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Rays Vs. Athletics

Risin' up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

 

-"Eye of the Tiger" lyrics by Survivor 

So, the Rays take there Rocky Horror picture show to Oakland to take on the A's for a three game foray. Behind the Rays are three games against the Seattle Mariners, where the Rays lost two out of the three games that they played. The Rays must forget that both of the two games were winnable. They must move on try to beat "money ballers" of Oakland.

The A's are 5-9 this year and sitting in last place of the AL West. The Rays will try to grab some momentum and have some sort of a swagger heading into Minnesota.

The Rays are 37-66 life time against the Green and Gold goons, but the Rays did take the season series last year winning 6 of the 9 meetings against Oakland.

Probables:

Fri, Apr 24 @ Oakland 10:05 PM   Kazmir (2-1) Cahill (0-1) Tickets
Sat, Apr 25 @ Oakland 4:05 PM   Garza (1-1) Braden (1-2) Tickets
Sun, Apr 26 @ Oakland 4:05 PM   Sonnanstine (0-2) Eveland (0-1) Tickets

Time Capsule:

We go back '01 when Rays beat the Athletics in Al Davis' Winter home. Take a look at the Tanyon Sturtz win. Those were the good ol' days.

Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5, Oakland Athletics 1

Tampa Bay Devil Raysab  r  hrbi
Winn rf 4 1 2 1
Rolls 2b 5 0 2 1
Grieve lf 4 0 0 0
  Tyner pr,lf 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 0
Vaughn dh 5 1 2 3
Huff 3b 4 0 2 0
Williams cf 4 0 0 0
DiFelice c 4 2 3 0
Sheets ss 3 0 0 0
Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
  Phelps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Oakland Athleticsab  r  hrbi
Damon lf 3 0 1 0
Menechino 2b 4 0 0 0
Giambi 1b 2 0 0 1
Long cf 4 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Chavez 3b 4 0 0 0
Saenz dh 4 0 1 0
Piatt rf 3 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 1 3 0
Lidle p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Tampa Bay 0 0 0   3 1 0   0 0 1 5 12 0
Oakland 0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 1 6 0
  Tampa Bay Devil RaysIPHRERBBSO
Sturtze  W (2-4) 7.0 6 1 1 5 4
  Phelps  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals 9.0 6 1 1 7 5
  Oakland AthleticsIPHRERBBSO
Lidle  L (0-4) 6.0 5 4 4 2 2
  Mathews   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Magnante   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Bradford   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Guthrie   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 4 3
  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 2, Oakland 1.  PB–Difelice (1).  2B–Tampa Bay Huff 2 (7,off Lidle 2); Difelice (2,off Lidle); Winn (5,off Bradford), Oakland Hernandez (8,off Sturtze).  HR–Tampa Bay Vaughn (13,4th inning off Lidle 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Sheets (2,off Bradford).  IBB–McGriff (2,by Lidle).  SB–Damon (11,2nd base off Sturtze/Difelice).  IBB–Lidle (3,McGriff).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Scott Higgins.  T–3:04.  A–11,334.

What do you think Draysbay? How will the St. Pete Slammers do? Go Rays Go!

 

"The great American game should be an unrelenting war of nerves." - Ty Cobb

Poll
How will the Rays do when they take on the A's in there upcoming three game set?
Rays sweep all three games!
11 votes
Rays take two out of three!
10 votes
A's take two out of three.
4 votes
A's sweep all three games.
2 votes
I don't care. I don't like Survivor. Rocky III sucked.
1 votes

28 votes | Poll has closed

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Someone please tell me Oakland is full of fat chicks.

This team needs a dozen or so.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Apr 23, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

yep.

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 23, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

All I know is 'ball' and 'good'...

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Apr 24, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also,

That’s not very funny :(

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on Apr 24, 2009 9:25 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's official.

I am never going to a strip club with Steve-O. I don’t want to go to jail and be some one’s girlfriend. No thank you.

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 24, 2009 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wish we had Winn right now

Switch hitter who plays RF.Big Upgrade of the Gabes

by thedudeofdudes on Apr 23, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Ben Zobrist says...

WTF

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 23, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Magnante!

the last prominent screwballer

by BrendanHarrisLives on Apr 24, 2009 2:13 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I sense a sweep

I think we seriously break out. This team is too good not to.

by matthan on Apr 24, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"Servivor" is definately my favorite band

Also, nice to remember Cory Lidle before he sucked at flying.

Rays 2-1

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Apr 24, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

He'll leave a ring around your eye and tread marks on your back

He’s an animal
He’s hungry
You ain’t been hungry, since “Supreme Clientele”

Swav or Die.

by SRQman on Apr 24, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sly Stallone hasn't been hungry since

“Stop or my Mother will shoot!”

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 24, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree.

One of the more uncomfortable scenes though is the Apollo- Rocky training montage. Youtube even has a Brokeback Rocky spoof off of the Rocky III training montage.

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 24, 2009 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

That comment in itself is almost more fucked up then “Freddy Got Fingered.”

In the name of Shinji Mori, we shall win!

by thebaddancingraysfan on Apr 24, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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