3/30/09 GDT: Rays @ Twins; Rays Bring Regulars
by Tommy Rancel on Mar 30, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
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PrintGame Time: 1:05
TV/Radio: Sun Sports
Lineup:
Akinori Iwamura 2B
Carl Crawford LF
Evan Longoria 3B
Carlos Pena 1B
Pat Burrell DH
Dioner Navarro C
Ben Zobrist RF
Gabe Kapler CF
Jason Bartlett SS
Pitchers: RH Matt Garza
Things to watch: The Rays are bringing the regulars to Ft. Myers as they prepare for the season opener which is just seven days away. Matt Garza is the starter and should go for most of the game.
B.J. Upton will play five innings in centerfield in the AAA game with Jeff Niemann making the start. It will be Niemann's last chance to impress the coaching staff and front office before a fifth starter will be named. The announcement could come as soon as today.
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Are we sure the game will be on TV this time?
Watching poker on TV is as about as much fun as watching water drip from a faucet.
In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!
by thebaddancingraysfan on Mar 30, 2009 11:23 AM EDT reply actions
there have been commercials for it too for about a week on FSN/SUN
this one for sure will be on TV.
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm also seeing it listed on MLB Network.
by steve-o1285 on Mar 30, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
MLBTR has an interesting story about Niemann/Padres
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
I got cable in my office just for days like this! What a great afternoon this will be.
Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete
I missed the beginning of this broadcast, is the Twins CC guy in the booth with Staats?
If so, this is good. I like it.
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http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6991/qualityfail.png
Seriously, this is awful quality.
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It would have been more awesome if Mauer had just blurted out 'BRAAAAAAAAINS' instead of answering his question.
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then he rips a single!
Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete
by stpetelawyer on Mar 30, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear sweet god, this audio is horrible.
Someone remind me why I paid 15 bucks for a half dozen spring games with awful audio?
by ReasonableDoubt on Mar 30, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions
Not a single person has seen a game at Tropicana Field this year.
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News flash
The twins might be al champs this year
by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Mar 30, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
New reason
for sarcasm
by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Mar 30, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't understand and even if I did I'm not sure I would like it.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 30, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Just Watch
You can never guess the game of baseball and if the twins become all of a sudden great, watch the red sox fans start being bandwagons.
Again, it happens
Note to self: My sarcasm don’t work
by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Mar 30, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I just wasn't sure what the sarcasm was.
Usually it accompanies hyperbole. Like “WE’RE NEVER WINNING ANOTHER GAME.”
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 30, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
It's an acquired taste here. It's like beer
I mean, we’re all dry here and stuff, we have bad senses of humor.
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Dunno.
He had the strawberries of death thing going on.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 30, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Well it's bad sarcasm
The Twins aren’t a bad team, they did just miss the playoffs last year.
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Holy cripes.
bigleaguestewThere’s a Facebook group called “The Greatest Day of My Life Was When I Discovered The Brewers Logo Was Actually an M and a B.”
It’s like the FedEx arrow, I cannot unsee it.
Amazon logo
The arrow goes from A to Z
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Washington State logo
Is a cougar as well as the letters WSU
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Big 10 logo
Notice the “11” around the T because the conference has 11 teams.
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Pokemon
articUNO
zapDOS
molTRES
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions
he will be doing at least one Rays game this year
on MLBNetwork, too bad it will be blacked out
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
So you're saying Staats is preventing Blyleven
I wish I had an ending to this joke. Stats, Blyleven, hall of fame, etc.
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Just trying to make the site less dry
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
or Logan Forsythe as PTBNL.
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
FUck you, you're dissing all of us when you say that
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I plead Mike Teel
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny how they just did a 5 minute segment
on the beaches in Ft Myers, then follow it up with catching 20 sharks in one boat trip and an announcer saying they catch sharks off of their docks in that area
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:11 PM EDT reply actions
The king is here, baby.
SaberToothedPie@EvanLongoria I just want you to know that after every home run I am going to @ with you with some form of “chicks dig the longo ball”, fyi.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
"JP Howell @Draysbay Stop making me look so dumb"
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Quick (Maybe Dumb ) question.
Does purchasing the MLB package on TV / Internet get you access to any more Rays games than you would with just cable?
maybe
if the three or so that won’t be broadcasted will be on the opponents schedule
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions
so not worth the money to get the MLB.TV package? $120.00
Might not be the place but cant you do something to your computer that opens it up to avoid the blackout?
you can
it’s pretty complicated probably involves messing with your IP address, but ya I don’t think RJ wants anyone sharing that info on here.
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Email would work better.
SBN mandate is to hide illegal stuff though.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 30, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I loveBurrell
Longo, Navi and CC should take lessons with his plate discipline
Definately glad we chose him over Dunn..
Dunn looked like a train wreck in the WBC.. He will be terrible in RG / 1B for the Nats.
Yeah
Good Point!!! We might avoid the strikeouts
by CB,DT,LB,OR DE is what we need on Mar 30, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Will be deleted for too big, but I had to post it
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by Imperialism32 on Mar 30, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
He now holds on to the bat
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
-Al Lopez
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 30, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
These wannabe Canadian announcers need to talk about the f'ing game
This ain’t Oprah shut the fuck up and call the game.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
-Al Lopez
All they talk about are the Twins as an organization
It took them 3 minutes to announce the Twins first run, I had to guess they scored by the crowd going nuts.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
-Al Lopez
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 30, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we stop comparing the Twins and Rays?
No offense, but I don’t really want the Rays having the same philosophies as the Twins. We don’t have a fear of strikeouts or an overemphasis on “guys who look like they try hard”.
IT BETTER BE NIEMMAN AS #5
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Or at the very least
not traded for an organizations top 15-30 prospect, let the guy pitch!
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions
haha
love it
Kaz/Shields/Garza/Sonny/Price/Davis/Hellickson-necessitate a drool cup or a 7 man rotation
by CubFanRaysaddict on Mar 30, 2009 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
IF GARZA WAS IN WW2, THEY'D CALL HIM SPITFIRE
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
This joke was good when you made it last year.
by R.J. Anderson on Mar 30, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
GARZA IS VOODOO PEOPLE
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
GARZA IS OUT OF SPACE
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
GARZA SMACKS MY BITCH UP, TAKES MY PITCHER
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF PRODIGY SONGS.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Nice.
But IMO, Garza is either
a) a spitting cobra
b) a llama
c) a pharaoh
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
NO GABE KAPLER, YOU CANNOT PLAY CF
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
An old dude behind me at a game was saying Upton was lazy and Kapler would be able to push him out of his spot.
Swav or Die.
He probably wants Rocco in CF
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions
BTW
I know at least one of the .GIFs on the left side meme guide is a dead link…not sure which one
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions
That guy hasn't been able to distinguish talent since a dime bag cost a dime.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
-Al Lopez
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 30, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
He wore an onion on his belt.
It was the style at the time…
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
In that time rich men used to fly around in Zepplin's throwing coins at people
Which in our day we called a walking bird
If Monty Burns wasn’t so insanely funny I would say Grandpa Simpson is the funniest old man character of all time.
Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.
-Al Lopez
by Sandy Kazmir on Mar 30, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Now thats a haircut you can set your watch to.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Dear President Hoover, Their are too many states nowadays, please eliminate 3.
PS: I am not a crazy old man.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Dear Advertisers, I am disgusted with the way old people are depicted on television. We are not all vibrant, fun loving sex maniacs. Many of us are bitter, resentful individuals who remember the good old days when entertainment was bland and inoffensive.
Sign lady must die.
by EminenceFront on Mar 30, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he tell you to get off his lawn?
Or his berm, as the case may be?
by ReasonableDoubt on Mar 30, 2009 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
You can tell Percival is actually delivering with his body this year versus his arm throwing last year.
A lot of ground ball outs, I know it’s ST, but he looks like the antithesis of 2008 Percival right now.
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