3/12/09 GDT: Phillies @ Rays; Troy Percival Debut
by Tommy Rancel on Mar 12, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintGame Time: 1:05
TV/Radio: MLB.com
Lineup:
- Jason Bartlett, SS
- Carl Crawford, LF
- Evan Longoria, 3B
- Carlos Pena, 1B
- Pat Burrell, DH
- Gabe Kapler, CF
- Dioner Navarro, C
- Gabe Gross, RF
- Adam Kennedy, 2B
Pitchers: RH, James Shields, RH Joe Nelson, RH Troy Percival, RH Dan Wheeler, LH Randy Choate, RH Lance Cormier
Things to watch: James Shields makes his second appearance of the spring. Troy Percival will make his debut. If you believe Percy's words, then he should be in great shape. Joe Nelson and Dan Wheeler will work for consecutive games.
The Rays lineup looks pretty much like the lineup we could see on opening day except at second base.
Finally, Erik has provided us with an up to date look at the spring training statistics.(Click for bigger image)
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I didn't read Percy's comments as he was in great shape,
I read them as he knows he’s fat and is trying to get in shape.
Tools Whore
I really like this lineup
I can almost smell opening day when I see these names.
Why yes, I am this big of an asshole in person.
Shields will be awesome
And if he can control his PC, we should see 4 strong out of him
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Besides 2B, I hope there is someone else playing CF
Hint: He’s > You
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Percy better leave this at home.
Rays 2009 Slogan: "Come back with your shield or on it"
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Mar 12, 2009 11:53 AM EDT reply actions
It says MLB.com
Is it gonna be on the radio or finally on TV?
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I thought I read somewhere that we'd have a handful of games on TV this spring.
Was I wrong on that?
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by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Mar 12, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
If Aybar was at 2B today
It woul be the perfect lineup (well, as long as we consider the fact Upton can’t play yet)
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Question
How would Gross or Joyce be in CF? I am curious because if Upton isn’t ready, want to know if Joyce has any chance.
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Broken record, but about average.
Perhaps a touch above or below depending on the breaks.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
ACC Tourney starts today, and we have a semblance of a real roster going.
Work really gets in the way of things I’d rather be doing.
What does it matter
Syracuse is winning the whole thing
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
no way no how
UConn Huskies all the way baby. If only they could beat Pitt..
its UNC you guys
quit being biased.
as long as Lawson and Hansbrough are healthy… nobody will beat them
Geez somebodies a homer
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I bet the Deacs will have more lottery picks on their current team than the Holes.
I also bet they will have more all-stars.
yeah this thing called the final four
… uh, lottery picks have nothing to do with the outcome of the games. just an fyi
as long as Lawson and Hansbrough are healthy… nobody will beat them
The Deacs have already and can in the future. That was my point.
Who cares UNC is balanced well, but I don't see them getting by a team that actually plays defense
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Ain't not stoppin it
ain’t no toppin it
Cuse in the Final Four
Wake gettin rejected by a fat whore
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Hansgarbage is terrible
I could watch him getting punched in the nose on repeat all f’n day
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
So does Paul Harris
So do a million other guys that are less uhhh photogenic
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You said the same thing about Kyle Sleeth, only in baseball terms.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Baseball does not require the same amount of pure athleticism or reliance on officiating.
Hanstravel=Darius Songaila with the officials in his pocket.
It's true
What skills does he have besides jumping into guys and travelling?
BTW, he fouled out of his first game ever last week. I was shocked. Somebody is defs getting fined.
Few are
Dudes got some Pipes now, He was fearless on the drive and dish the other night against Detroit, too bad Gortat plays the post with boxing gloves on
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Gortat is a fucking monster.
I also <3 Courtney Lee. Such a baller.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Great pickup
Kid is going to be a good one and great timing with Hedo not coming back next year.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Next year's lineup:
Nelson/Lee/Lewis/Gortat/Dwight?
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I don't know about Gortat
My thinking is that now that Fran Vazquez has played out his contract in Spain he comes over to at least spell Dwight if not work his way in as a Hedo-lite PF.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Gortat's a FA too.
Is Vazquez definitely coming over? I think he’d be broke in at a pace similar to Gortat. Maybe re-sign Gortat for 2-3 years with Vazzy starting at PF/C in mind for year 2-3.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't want Vasquez.
He won’t leave Europe cause his GF doesn’t want him too. Sounds like a pansy to me.
We have J.J. Redick, I don't think being a pansy is anything new to this team.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't care.
Redick’s okay.
He hits a few threes, makes some decent passes, ect.
He’s probably an average or slightly below average player.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
If he could establish himself on defense he would be average
As is, he gets run off the ball on every pick n roll and gets shot over by the bigger guards. I think he is getting a lot of confidence on offense, but if he wants get more time he has to lock it down defensively.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
He doesn't have the same baggage to you.
He was like Hansmule. All I ever heard about how great he was even though CP3 was way better and beat him (a la Hansmule and Aminu or JJ).
Depends on what Gortat asks for
Hedo is making 6 and change this year. Vazquez will probably take a deal in the 4-5 per range. Going into next year we would have locked up:
Dwight, Jameer, Rashard, Rafer, JJ, Courtney, Pietrius, who else?
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
i'll agree that Aminu is probably going to be drafted before any UNC player
but if I were to pick one player right now to play in a game tomorrow… its not Aminu
It's Andy Rautins
I knew it
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
They won't even beat the Cuse tonight
sorry, Jim Calhoun is a wife-beater and a drunk
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I only watched the first half before passing out
didn’t do anything, but i saw he blew up in the 2nd half.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Then hit 5 3's
Maybe he needs the John Henderson slaps to the face pre-game treatment if he wants to go bananas.
LINK
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
That girl he punched had it coming
You don’t try to hit people with your car and expect no consequences.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm gonna go ahead and pat myself on the back for this one
Awesome game
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 13, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn't watch it.
Seems like it was a pretty good game, though. Only in the Big East can a game go 6 OTs and the final score only be 127-117. That is redic.
I watched the whole thing, thought the bar was gonna close before it ended
The score was about right considering they could have called about 25 more fouls on Thabeet than they did. The refs were letting them go which was pretty good looking back, but frustrating at the time. Guys could barely even jump by the end it was exciting. How bout Jonny Flynn playing 67 of the 70 mins! Incredible, now they gotta turn around and get another W tonight.
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 13, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions
3 weeks and 3 days from today
the season begins
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Madoff is making out like a bandit
The dude gets to keep the money he stole, because let’s face it, no one is going to find it. And he gets to go to a Martha Stewart cell and watch the MLB extra innings package while I sit here at work. Bastard!
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
if he still had any money he would never have been caught
that his Ponzi scheme ran dry due to the terrible economy is what destroyed him. All his collateral will be given back, but that will be a pittance.
He should still be drawn and quartered and Times Square for what he did.
by Lurch's Lobbyists on Mar 12, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I guess
He’s a selfish, bad dude, no doubt. But the folks who had accounts with him? They were stupid, as well. Major universities like Tuffs, and they never checked the statements that he provided every year? I mean, his statements were riddled with errors, defunct stocks, old stock codes. It really should have set off more than one red flag. Plus the returns came in at a constant rate? Please.
Most people are not financial wizards
That is why you trust in a financial adviser to use your money in the best way. Sure, returns might seem out of line, but if you’re ignorant of the whole thing how would you know? He abused people’s trust and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree he should be prosecuted
But I also think that we need to encourage responsibility with regard to finances. In this case large institutions were ripped off—they cannot claim ignorance when they have accountants on the payroll.
Oh and can Cairo not pull a Babe Ruth today please?
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who the fuck is cheering for the Phillies?
lynch those fans
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50 SB's return this season?
His legs sure look able to
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He is in the best shape of his life
-ST cliche police
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
He's good at baseball
These are considered road games too
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He is throwing very little and pitching great
Pitching in the 3rd now.
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CG ST start on 60 pitches would be amazing
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Throwing a lot of balls now
but seems the ump is blowing calls
DP!
He should get a 4th now
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Moyer still annoys me
Will he get old already?
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Shields in the 4th now
damn, they just called him Big Game James
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GROSS!
Gets Cairo at 2B after Pena fell asleep at 1B
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Quick 4th
Don’t see him getting a 5th but he hasn’t worked hard at all…
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Yep, they are saying his day is done
Don’t blow this game now (Yeah, I am looking at you Percy)
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but if he blows it there might be a chance he is on the DL
even though I would rather have good Percy.
Swav or Die.
2 down
get 1 more and then go “lift some weights”
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Those Hardees half-pounders aren't going to lift themselves.
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12 oz curls add up
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
BEEFCAKE!!!!!!!
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
If he really is healthy, and stays that way all year, we can expect a lot more innings like that.
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does
this game have a gameday link? Not that it would work anyway…
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson
Kennedy FISTS it
Ah, memories
Now knock him in please, MVB
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Barty gets a hit but Kennedy is held at 3rd
do it, CC
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Craig Monroe has 5 homers already
Watch out Bonds, Monroe is ready to hit 74+
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Joe Nelson warming up
but Wheeler has gotten the first 2 so far
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That was the shitiest 1-2-3 inning I ever heard
Wheeler needs to put his shit together.
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he's effectively mild
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Who is this Rays announcer?
Not following the game, thinks this is a talk show
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THIS IS NOT A TALK SHOW
FOLLOW THE DAMN GAME
And Aussie, make this guy sit the fuck down
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another walk
Aussie can’t even get his 1 inning in, prob Nelson coming in
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worse than Bal(l)four?
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by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 12, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Can these guys throw strikes?
Anytime is fine…..
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One pitch pitcher
and past history of wildness
Yeah, but even so.
151 career innings and a 3.63 FIP is pretty good.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 12, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
hopefully he ended the season
poorly cause he was tired. hope he’s not a Raffy B
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