Do you possibly have a hi-res of this shot?

This will run in TBT* tomorrow if so.

by NY Tyler on Oct 14, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To clarify

This is referring to the Stephen King shot.

by NY Tyler on Oct 14, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Awww, I was hoping you meant Twitty.

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was from the heater blog

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you work for the TBT?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not exactly

It’s my dad’s paper, though. I guess they’ve already got the shot if you pulled it from The Heater, though. Ah well.

by NY Tyler on Oct 15, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And so the press has infiltrated us after all.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 15, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

I’ve been visiting the site regularly since this Spring, but I think you’ve gotten several mentions in TBT and/or The Times based on some nuggets I’ve passed along (Sternberg posting on this site being one I can recall off the top of my head).

Needless to say, with TBT’s business format, they are far from the newspaper status quo of being apprehensive about the existence of blogs.

by NY Tyler on Oct 15, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I actually like reading the TBT quite a bit

It does in a pinch when I don’t have tampabay.com at hand.

by kericr on Oct 15, 2008 8:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes he does live in Sarasota.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Oct 15, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

really i see him at red sux games all the time when they are on espn

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

he's rich remember?

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

He can live in Sarasota in the winter (which I think he does)

Trust me the lady who sits next to me at Rays games has tickets, yes this is all fact, Lightning, Rays, Yankees, Bucs and probably more.

Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Oct 15, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

My lips hurt from

so many peanuts…

by staplemaniac on Oct 14, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so no joe maddon press conference?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 14, 2008 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You missed it

by steve-o1285 on Oct 14, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's on sportscenter...so WTF, nobody asked him who is starting tomorrow?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I GOT KICKED OUT OF FENWAY PARK FOR RINGING MY COWBELL

That’s right. I got asked to leave, my ticket was taken from me. I was forced to the ground by the cops, and thrown onto the street.

I was not drunk! All for “more cowbell.”

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Should have put down the fucking cowbell

by Acadien on Oct 15, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did.

The security guard wanted that too. Did not let him take it.

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

are you serious? forced to the ground?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, Nearly arrested. For cowbell.

I had two tiny beers over seven innings. I was clearly not drunk and disorderly.

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WTF

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 15, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, I was being baited by sox fans. Of course, one of the fans who threatened my life because I used the cowbell did not get ejected.

Even though he was double my size.

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scoreboard.

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 15, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pointed to it.

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I HATE Sox fans even more now!

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I completely agree with you

But you brought a cowbell to Fenway, you had to know that wouldn’t end well.

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't think it would end that badly.

When the security guard asked me to stop I did.

by plasticman on Oct 15, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's Boston...they're not humans like you and me.

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I feel like similar things were happening in the Trop

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

this

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but it ended oh so well.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Was CC crying when talking to Gammons?

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

looked like he was close

My favorite part though was Gammons, “You’ve been a Dev……..a Ray for 7 years now…”

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dev a Ray....that's a buck.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So...I like CC not hitting in the top of the order.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

so do I

I wonder if he will be less hesitant about it going forward.

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it really is a good spot for him because he doesn't take many pitches

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it puts speed in all parts of our lineup

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hopefully he won't whine about it.

by walkoffwalk on Oct 15, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dear God, I hope Sandy didn't take a shot for every run

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 12:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

he would be really shit faced if he did

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no worries

Only a couple last night. The 18 pack I put down was even sweeter because my tab ended up $18. I love my bar.

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 15, 2008 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So....who else enjoyed Rays vs. Devil Sox?

CAN I HAZ 5 MOAR WINZ AND A PRETTY TROPHY?!?!

Certainties in Life: Death, Taxes, and Gabe Gross coming through in the ninth

by JMB on Oct 15, 2008 12:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

man i hope that we can win this on thursday

dice-k is going to give up alot of baserunners and i hope that he gives up atleast 4 runs

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The way it should play out, in my opinion.

Shields tomorrow. Let him go deep but be more than willing to use the BP to try to end it there. I would stay away from Price under almost all circumstances. Throw Kaz in game 6 if needed. Have Price ready for the quick hook on Kaz. He should now be fully rested and barring unforeseen circumstances the rest of the BP should be in pretty good shape following the lack of work the last couple of days. Our pen is poised to help out and out starters are fully rested. You don’t get any do-overs, and there’s no sense in stomping on their throat here.

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 12:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

in my opinion game 5 is going to come down to the pens

and well we have a much bigger advantage then them so i think that this series is going to end on thursday

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

like a ball point or a felt tip pen?

I really feel that the Rays are feeling it. The Rays know they let game 1 slip away, they can take game 5.

"I tell you what? It doesn't suck!" - Jonny Gomes

by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 15, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

a balldelli point one

im actually glad that we lost game 1, it made them mad and it fixed longo

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Indians and Yanks were up 3-1 on the Sox in the ALCS

Just a reminder.

by rglass44 on Oct 15, 2008 12:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

but they didnt have bj upton and evan longoria!

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and also the sox were down 3-0 against the yankees in '04 and came back

when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!

by RaysOfHope on Oct 15, 2008 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not to say that it couldn't happen...

But those were completely different situations. The Sox aren’t as good as they were then and the Rays….well….are freakin awesome!

by steve-o1285 on Oct 15, 2008 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Sox also had game 6 and 7 at home

The 2004 series is more worrisome since they won 6 and 7 at Yankee Stadium but there are very few similarities between the 04 Sox and 08 Sox. That team had heart – this team has shown little outside Youk and Pedroia.

by Jason Collette on Oct 15, 2008 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This Boston team is only a shadow of the '04 and '07 teams.

It was pointed out last night that Manny and Mike Lowell had 18 RBI in the ALCS last year. They aren’t playing with the Red Sox this series. The pitching isn’t what it was last year either. The Rays aren’t the ‘04 Yankees or ’07 Indians. They have a different attitude, and Papa Joe will keep everyone calm and positive. I don’t see them choking.

by rayweaver on Oct 15, 2008 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs