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ugh, well you'll come back on Saturday
its not over yet
2008 - A New Era. The End of An Era.
by goyankees on
Oct 17, 2008 12:20 AM EDT
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We better fucking win Game 6 or we are going to lose the damn series!
If the Rays don’t win game 6, all of the pressure shifts back on them & the fucking Red Sox are relentless in the post season. The Rays have to win Saturday night!
by drrub on
Oct 17, 2008 4:10 AM EDT
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I feel sick
And the realization finally hits me that it’s 12:30, I’m still at work, and I just had the one thing making it bearable snatched away from me.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
by Brickhaus on
Oct 17, 2008 12:22 AM EDT
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FUCK.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
by P Brady on
Oct 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
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Negative: we lost
Positive: Dorm to myself tonight so I have a lot of happy time and might break my roommates guitar.
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BELIEVE in 08!
by SRQman on
Oct 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
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ah well
FSU played tonight so TAMPA BAY is all i got Saturday… oh bright side
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by JScott on
Oct 17, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
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And the fucking Lightning lost.
What a shitty night.
by R.J. Anderson on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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Well...at least the 'Noles won
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:42 AM EDT
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less jinxing, please
How sweet is it to celebrate the AL Championship at Fenway?
by E. Hayden on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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BURN IN HELL
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
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for whoever said that
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
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official scapegoat
GOIN TO THE SERIES!!!!
Tiny by SMACKBOYS on Oct 16, 2008 8:16 PM PDT
IT’S GOT TO BE FATE …
We went through Philly on our way to a Super Bowl in 2002
We went through Philly on our way to a Stanley Cup in 2004
Now we go through Philly on our way to the World Series Championship!!!
This is the year, we have been in last place for 10 years … now we go from worst to first!
by redwolf75 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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at least he had
some nice t-shirts, ha!
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by JScott on
Oct 17, 2008 12:25 AM EDT
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it's amazing how the manager of the year can mismanage a game so hard.
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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Which is worse:
The Scioscia bunt? Or Maddon not putting in the lefty?
by oc on
Oct 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT
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It only cost his team a chance to even the series before being dropped.
Why do you squeeze with one out and the infield already playing in, in the late innings of an elimination game?
by oc on
Oct 17, 2008 1:09 AM EDT
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nice name.
Remember when we were kids and we mixed sodas together and called them "suicides"? It was OK though, because Dr. Pepper was always there.
by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on
Oct 17, 2008 5:49 PM EDT
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Irrational blame Maddon comments .... and, go!
Meanwhile, I fault everyone of you for being jinxing bastards.
See, much more rational.
by RATW on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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uhhhhh
define “irrational”
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT
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I have a few jinxing friends to kill tomorrow
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by stpetelawyer on
Oct 17, 2008 12:24 AM EDT
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Well, I didn't want to go to game 6
But now I’m going to be there and acting like a fucking madman.
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:25 AM EDT
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if balfour wheeler and howell couldn't protect a 7 run lead, what were we going to do?
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by stpetelawyer on
Oct 17, 2008 12:25 AM EDT
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Blame Maddon ... or jinxes.
I side with jinxes.
Bringing up LaMar is also very bad karma. Thanks TBS.
by RATW on
Oct 17, 2008 12:26 AM EDT
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Lets be honest
It wasnt Howells fault.. Longoria made the error that led to the lost.. but in reality it was Balfour and wheeler that lost it
ugh.
by focs on
Oct 17, 2008 12:29 AM EDT
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The 9th was more Longoria than Howell
If Youk wasn’t in scoring position, Howell would probably have pitched to Bay, and game could be different.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on
Oct 17, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
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I'll take 2 out of 3 in Fenway anyday
Didn’t like a few of Maddon’s calls though
by Texas Rays Fan on
Oct 17, 2008 12:28 AM EDT
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It doesnt matter
who blow this game or not. If you are going to the game thursday, be loud, be proud and rally this team. Offensively we need to keep it up and our pitching in front of our home crowd will back them up. We would of taken 2 outta 3 at Fenway even before we left. So we cant really complain. We have our best pitcher throwing at home and a rested bullpen again. We still only have to win just one against them winning two. Lets go!!!!!!~!
by amart on
Oct 17, 2008 12:30 AM EDT
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The game is Saturday.
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by SRQman on
Oct 17, 2008 12:31 AM EDT
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Thats what I meant
lol sorry, but listen, we have to take away from this game a still potent offense against their starting pitching and revamped Kaz.
by amart on
Oct 17, 2008 12:32 AM EDT
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by Kyle Boddy on
Oct 17, 2008 12:31 AM EDT
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I'm gonna go chug mouthwash.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
by P Brady on
Oct 17, 2008 12:32 AM EDT
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GTG JUMP OF CAPITOL BUILDING NOW
CAN I HAZ…fuck it…we don’t deserve that line after this bullshit
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:33 AM EDT
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capital building looks like a giant wang.
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
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I don't give a flying fuck. It's tall enough to do the job.
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
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Painful.
World series trip can take a lot of that pain away though.
Win the next game. Thaz it.
by Omerta on
Oct 17, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
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really OT: but the players association has found evidence that every team colluded against signing him
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 17, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
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barry bonds i mean
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 17, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
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That was very easy to see. The last settlement was 280 million, he'll get more when he wins that case.
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Sign Bonds!
by Tyler on
Oct 17, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
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And I hope he does. He deserved to play baseball.
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Sign Bonds!
by Tyler on
Oct 17, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
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This times a million.
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by SRQman on
Oct 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT
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Wow really? Where'd you find that?
Of course he used steroids, but so what…he definately could’ve contributed this year.
by Omerta on
Oct 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT
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ESPN. And hundreds if not thousands of players have used steroids.
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Sign Bonds!
by Tyler on
Oct 17, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
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Yes I know.
He doesn’t deserve to be singled out for it.
by Omerta on
Oct 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
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i saw it on the bottom line
barry shouldve been signed by someone,
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 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
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I really disagreed with leaving Wheeler in and not because of righty lefty match-ups, but because he was working up in the zone the whole night.
That last at bat to Crisp, he threw 6 straight 88mph fastballs above the belt. That’s asking for trouble. And he was up the 3 previous batters. He was playing with fire and got burned.
Tools Whore
Sign Bonds!
by Tyler on
Oct 17, 2008 12:35 AM EDT
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exactly
i wasnt even surprised Crisp lined that one… not at all, i was expecting it, in fact. honestly, wtf was Maddon thinking… its like he got a call in the 7th, “yo Joe, we really need the revenue from a game 6… why not let us clinch this at the Trop”
by daveh33 on
Oct 17, 2008 3:19 AM EDT
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just can't let it get in their heads
tonight is a very good night to reflect 30 minutes on this loss and move on. 2 out of 3 at Fenway is great. Does it suck to be 9 outs away from th WS and blow it….of course. But the Rays can’t let it get to them or they will be in trouble. We got 2 games at home…..keep cool and win it
by free hotdogs on
Oct 17, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
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uh...hm.
How about that.
Go get ’em at home.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Oct 17, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
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I have been drinking heavily since Kotsay hit that double
But the fact is that the 8th was among the worst single innings of bullpen management I have ever seen.
Ever.
Ever ever.
Was there any non Red Sox fan in the world who was not yelling “PULL WHEELER”?
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:37 AM EDT
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I'm sure that inning might beat out Grady Little's 8th inning from 2003.
by Sylar on
Oct 17, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
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The two are definitely comparable. It was that bad.
I mean, Joe, come on.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:40 AM EDT
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no, seriously.
I watched this game alone at a goddamn new york sports bar with a bunch of massholes surrounding the pool table, karaokeing “Xanadu”. I have had no feedback on the 8th. I really have a hard time remembering a comparable managerial fuckup since Grady Little. And I couldn’t sort my way through the game thread without smashing my head against my desk until I slip into the warm bath of oblivion. So…what’s the word. Was it as bad as I think it was?
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:46 AM EDT
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I still think we are going to win this series.
But is there any defense for what happened in the 8th? Specifically, in the head of Joe Maddon?
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
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THE FUCKING PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE MOUNTAIN
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:42 AM EDT
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This post is a great contrast with your wonderful username.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
by esoteric on
Oct 17, 2008 12:44 AM EDT
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anyone watch the francona press conference/
i believe he just said that he is going with lester in game 6
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 17, 2008 12:38 AM EDT
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ru sure?
i think that that studdering guy asked him if he is going to shuffle the rotation and he said that is exactly what he is going to do
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 17, 2008 12:41 AM EDT
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i had to replay it a couple of times so i think that he said that he is going with lester in game 6
the studdering guy really throws me off when i listen to it
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 17, 2008 12:44 AM EDT
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Swell.
I’m not a Rays fan, but for the next two days I have to hear about the overwhelming grittiness of the Red Sox and hw the Rays inexperience has them freezing up like deer in headlights.
I AM a NY Giants fan, though, and this reminds me of the Super Bowl when the Pats pulled ahead to take the lead in the last 2 and a half minutes. On one hand I was freaking out. On the other hand, if at the beginning of the game, I could have bought into that situation of the Giants within scoring distance, i would have.
In the same way, I think your team’ll be fine. If at the start of the series, you could have had the Rays coming back to Tampa Bay up 3-2 with Shields and Sonnanstine coming up, would you have taken it in a heartbeat?
Momentum is overrated. You’ll be fine. Good luck!
by twincitiesknick on
Oct 17, 2008 12:39 AM EDT
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Lester in game 6?
Fuck….
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:40 AM EDT
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Francona say that?
Because then fucking shit, I just keep telling myself Beckett vs Shields
please dont tell me that Lester pitching is confirmed
by joeybw on
Oct 17, 2008 12:43 AM EDT
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Who cares
We rocked him at Fenway, why cant we do the same at the Trop?
by amart on
Oct 17, 2008 12:44 AM EDT
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someone asked him about it in the press conference
and he said that he is going to shuffle the rotation to have lester pitch in game 6
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 17, 2008 12:45 AM EDT
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then why are people saying francona said lester in the press conference?
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 12:46 AM EDT
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There is some confusion because of the way the guy asked the question
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:46 AM EDT
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and you heard francona say beckett is starting game 6?
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 12:47 AM EDT
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ya i guess it is beckett
i replayed the question he asked and didnt hear the other part until i replayed that part a couple of times,
sorry guys i just really couldnt understand that studdering guy one bit
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 17, 2008 12:49 AM EDT
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I was about to ask you to bet money
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
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could you understand that guy the 1st time he said the question?
i had to replay it at least 3 times to understand him completely
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 17, 2008 12:52 AM EDT
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Not really
But I thought I had it…and it was confirmed when I saw it on ESPN.
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:53 AM EDT
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ya
the 1st time i heard it i didnt even hear the studdering part and though that he asked him if he was going to go with lester in game 6 and though he said yes that is what we are doing
thank god for dish network and their replay abilities 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 17, 2008 12:56 AM EDT
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no its not!
some studdering guy asked him if he was going to shuffle his rotation to with beckett and lester and he said that is what he is going to do
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 17, 2008 12:46 AM EDT
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The guy asked him if he was still gonna go with Beckett in 6 and Lester in 7.
Francona said yes, that’s exactly what we are going to do.
Beckett vs. Shields in Game 6
Go Nova
by dbroncos31 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
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yup i know that now
just didnt hear the end of that guys question
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 17, 2008 12:59 AM EDT
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It'll take a miracle for us now to stop the Sox :/
by Sylar on
Oct 17, 2008 12:47 AM EDT
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I know
I have a really bad feeling about this shit
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
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this totally blew up in Maddon's face
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Oct 17, 2008 12:52 AM EDT
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I'd bitch about Maddon
but JP wasn’t exactly clutch either. This was a total complete astronomical fail job by everybody involved.
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT
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Order of blame, IMO.
1. Maddon
2. Balfour
3. Wheeler
4. Longoria (error put Youk on 2nd, no way Bay gets walked if Youk was only on 1st with 2 outs).
5. JP
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on
Oct 17, 2008 12:57 AM EDT
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Throw in Pena, Upton, and Gross defensive miscues and you got almost everybody
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:04 AM EDT
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Just of note:
Kaz was supposed to lose this game tonight anyway. Considering he did well and the bullpen blew it tonight, it’s a wash. They still have to win out if they wanna win the series.
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Oct 17, 2008 12:48 AM EDT
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We can win at home.
I like our odds with Shields over Beckett.
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by SRQman on
Oct 17, 2008 12:48 AM EDT
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OTM has forgotten what happened
Then Scott Kazmir, Grant Balfour and Joe Maddon allowed the Sox to get back into the game. David Ortiz found his thunder at the best possible moment, stroking a three-run homer. 7-4.
Emphasis mine.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
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Oct 17, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
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I just updated it.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
by 0157H7 on
Oct 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT
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I got 3 words that'll make everything better......
BIG GAME JAMES
by TheUltimateBucFan on
Oct 17, 2008 12:52 AM EDT
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Good lord willing
Good lord willing
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT
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I think I remember that guy.
Didn’t he pitch game 1?
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
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Oct 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT
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And did a hell of a job too.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
by esoteric on
Oct 17, 2008 12:56 AM EDT
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i think i remember who josh beckett is
didnt he like give up 8 runs or something in game 2?
btw what happened today with our pen was a rare thing dont expect it again, unless it envolves dan wheeler
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 12:58 AM EDT
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Touche.
Although your pen also shit the bed in game 2.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
by 0157H7 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:00 AM EDT
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still rather have the rays pen then the red sox pen
i wish that we had a closer as good as papelbon but the it really surprised me tonight how bad balfour was, wheeler not so much, he just has the look like i just am about to shit my pants
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT
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the problem is
that i was planning on taking the bus up to boston and spending the next 5 days and nights banging pots and pans together outside paplebon’s house.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 12:54 AM EDT
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don't go to lester
I officially became a Ray fan when the hated Nation beat the Angels. I was rooting for you guys to burn a hole in their hearts by letting them have hope and then snuffing it out. All I can say is please don’t let it get to Game 7 where anything can happen. Beckett is so beatable right now. The good thing is that the Rays are young and resilient and probably don’t realize the magnitude of what just slipped through their fingers.
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Oct 17, 2008 12:55 AM EDT
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I was at Fergs tonight and I am shell shocked.
I want to have faith, but it is so hard to. We lost a 7 run lead with 7 outs to go to clinch a World Series birth.
This is the biggest collapse in sports history if we do not pull this out.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 12:57 AM EDT
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No, 2004 will always be the biggest collapse in sports history.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
by esoteric on
Oct 17, 2008 12:57 AM EDT
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Sorry you are wrong
3-0 is less of a comeback than 3-1 with a SEVEN RUN LEADS WITH SEVEN OUTS TO GO.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 12:58 AM EDT
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Don't be such a fucking fatalist.
I was crushed by this, still am, and now I’m springing back into shape.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
by esoteric on
Oct 17, 2008 12:59 AM EDT
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We still have a chance. We have to win one out of 2 games
However if we lose this series we become worse than bill buckner.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:00 AM EDT
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No Baseball Tonight for me, thank you!
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:00 AM EDT
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No doubt it's lack of experience that cost the Ray.
UGH!
BOOYA! You got Slurved!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT
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home field
Being at home is everything in the playoffs. If Boston gets down early on Saturday, there’s no way they muster a comeback from even 2 runs . . .
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Oct 17, 2008 1:01 AM EDT
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what are you talking about?
We gave up seven tonight.
SEVEN.
by plasticman on
Oct 17, 2008 1:01 AM EDT
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You're a fucking idiot
Did you not watch what just fucking happened?
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:05 AM EDT
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If Boston gets down early on Saturday, there’s no way they muster a comeback from even 2 runs . . .
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:07 AM EDT
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sorry
meant to reply to original post.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:07 AM EDT
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Everyone who thinks we are done
dont watch the goddamn games
The best home team in baseball needs 1 win and they have 2 shots
Beckett can pitch right now so whether he goes in game 6 or 7, thats the clincher
We finally experience what every other team has.
WE TOOK 2 OUT OF 3 IN FENWAY. WE BEAT LESTER. OUR OFFENSE IS EXPLODING.
If you think we are done, find something else to watch.
I don’t need 50 sternfan’s posting
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Oct 17, 2008 1:01 AM EDT
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yeah, but...
it was still a terrible loss.
and totally preventable with a bit of marginally competent bullpen management by maddon.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:04 AM EDT
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Bullpen management doesn't matter when NONE of the guys you trot out thee get the job done
but Maddon still sucked balls tonight
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:15 AM EDT
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Yeah, but
bring in Howell after Wheeler walked Bay and we win this game.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:17 AM EDT
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Yeah, because JP looked real fucking clutch in the ninth
This was an epic fail by EVERYONE
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT
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Most painful loss of 2008
I blame it on Maddon’s handling of the bullpen, I think he got complacent with them and acted like it wasn’t a close game than bam its 7-6. I’m so mad about it I’m not gonna comment anymore. Sorry guys.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
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i don't think he got complacent
he just likes wheeler more than most of us. he truly threw what he thought was our best.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:03 AM EDT
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I think we need to write a letter to Maddon
Don’t fall asleep at the wheeler!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
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It's okay...this just gives BJ and Evan a chance to add to their historic October stats.
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
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they are only 2 HRs behind bonds/aurilla for the record for teammates with the most combined HRs in the postseason
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:06 AM EDT
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I hope not
I hate to say it . . . but we might be taunted for years to come by highlights of this game.
And f-tard Coco Crisp was the big hero – truly sickening
by steveray8 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:04 AM EDT
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biggest choke in sports history if we lose the series
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:05 AM EDT
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no it is not
of course it depends if we win the series
if we lose the series this becomes the biggest choke job in sports history.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
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seriously?
if we lose the series can you post a single incident that is a biggest total choke job?
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:09 AM EDT
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This seems like a bigger deal because it's your team.
Nothing I say will convince you otherwise.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:11 AM EDT
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No
This was an epic collapse. If we lose the series we will be the laughingstock of all sports. That is a fact. However i do believe we will win the series. I’m just ignorant to the point to ignore the fact that if we do lose that we have set a new standard for choking.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:16 AM EDT
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Just because you keep saying it doesn't make it any less stupid.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:17 AM EDT
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It is a fact
I don’t think you understand a teams win probability
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT
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I'm pretty sure you're in no position to be questioning what I do and do not understand.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:19 AM EDT
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Yes I understand.
They blew a huge lead. These things don’t happen often.
That doesn’t make your point any truer.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:22 AM EDT
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Yes it does
It is factual. If we lose the series we will have failed more than the Yankees.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:23 AM EDT
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Except it's totally true.
He has his mind made up.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:23 AM EDT
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wait a second. i got distracted by beers.
Dude is right w/ his numbers. The Red Sox’s win probability was never as low in 2004 as it was tonight when Maddon shat the bed. But it still doesn’t change the fact that debating “shittiest losses” or “worst collapses” based on win probabilities makes you a robot. So, yeah, both were shitty, and were shitty on more extreme or milder levels for different people based on different things that do not involve decimal places, so, really, who cares? They were both really shitty?
Unless you are writing a book whose sales depend on the accurate mathematical ranking of shittiness of sports losses independent of the humanness and irrationality of sports fans/people.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:31 AM EDT
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What's wrong with being a robot?
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
by 0157H7 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:33 AM EDT
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The numbers are important, but "choking" is subjective.
1995 AL West, 2007 NL East, Oilers blowing a 35-3 3rd quarter lead in the 1992 AFC playoffs, etc etc etc. These are all far bigger chokejobs than the Rays losing this series. (Which, for the record, they most likely will not.)
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:35 AM EDT
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If the Rays lose this series it will be mathematically worse than the OIlers blowing that lead….Just saying though…
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:37 AM EDT
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I do not disagree
I can care less about the ranking of what is the worst. It just seems some people are just totally ignorant of the fact of the absolute magnitude of this choke. I’m sure if you researched you’d find a bigger one. That isn’t the point. The point is this was absolutely huge. It is not as easy as just turning the page and starting anew. The Rays really have their biggest challenge of the year upcoming.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:36 AM EDT
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Except you've repeatedly said that this would unquestionably be the biggest choke in sports history.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 1:37 AM EDT
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From what I am aware of it it would be
I do not know if any other scenario that would be less likely. Especially once you factor in the high stakes.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:40 AM EDT
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So you are raking this possible collapse as the "worst in sports history"
based 100% on mathematical win percentages.
Which makes total sense if you are a computer and are attempting to defeat Kasparov.
Also, um, two games left to be played.
And, also, um, why is nobody discussing how absolutely terrible Maddon was tonight?
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:43 AM EDT
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Just to make you happy
I’m saying IF we lose the next two games it is the worst in sports history. It is at worst in the discussion…
However we aren’t going to lose the next two games. Therefore, tonights collapse will be soon forgotten.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:45 AM EDT
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When we win game 6, all will be well
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:06 AM EDT
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we better win in game 6, i cant take 2 more games of chip caray
i might kill him if the sox some how win this series
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:09 AM EDT
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When you fall
you brush yourself off and get back up and take a bigger swing.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:08 AM EDT
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I will ban you.
We have won close games against this team and we can do it again.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:12 AM EDT
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big game james will lead us to the ws
keep doubting this team guys, it works, when espn doubts us or some other stupid network doubts us, we prove them wrong again and again and are about to do it again
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 17, 2008 1:15 AM EDT
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dan wheeler definetly shouldnt be even allowed in the trop for his protection for game 6
also anyone think that gabe gross should be benched for nando?
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:18 AM EDT
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Dan Wheeler can walk the fuck back to St. Pete
….free Troy Percival?
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:24 AM EDT
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bright side
more time off means the Phillies to get complacent and lose their edge
by steveray8 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:09 AM EDT
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I can't stand this fucking doomsday posting...I'm going to bed.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:09 AM EDT
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me too
when people doubt the rays good things happen to them
after game 1, i was thinking, no biggie, they still have to win 3 more, and its not like we havent taken 2 out of 3 from the sox in fenway before
trust me guys, the rays will win this series
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:12 AM EDT
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In a season of challenges, it only makes sense.
1) Everything the Rays have done this season has been hard earned. Why not the ALCS.
2) We only needed 1 win in Boston. We got 2.
3) The Rays are playing in the ALCS.
4) We weren’t supposed to beat Beckett and Lester. Why not beat them twice?
5) We play our best when everything looks the worst.
6) It’s not easy.
Sign lady must die.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:17 AM EDT
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It was never going to be easy.
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by SRQman on
Oct 17, 2008 1:19 AM EDT
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Exactly.
Everyone jumping off bridges needs to understand this.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on
Oct 17, 2008 1:20 AM EDT
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Must remember
It was probably same people jumping off when we lost Game 1 and/or that 7 game losing streak before ASG and/or any other moment when we were down in the season.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:21 AM EDT
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if this was to put the sox up 3-2 i would feel differently
but we are up 3-2 people! and going home where we are the best home team in the whole league!
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 17, 2008 1:23 AM EDT
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I'm putting the "Nothing is Easy" phrase on the ballot for the new DRB slogan.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on
Oct 17, 2008 1:24 AM EDT
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I agree
I may look like i am posting like a doomsdayer but I think we will win. I’m also a realist. I understand that if we lose this series we are the symbol of the biggest choke job in sports. However, I do not think we lose this series.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:25 AM EDT
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It can't be a choke if we weren't supposed to be here to begin with.
Although you can argue that we are supposed to be here.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on
Oct 17, 2008 1:26 AM EDT
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That is a pathetic argument. I can be happy with the season and also understand that losing a 3-1 lead with a 7 run lead in the 7th is well........
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:29 AM EDT
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I'm not saying I believe either.
I just wouldn’t see this as a choke. I would see this as a successful first postseason appearance and leave me being more passionate and hungry then ever before.
Sign lady must die.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:31 AM EDT
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Honestly I don't see us getting off the mat if we blow this one
We would become the face of all time choke jobs. We would be Bill Buckner. We will be be the NC State vs Houston. Point being this would be an epic collapse. It is not easy for teams to come back from that.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:33 AM EDT
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You may believe that because you're a local fan.
I’m saying that the national opinion is that we aren’t supposed to be here. We true fans are the only ones who would view this as epic fail. Everyone else would say “Well they had a good run and weren’t ready”.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on
Oct 17, 2008 1:36 AM EDT
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Maybe. I'm not going to try to mindread other people
I’m just going by win probabilities.
However, we still do have 2 games remaining and we hsould win one. I guess i shouldn’t talk about how much we choked until we actually finish the choke job.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:39 AM EDT
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Unless by talking about the choke you jinx it and we win.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on
Oct 17, 2008 1:40 AM EDT
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please tell me the computer projections for game 6
because that is why i love baseball so much.
Dude, I am not Tim McCarver. I don’t care about batting average or RBI. Etc. Y’all know the drill.
But occasionally this site starts waving its machete deep into the bush of statistical fundamentalism. Please don’t make this one of those times. It is October and there are no deals or projections to be made. It’s all about irrational human emotion at this point, so why not relax a bit and start worrying about what would be The Biggest Collapse Ever For You Because Of How You Feel As An Irrational Guy Who Likes Watching Baseball, as opposed to what would be the least likely baseball game loss according to whatever etc (and I acknowledge the validity of your number showing the shittiness of tonight’s loss).
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:52 AM EDT
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rec'd everyone stop doubting us in here right now
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 17, 2008 1:19 AM EDT
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If this doesn't explain it to you people then I do not know what will.
by matthan on
Oct 17, 2008 1:19 AM EDT
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I still have confidence that we will win
But do not underestimate the total choke job we just pulled off. And do not underestimate the ramifications of it.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:20 AM EDT
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I'd like to have confidence
but I just don’t got it right now
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:22 AM EDT
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the way the rays have been hitting the past 4 games i still feel confident about the rays
shields is $$$ at home so i think it is over in game 6
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:26 AM EDT
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Can we sub Percy for Wheeler
Even Percy doesn’t suck that hard….
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:27 AM EDT
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i dont even suck that bad
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 17, 2008 1:30 AM EDT
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TWAS EPIC
and I blame Maddon first.
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:35 AM EDT
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explain what?
I watched it. I knew it sucked. Do we really need to fucking numerically rank it?
by calmer than you are on
Oct 17, 2008 1:55 AM EDT
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Well, win expectancy is pretty important.
J.K.L.
by acblue on
Oct 17, 2008 3:32 AM EDT
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the rays are up 3-2 in the ALCS against the boston red sox
enough said
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 17, 2008 1:21 AM EDT
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I like our shot
I just odn’t like living in a vacuum. tonight was huge.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:22 AM EDT
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Balfour and Wheeler
Need to throw something other than a fastball if they are going to see the mound against this series. Boston has both of them timed up perfectly.
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Jeez, relax
Very tough game tonight, but you got Shields going at home next. Just get it done.
And your gonna need Wheels and Balfour to get through this, so hang with ’em.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:22 AM EDT
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Sleep....Relax.....Get ready for the next game.
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MY ROOMMATE JUST BEAT ME IN MADDEN TOO
FUCK THIS IS AWFUL
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Oct 17, 2008 1:30 AM EDT
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OMG WE'RE GONNA LOSE
AND WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM SADNESS AND PUPPIES AND KITTIES WILL STARVE AND THE WORD WILL BLOW UP AND WE’LL ALL GO TO HELL BECAUSE THIS WAS THE BIGGEST CHOKE JOB EVERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's only an epic choke job if we lose the next two games
Which I have a bad feeling of right now
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by JMB on
Oct 17, 2008 1:28 AM EDT
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why? 2 of our best pitchers are going and our bats are hot
if we get up early at the trop then game over
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 17, 2008 1:29 AM EDT
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Hopefully
I hate to say it but I would not be surprised if our bullpen confidence dropped to 2007 levels.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:30 AM EDT
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2004 Yankees on line 1
2007 Indians on line 2
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Oct 17, 2008 1:32 AM EDT
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ws champs 2008 rays on line 3 for you
they are saying haha remember when we gave up 8 runs and everyone was like OMG its over and then we went out and beat the phillies to win the WS?
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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:34 AM EDT
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I hope you're right
I really, really do. I’m just not feeling it right now. Maybe later, but just not now.
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Oct 17, 2008 1:35 AM EDT
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i am really confident in this team
just no so much in dan wheeler and gabe gross right now
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 17, 2008 1:38 AM EDT
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No you're supposed to say...
CAN I HAZ 5 MOAR WINZ AND A PRETTY TROPHEY?
by steve-o1285 on
Oct 17, 2008 1:29 AM EDT
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THE SUN WILL COME UP TOMOROW AND THERE IS STILL 2 MORE GAMES AND WE HAVE TO WIN 1.

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everyone dont post anything about us going to the ws until we clinch that spot
that really killed us 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!
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Oct 17, 2008 1:31 AM EDT
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THIS x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 x 10^100
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by JMB on
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Damn it, I told myself I was going to bed!
I’m really going this time.
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I'll be positive for the first time in this thread
The fact is we weren’t supposed to win tonight. We were the dog on the mound and we were playing in Fenway. We were happy taking it 3-2 back to the Trop. Losing a 7 run lead late hurt us all. But if we look at the facts we are exactly where we wanted to be. If we go back a week and asked everyone if we would be okay going back to the Trop up 3-2 99.999% of us would have been very happy with that scenario
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we're done
see yall in spring training
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Oct 17, 2008 1:45 AM EDT
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I went for a drive after the loss
The first song to come on my iPod out of the 6000+ on there?
Bounce Back-Juvenile
by Big Worm on
Oct 17, 2008 1:56 AM EDT
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Fuck it. Let's get it done.
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 17, 2008 1:57 AM EDT
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far from over
as a hated boston sports fan, let me just say i’d much rather be in the rays position right now, up 3-2 and going home. i always thought this series would go to 7 games, although i did not think the games would be as horrible offensively for the sox as they have been.
these are two great teams playing some insane and memorable baseball!
by 808BostonFan on
Oct 17, 2008 2:11 AM EDT
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I feel like I just got punched in the gut.
This was tough. But. Offense is clicking. Pitching other than tonights Bullpen is clicking and the crowd will be behind the Rays. Resiliency is the new theme to this post season. I almost cant watch game 6 though. I am going to be far away from a television on Saturday night. My nerves cant take this much longer.
by PewterPirate55 on
Oct 17, 2008 2:34 AM EDT
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i still think we will win
but this game just pisses me off so much i don’t even want to watch game 6… fuck ‘big game james’… we had big game Kaz pitching shit hot in boston, BOSSMAN silencing the crowd in the 1st inning and Carlos cementing it with a BOMB off of their best pitcher so far… and then BOSSMAn cementing it AGAIN with a huge double…. i really really strongly disliked those last 3 innings… it was the inevitable happening and Maddon just sat there and pulled down his pants and bent over. fuck that so hard
by daveh33 on
Oct 17, 2008 3:26 AM EDT
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All the media, the Red Sox, and a few of our fatalistic fans are forgetting one thing:
We have a Carlos Pena on our team. You think this loss gets to Carlos? I don’t think so….and he will make sure everybody is ready for Saturday. Remember that neither the Yankees nor the Indians had a Carlos Pena, but we do. Our own secret weapon of positivity that will erupt like a bomb over Tropicana Field this weekend.
by free hotdogs on
Oct 17, 2008 4:01 AM EDT
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i wish Chadford was used mroe. he gives up less longballs
by walkoffwalk on
Oct 17, 2008 7:07 AM EDT
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How does Balfour pitch
to Ortiz and Wheeler to Drew?
Makes no sense at all
Didn’t Miller strike out Ortiz the night before?
Weren’t there two outs when he hit the HR?
Isn’t that what a ‘sit’ LHP is for?
Don’t we carry 3 LHP on the playoff roster?
by sternfan1 on
Oct 17, 2008 7:32 AM EDT
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Big Joe had the big dummy glasses on.
by SouthSideSox on
Oct 17, 2008 10:32 AM EDT
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Indians fan, Red Sux hater, and admirer of the Rays here. I think you have the collective SBN baseball nation, sans OTM, pulling for you. Hope your boys can finish the job.
Bad karma for changing the website’s banner during last night’s game… it didn’t go unnoticed, nor did the change back.
You know Selig? Ombudsman.
by rolub on
Oct 17, 2008 8:44 AM EDT
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RJ
RJ, I’ll end my boycott for just this moment. That has to have been the biggest clusterfuck in our lives. To allow 2 relievers to blow a 7 run lead with nine outs to go, well, “incompetent” isn’t a strong enough word to use to describe Joe’s performance. I won’t defend Wheeler, but why everyone focuses on the 8th when the RSox scored 4 in the 7th is beyond me. And I’ll be hating Joe forever now. Miller v. Ortiz, 1-11, and JP v. Ortiz 1-9. The Ortiz HR in the 7th is what gave them life and hope.
And if you see Joe, can you ask him why Mr. Perez is on the team. Thanks. I thought it was pinch running and defensive replacement and since CC and BJ won’t be replaced for defensive purposes, who is left? Perez gets that Pedroia ball that Gross decided to gift for a hit. Oh, and I hate Gabe Gross too. What an asshat. Gabe, big lead and you risk extra bases for a chance at the out, especially with 2 out and their big booper, long overdue for the HR, coming up.
And for what really bothers me, why save Shields? Joe is new at this postseason stuff, at least as manager, and so I wonder if he truly understands the difference between now and the regular season. You close out the damn clinching game out. You give the ball to Shields and tell him to get 9 outs before he gives up 7 runs. If he does his job, 3 inning save. And for any naysayers, if we can’t trust Shields to get 9 before he gives up 7, then what hope is there for Saturday? Home field isn’t worth that much.
Lastly, for those in a state of complete and utter denial, screw that shite about we should be happy up 3-2. Sorry, but wins are even more precious than outs, and you don’t, you simply don’t, give away a 7 run lead with nine outs to go in a seven game series. I’m not usually superstitious, but this has bad, bad, bad omen written all over it. And so, hopefully, the Furies are merely a myth, since if they exist, they are none too pleased with the Rays today.
Sorry, one more, but RJ, my first love, the Dodgers, well, I’m sure you are aware of the 2 2-run jacks. As bad as that was, the Dodgers pen would have still held a 7 run lead [as they gave up the four]. As I said, worst clusterfuck of our lives.
Even one more. For another thing you can say to Joe if you see him, well, please ask him why he walked Mr. Can’t Hit The Offspeed Stuff [Bay] in favor of Drew, who was either 3-6 or 4-7 against JP. Tell Joe that we can now make it 4-7 or 5-8. Lefty v lefty don’t mean squat when it’s 3-6 or 4-7. And as I always say, when Bay hits an offspeed pitch, please let me know.
Sorry, even more. But I do really hate Joe. To speak of 2 fellows not very happy right now. Joe, you were supposed to have their backs. Where in the fuck where you?
by ReggieSmith on
Oct 17, 2008 8:48 AM EDT
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