Rays 5, Orioles 0: The clincher
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 28, 2010 10:37 PM EDT
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I missed most of this game, except for a couple of brief snatches on the radio, long enough to hear that there were no-doubter home runs hit by Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford. Because it was a Brad Bergesen start, it was over in a blessedly short 2:08, because if there's anything worse than a 5-0 loss, it's a 3+ hour 5-0 loss. Bergy gave up five runs in five innings, his third time getting lit up by Tampa this season. I guess they've just got his number.
While there were not any errors charged against the Orioles in the game, there were at least enough shenanigans on a John Jaso triple for someone in the game thread to show some anger. Still, even two solo home runs would have been enough to win this game when the offense got nothing going against David Price, who went eight innings, giving up six hits, walking none and striking out eight.
Julio Lugo got ejected for tossing his bat and helmet after a second called strikeout in the game. I echo the commenter who wondered if we could appeal to make a suspension permanent.
There was a Pedro Viola sighting later in the game and he made it through one perfect inning while striking out two batters, so hey, good for him. At least he didn't make the garbage time even more garbage.
When the game was over, I'm presuming the Rays popped those champagne corks, because they've now qualified for at least the wild card. New York won tonight, so the Rays maintain a .5 game advantage in the AL East standings.
This thread mostly exists because I was starting to feel bad about there being 73 posts in the game thread and like half of them were about Glee.
In tomorrow's prophylactic game of the series, Jeff Niemann takes the mound for the Rays against Kevin Millwood for the O's. Ugh.
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game was kind of sad feeling.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
BTW, there were like 20 pictures to choose from of Rays players celebrating. I wanted to barf.
They were all wearing ponchos and skiing goggles and they all had bottles of champagne.
Presumably, that much champagne cost them so much that they will have to trade somebody before he hits arbitration next year.
It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. - John Waters
by Eat More Esskay on Sep 29, 2010 12:42 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
They DFA'd the cork screw.
"'And worse I may be yet. The worst is not so long as we can say 'This is the worst.'"
At least the Red Sox were officially knocked out
I've been playing baseball since I was six years old, so that's 40 years I've been on a baseball field and around a baseball field, and so our opinions are formulated through facts, not fiction, not their little chat room jargon.
Massive points for using the word prophylactic instead of ru...that other word. You know, the vulgar one.
Now please join the campaign to get USC to change its mascot designation to The Prophylactics. I mean, how many times can you laugh when some dimbulb recapper writes/says, “…another score for the Trojans”?
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
This just in: Dick Vitale is a stupid arsehole
Yeah, I know, stop the presses. But I feel better for marveling at the obvious, thanks.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
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