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Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays


AL East Standings

W L PCT GB STRK
Tampa Bay 79 50 .612 0 Lost 1
Boston 75 55 .576 4.5 Won 1
New York 70 60 .538 9.5 Won 3
Toronto 67 63 .515 12.5 Lost 1
Baltimore 62 69 .473 18 Lost 1

(updated 8.26.2008 at 3:26 PM EDT)

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA tRA
2008 - James Shields 11-7 26 26 3 2 0 0 171.0 166 78 70 20 31 135 3.68 4.05

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA tRA
2008 - Roy Halladay 15-9 27 26 8 2 0 0 198.0 172 68 59 15 34 168 2.68 3.45

We now can use jumps for GDTs!

Star-divide

(Written by R.J., not STP...)

When I was in high school being a Rays fan was less about being cool and more about being rebellious. I should clarify; rebellious in the sense that it was unique, like a unibrow. One event that stands out in my mind comes when I was dating a girl named Katie. She wasn't the biggest of Rays fans, but more than most because she didn't like baseball one bit. We were an odd couple, to say the least, but she understood that I had needs she simply could not satisfy.

We dated for about a month before that faithful night. It was the weekend before homecoming and a friend of mine was holding a party. Katie and I agreed to meet up there because I wanted to see the end of the Rays and Yankees game before arriving. The game lasted longer than I had anticipated and when I arrived Katie was nowhere to be found, at least until I went upstairs where she was cornered by a guy.


His hands all over her, much to her dismay, as she attempted to wiggle away from him while telling him to leave her alone. I rushed over and pulled him off. He immediately looked down at my shirt which featured the Rays insignia (these were the days of green) and decided to comment "She has low standards if she's willing to date a Rays fan."

I could not believe this guy was brave as to insult something I cherished that much right in front of me. I figured he would not be so daring as to say it twice. I asked him what it was he said. He repeated. I flew off the handle and grabbed him by his popped collar, throwing him against a wall.

"If you ever and I do mean ever say something like that again I will put you through this wall. The Rays will be good before you know it."

At this point he had a bewildered look on his face. "What about her?" he asked.
"Same for her, she knows her place."

By now most of the party had gathered around to see a fight or something, but much to their disappointment nothing happened publicly. Although the night did end in heartache for me as the Rays lost.

And Katie dumped me.

 

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i really wish tRA was presented on the ERA scale: tERA

although you can just subtract .30 runs from tRA.

my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance

by Sky Kalkman on Aug 26, 2008 3:36 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not as obvious as if it said Patrick L. Kennedy

for multiple reasons.
1. He isn’t funny
2. He doesn’t have a girlfriend or likes girls.

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

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Aug 26, 2008 3:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pat

Kissed a girl and he liked it

www.outsperswing.com

by Tommy Rancel on Aug 26, 2008 3:50 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My cousin is still single...

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

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Aug 26, 2008 4:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

where the fuck have you been?

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 4:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

maui wowee?

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pineapple Express?

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

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Aug 26, 2008 5:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So dose Snoop Dogg and look how successful that guy is.

I mean really.

The line it is drawn/The curse it is cast/The slow one now/Will later be fast/ As the present now/Will later be past/The order is/Rapidly fadin'./And the first one now/Will later be last/For the times they are a-changin'..- Bob Dylan

by thebaddancingraysfan on Aug 26, 2008 5:22 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It accomplished in making you actually post on the site!!!!!

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

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Aug 26, 2008 4:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I found this to be telling

From a Wake grad that works for the Durham Bulls and posts on the Wake Forest Message Board that may be the only place on the internet more than here, when some jackass that supposedly played ball against BJ in HS he responded w/ this (longest sentence ever):

BJ doesn’t have a bad attitude. I didn’t play on any team with him when he was 8 or whatever, but I did work with the guy for 3 years.

 

Very enjoyable to be around actually. Good person, good family, good work ethic. Would take ground balls at 9am.

by rglass44 on Aug 26, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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by davidsmarch on Aug 26, 2008 4:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Enough shannanigans!

I think Shields is going to do really well this game! Go Rays!
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The line it is drawn/The curse it is cast/The slow one now/Will later be fast/ As the present now/Will later be past/The order is/Rapidly fadin'./And the first one now/Will later be last/For the times they are a-changin'..- Bob Dylan

by thebaddancingraysfan on Aug 26, 2008 4:50 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh Garza!

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

BELIEVE in 08!

by SRQman on Aug 26, 2008 5:47 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

MVP: BOSSMAN

and my left toe’s dark horse pick: Howell

by daveh33 on Aug 26, 2008 6:00 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

-heater

JAYS
Inglett, 2b
Scutaro, 3b
Rios, rf
Wells. cf
Lind, lf
Overbay, 1b
Stairs, dh
Barajas, c
McDonald, ss
Halladay, p

RAYS
Iwamura, 2b
Upton, cf
Pena, 1b
Floyd, dh
Aybar, 3b
Hinske, lf
Navarro, c
Gross, rf
Bartlett, ss
Shields, p

9 = 8

by walkoffwalk on Aug 26, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

-heater again
Also, there is a report on the Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Journal website that top draft pick SS Tim Beckham has been promoted from rookie-level Princeton (W. Va.) to short-season Class A Hudson Valley and will join the Renegades on Wednesday. Beckham hit .243 in 46 games with two homers and 14 RBIs.

9 = 8

by walkoffwalk on Aug 26, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So the E60 thing on the Rays is starting right now

Sequence of Events:

Everybody watches the game on TV, attendance is the typical 17k home crowd, nobody watches this.
ESPN sees low ratings for this show
ESPN broadcasts that this area doesn’t care about this team because nobody watched their special and nobody watched the game.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:01 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ball Street!

kaz is confused.

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:04 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

CC: I dunno what a qualatative analysis is. I is just a baseball playa

Seriously, can you sound any less ignorant? He talks like he’s got bell’s palsy.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:05 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

DAMMIT. dontr remind of this shit

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

montage of terrible.

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:09 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ahhhh

It only makes it that much sweeter.

by rglass44 on Aug 26, 2008 7:10 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

MLB.com headline:

“Rays put their Shields up against Jay’s Halladay”

SO NERDY

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bah.

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

GOT 'EM

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:15 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Btw, my keyboard is broken,so on screen keyboard gdt FTW

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:16 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

its called dedication

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:17 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I feel ya buddy...

I spilled beer on my laptop over a year ago… obviously i’ve gotten a usb keyboard since then, but still…

I know what you’re going through.

by Vin on Aug 26, 2008 7:18 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

:(

fail

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:20 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Halladay

What you think his statline will be tonight?

I’ll say 8IP, 1ER, 7Ks

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

okay, fuck this, ill write the gdt later, no gdt for me

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I will

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I will

"STP is me. He can do everything I can do." - R.J. Anderson

by P Brady on Aug 26, 2008 7:23 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's a fucking keyboard

There is no difference. They’re both made by the same chinese kids. And Target will charge you $15.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I have

They don’t let them go FT to keep from giving them benefits. That is not all, but I don’t wanna talk about my Wal-Mart hatred, right now.

by rglass44 on Aug 26, 2008 7:28 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I won't draw this out with you

I won’t disagree that Walmart is worse than Target at how they treat their employees, but I don’t like it when people villianize walmart while heroically standing up for Target. Target is better. Barely.

You wanna buy stuff from a company that truely treats their employees well? then shop at CostCo.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:31 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't shop at any of them

I’m single, so it doesn’t make sense.

The thing about Wal-mart, though, is their hiring practices and the fact that they are telling their people that if they vote for Obama they will lose their jobs.

by rglass44 on Aug 26, 2008 7:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Source?

And I mean a company-wide memo, not some bullshit article with one store’s manager talking out his or her ass.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

doubt it

Not with Ponson, Pavano and Rasner in the rotation

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:24 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

26 ROFL

None since Clinton was President

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hell if I know

I’m just parroting what retard yankee fans say.

by putupyourDUKES on Aug 26, 2008 7:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Halladay

Already starting his revenge, too easy of an inning.

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't think of a worst case scenario

Than the Yanks acquiring two of Sabathia, Sheets, Burnett, and Halladay. I can’t imagine they wouldn’t give up Hughes, Kennedy, Horne, Cano, Jackson, and whoever else the Jays wanted.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 26, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think this will happen

Because hughes kennedy and cano are garbage

by putupyourDUKES on Aug 26, 2008 7:29 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They ain't getting Halladay

Toronto won’t trade to them, and not sure about AJ. I’d say they stay away from Sheets and pitch to CC.

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not sure if the Yanks are interested in him then

Lot of wins but miedocre season except when he faces New York

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

dude can pitch

has all the skills and uses them. a bit unlucky. he’s a true talent 3.50 to 3.75ish ERA guy. can’t sign those very often

my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance

by Sky Kalkman on Aug 26, 2008 7:57 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Worst case

Yanks acquire CC + Tex; Joba and Hughes get healthy and reach their potential.

Other than that, it might be tough for them to be a top team year in and year out and still turn a profit.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 26, 2008 7:30 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I would hope near minimum.

A lefty that can’t hit a fast ball, and averages .225 oh man.

by putupyourDUKES on Aug 26, 2008 7:32 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Does San Fransisco still love Bonds?

Yeah, I know he’s not homegrown, but he was there quite long enough.

by kericr on Aug 26, 2008 7:35 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not particularly.

Because honestly I don’t buy that most fans would really care about his steroid usage.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 26, 2008 7:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

J.P. Peterson said something smart today.

Something like:
“BJ is way too young to give up on. He gets to balls most cf don’t get to. His average is low, but his OBP is high. Don’t boo him. Take the mistakes, but remember the upside. He’s only 23 and in his 1st year in CF”

Who the hell got to that guy?

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 26, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

If I were Peterson

I would take the opposite side of Duemig on everything, which means I’d use logic.

by R.J. Anderson on Aug 26, 2008 7:44 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

somehow his bat's still performing at a rate 2.5 wins above average, though.

my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance

by Sky Kalkman on Aug 26, 2008 7:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Halos should sign Tex

and let K-Rod walk, he is a bit overrated of a closer, not worth the $$$ he will command

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:31 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

McPhail isn't that dumb

Change his name to McFAIL if he does that

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 26, 2008 7:33 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Finally getting rid of Tejada

then tying up the team’s finances with another albatross contract, especially when the team is bleeding money right now.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 26, 2008 7:37 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Teixera is better than Tejada

He also is entering his prime. He plays a position that is less susceptible to age poorly. In 5 years Tex will still be very productive.

by rglass44 on Aug 26, 2008 7:39 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seriously, the Orioles don't have the money for Tex

Camden Yards is emptier than the Trop this year. They’re still in the middle of a rebuilding process. I’d put money down that the O’s don’t sign Tex.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 26, 2008 7:41 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

as far as 1B free agents go, Tex is about as good as they get

because he’s such a good fielder

my blog // calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy // past results do not guarantee future performance

by Sky Kalkman on Aug 26, 2008 7:59 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep the Rays need Instant Replay

Just for the catwalks, right Dwayne Statts

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:36 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whomp

there goes the nono

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on Aug 26, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Got the Marlins-Braves game on

Never saw Turner Field so empty, LOL

by sofladude77 on Aug 26, 2008 7:47 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs