Full Version: ALDS Thread: Rays vs. White Sox
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Post here if you're jumping on the "If the Red Sox get eliminated I'm rooting for Tampa Bay" bandwagon.
Representin'
Representin'
QUOTE(Mad Johnny @ Oct 1 2008, 11:01 AM) 
Post here if you're jumping on the "If the Red Sox get eliminated I'm rooting for Tampa Bay" bandwagon.
Representin'
Representin'
Fuck You.
Starting tonight, Ken Griffey Jr. reminds America he still plays baseball and brings out the boomstick with Jim Thome.
I’m waiting for Ozzie to call Tropicana Field a piece of shit ballpark and to somehow mock Maddon for the glasses he wears. I take the White Sox in 4.
QUOTE(RingoOSU @ Oct 1 2008, 12:02 PM)
Fuck You.
No thanks
Percival may not be on ALDS roster
Dan Wheeler trying to close out playoff games would not fill me confidence if I were a Rays fan.
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Rays closer Troy Percival said on Wednesday before a workout at Tropicana Field that he does not expect to be included on the Rays 25-man playoff roster for the American League Division Series.
"I asked and they said as of right now it doesn’t look like it, but right now we’re not 100 percent positive yet," Percival said.
Rays manager Joe Maddon would not confirm nor deny as the team will wait until the 10 a.m. Thursday deadline to annoucne its roster.
Percival, 39, indicated he is healthy enough to pitch and believes the decision was made to get another player on the roster, not work around his previous ailments.
"I asked and they said as of right now it doesn’t look like it, but right now we’re not 100 percent positive yet," Percival said.
Rays manager Joe Maddon would not confirm nor deny as the team will wait until the 10 a.m. Thursday deadline to annoucne its roster.
Percival, 39, indicated he is healthy enough to pitch and believes the decision was made to get another player on the roster, not work around his previous ailments.
Dan Wheeler trying to close out playoff games would not fill me confidence if I were a Rays fan.
ST. PETERSBURG - Here are the lineups for today's Rays-White Sox game:
Tampa Bay:
1. Akinori Iwamura-2B
2. B.J. Upton-CF
3. Carlos Pena-1B
4. Evan Longoria-3B
5. Carl Crawford-LF
6. Cliff Floyd-DH
7. Dioner Navaro-C
8. Gabe Gross-9
9. Jason Bartlett-SS
SP-James Shields
Chicago:
1. Orlando Cabrera-SS
2. Dewayne Wise-LF
3. Jermaine Dye-RF
4. Jim Thome-DH
5. Paul Konerko-1B
6. Ken Griffey-CF
7. Alexei Ramirez-2B
8. A.J. Pierzynski-C
9. Juan Uribe-3B
SP-Javier Vazquez
White Sox have no chance.
Tampa Bay:
1. Akinori Iwamura-2B
2. B.J. Upton-CF
3. Carlos Pena-1B
4. Evan Longoria-3B
5. Carl Crawford-LF
6. Cliff Floyd-DH
7. Dioner Navaro-C
8. Gabe Gross-9
9. Jason Bartlett-SS
SP-James Shields
Chicago:
1. Orlando Cabrera-SS
2. Dewayne Wise-LF
3. Jermaine Dye-RF
4. Jim Thome-DH
5. Paul Konerko-1B
6. Ken Griffey-CF
7. Alexei Ramirez-2B
8. A.J. Pierzynski-C
9. Juan Uribe-3B
SP-Javier Vazquez
White Sox have no chance.
QUOTE(Foulkey Reese @ Oct 2 2008, 11:28 AM)
White Sox have no chance.
That was the consensus in 2005
QUOTE(mysoxrwhite @ Oct 2 2008, 12:06 PM)
That was the consensus in 2005
Well I was referring to today's game specifically with "big game" Vazquez on the mound.
QUOTE(rembrat @ Oct 1 2008, 12:13 PM)
I’m waiting for Ozzie to call Tropicana Field a piece of shit ballpark and to somehow mock Maddon for the glasses he wears. I take the White Sox in 4.
I hope he wears Maddon glasses to a press conference. That would be priceless.
QUOTE(drtooth @ Oct 1 2008, 01:37 PM)
Percival may not be on ALDS roster
Dan Wheeler trying to close out playoff games would not fill me confidence if I were a Rays fan.
Dan Wheeler trying to close out playoff games would not fill me confidence if I were a Rays fan.
Without Percival, the Rays chances of actually closing out the game improve dramatically.
QUOTE(RingoOSU @ Oct 1 2008, 09:02 AM)
Fuck You.
Ditto. I'd have a tough time deciding on Rays vs. Yankees if they met in an alternate universe right now. Maddon, get your glasses and keep from falling glasses chain, bingo is starting in 10 minutes.
Fuck the haters. I hope the Rays steamroll Ozzie and the White Sox.
Are the Rays as ready as Sponge Bob was?
What is the attendance like? Did they hand out cowbells at the gate? I hope it is half empty? I am listening so any visuals would be great
QUOTE(Foulkey Reese @ Oct 2 2008, 02:08 PM)
Fuck the haters. I hope the Rays steamroll Ozzie and the White Sox.
WRONG. The White Sox are going to pummel the Rays. You can quote me afterwards.
QUOTE(rembrat @ Oct 2 2008, 01:35 PM)
WRONG. The White Sox are going to pummel the Rays. You can quote me afterwards.
Chase Panty Shields out in 4.
QUOTE(MEC @ Oct 2 2008, 02:33 PM)
What is the attendance like? Did they hand out cowbells at the gate? I hope it is half empty? I am listening so any visuals would be great
I think I read they sold out the first two games of the ALDS in like 10 minutes.
These cowbells remind me of games at The Big House.
I do not want the Rays to be associated with my second church.
I do not want the Rays to be associated with my second church.
I hate this series. I hope both teams lose.
So when does Javy give up his first bomb?
its like a minute delayed, but here is live white sox audio of the game... no idea how it is not blacked out
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http://player.play.it/player/player.html?v...onestat=wscr-am
So I hear that Maddon got a mohawk too..
Oh, and guys, when Jimmy gets 2 strikes on you, he is going to come at you with his change up. Fucking adjust.
Oh, and guys, when Jimmy gets 2 strikes on you, he is going to come at you with his change up. Fucking adjust.
QUOTE(BoSox Rule @ Oct 2 2008, 02:48 PM)
So when does Javy give up his first bomb?
How about nowish?
QUOTE(BoSox Rule @ Oct 2 2008, 01:48 PM)
So when does Javy give up his first bomb?
Now
I'd give my left nut to get Longoria playing for the Sox for the next 8-10 years. Kid is special.
Longoria is a fucking beast.
Prediction:
Longoria will have a better season than Arod in 2009.
Longoria will have a better season than Arod in 2009.
Damn it. I was going to say Longoria was going to hit a bomb and posted that bullshit question instead. Fuck me.
QUOTE(Foulkey Reese @ Oct 2 2008, 02:59 PM)
Prediction:
Longoria will have a better season than Arod in 2009.
Longoria will have a better season than Arod in 2009.
A-Rod's kind of due for a .320/45/130 season.
Floyd to Javy: DROP DEAD.
I know what Javy isn't going to throw right now.
QUOTE(rembrat @ Oct 1 2008, 12:13 PM)
I take the White Sox in 4.
Rays in 3.
Is Carlos Quentin coming back for this series?
QUOTE(Al Zarilla @ Oct 2 2008, 12:48 PM)
Ditto. I'd have a tough time deciding on Rays vs. Yankees if they met in an alternate universe right now. Maddon, get your glasses and keep from falling glasses chain, bingo is starting in 10 minutes.
What? There would be no question in my mind who to pull for assuming the Sox didn't need the Rays to lose for the division or the wild card. In a game played in a vacuum, I might even buy a Rays hat for the night.
QUOTE(Snodgrass @ Oct 2 2008, 02:59 PM)
I'd give my left nut to get Longoria playing for the Sox for the next 8-10 years. Kid is special.
I'm sure Mike Lowell would take your nut in return for retiring so that we can acquire him.
QUOTE(Snodgrass @ Oct 2 2008, 02:03 PM)
What? There would be no question in my mind who to pull for assuming the Sox didn't need the Rays to lose for the division or the wild card. In a game played in a vacuum, I might even buy a Rays hat for the night.
That's because you suck.
QUOTE(sachmoney @ Oct 2 2008, 03:03 PM)
I'm sure Mike Lowell would take your nut in return for retiring so that we can acquire him.
Great, so we have a deal? Let's do this.
I have never heard a crowd so loud in The Trop. Kinda weird.
I spent a week in Chatham this summer and the natives still talk about Longoria and his days as a member of the A's. Chatter among the fans was that not only was he destined to be an all star but everyone of them talked about him being a great, humble kid.
QUOTE(RingoOSU @ Oct 2 2008, 03:03 PM)
That's because you suck.
You'd pull for the Yankees?
Or was that just a general comment on the state of my existence?
Carlos Pena...Mark Loretta....2006.........argh...
Ok it's out of my system for the entire series now.
Ok it's out of my system for the entire series now.
bloop double 
QUOTE(Snodgrass @ Oct 2 2008, 02:05 PM)
You'd pull for the Yankees?
Or was that just a general comment on the state of my existence?
Or was that just a general comment on the state of my existence?
I don't root for fucking AL East teams except the sox. There is no difference between the sox losing the AL East to the Yankees, or the Orioles, or the Blue Jays, or the Rays. They are all the enemy and exist only for the Red Sox to trod upon.
QUOTE(zeraza @ Oct 2 2008, 03:06 PM)
bloop double
This ballpark sucks (How's that for an original observation?)
I wish we had these two calling the game last night. That's more of a statement about the broadcast team we had than it is about DO and Reynolds. Though, I was in the camp that thought Reynolds was the best part of BBTN before he got the axe.
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Can you imagine the outrage if the Sox play the Rays in the ALCS and a game is decided by a ball hitting one of the catwalks. There will be mutiny.
Someone might have to rent a Ryder truck and park it outside the Trop.
Someone might have to rent a Ryder truck and park it outside the Trop.
Alexei is going deep.
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