The only way Gabe Gross shows up to the Trop on Saturday is to wash and wax my fucl<ing car. And even then he will probably be strung up to the nearest tree and beaten profusely....The man has no business on a post season roster. Dogging a fly to let one in and setting up Popi, then completely taking himself out of position playing the game winning hit only to bow down to the Boston faithful and perform his encore by throwing to whothefucl<knows... Unbelievable. They might as well make him mayor of beantown. what a douche.

For the record, Publix grocery stores are sell baseballs with the World Series logo on one side and the Rays logo on the other. Yes it is true I saw the display at the one in Seminole on Park and 113th st.


I am sure that called and raised my mush by "mush to the power of 10 zillion"

I folded.

:rolleyes: :tro: :rolleyes:

Yankees will definitely be back, probably next season. They are behind the curve on the young players, which is the developing trend in the AL East. Obviously, the Rays have everyone whipped on that front, but the Sox have stockpiled a lot of young talent.

I see this '08 season for the Yankees a lot like 2006 was for Boston. They had to fall back a little before they could move forward. They'll be back soon.

You could see the noose getting tight from the 7th inning on. I am not gonna say the Rays cannot win this thing still, because they sure can. But, like you said, this leaves a mark, and it's in the back of their heads. This is what makes baseball great!

*puts on anti-mush hat*

I'd agree with the notion that this loss is going to hang over the heads of the Rays if they were a bunch of veterans whose window of opportunity was closing. These guys, however, are young and don't seem to give a crap about the last pitch, let alone the last game. If the Red Sox win the next two games, it'll be because they play better, not because the Rays are "devastated," IMO.

I agree with this 100% (am I cool again?)

I disagree with the notion that the Yankees will be back next year. They have major problems behind the plate, at first base, in the starting rotation and bullpen. They really dont have many impact minor leaguers ready to contribute and are tied up with huge contracts to guys that cant go anywhere. Plus they are an old team with many guys in decline or coming off of career years. Mussina and Pettite are on year older and though Mussina was very effective this year he is one season removed for being pretty useless and the probability of him regressing is huge. Hughes will probably be a contributor next year and I'm sure they will add at least one free agent pitcher. I have no idea what Chamberlain will do (start or relief) but he did have some arm troubles and there is no guarantee he can pitch a normal starters innings without trouble. Kennedy has issues and was terrible as is Rasner and Ponson. Wang will be back and he is solid but the rest of the rotation is shaky. The bullpen is a mess with the exception of Rivera (unless Joba is the 8th inning guy) Bruney is another health issue guy whose season may have been a mirage and Ramirez showed promise but still walks a lot of guys. Forget the rest.

ARod was hurt and not quite as good as usual though he has a really high standard to live up to. (Not making any assumptions here but will the steroid policy mean that players will go back to aging normally as opposed to the last 10 years where guys played at high levels well past the usual slipping point???)
Jeter had a off year for him and his range is not getting any better at SS. Cano was a big disappointment and supposedly they are looking to move him. Giambi is a FA and though he had a pretty solid year with the power numbers he really should be a DH and with Posada and Matsui and Damon all aging and providing less than stellar defense he is forced to play the field. The Yankees outfield is old and crowded. If they bring back Abreu to play right, they still have big problems with Damon in CF and Matsui in LF. That is a horrific and old OF. Melky was awful and I doubt he gets another shot at CF unless there are injuries which there surely will be with a bunch of mid 30's guys. There is no reason to believe that Matsui and Damon wont regress and it would be considered an upset if Damon repeated his year last year. I know Matsui was hurt but he is really not a great player, he hits for decent average, he has a bit of power, he walks a fair amount, he is not fast, his defense is not great and he is a 35 year old coming off knee surgery. the catcher position is sketchy because Posada obviously cant play 145 games a year there and Molina is SO bad at the plate that it really hurts the team to let him start more than 2 games a month. I'm not sure what they do with Nady but he is also coming off a career year and probably wont repeat that especially when there is no available spot unless they dont resign Abreu. He would be a big drop off from BA.

They are not a good defensive team, they dont have much speed, they really dont have a lot of power, and they are old (outside of Cano no starter in 20's)
Add in the fact that they play in the same division with Tampa and Boston, neither of which figures to slip much and Toronto which has the best pitching staff in the league and a bunch of young players that are most likely going to get better and it looks like a tough task. Assuming they make a splash in the FA pool, things will change but they really need change in areas where it is really hard to find it.

Congrats Red Sox
 

The Rays have no shot over the next two nights. The Sox experience and ability to come from behind will blow away the Rays. I'm quite sure the Rays are paralyzed over the comeback of the Sox on Thursday night. They are ruined mentally and will cave over the next two nights.

Congrats Sox. Good luck vs. the Phillies in the WS.

Tampa beats em tonight.

Very nice but can it work 2 games in a row?

You cant Re-mush a re-mush.
Nice try though;)

The odds of a team going to the World Series in back to back years are very tough to overcome. I wish the Rays good luck in the Series. GO AMERICAN LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Final Score:

Boston: 4
Tampa Bay: 6

Overt reverse mush attempt :rolleyes:

Final score:

Boston 1,000,000
Tampa Bay 0

Book it.

You dont think Tampa will score at all?

Where the hell is the game?

I don't know, but these bloopers are funny.

it isnt a rain delay...

The least TBS could do is scroll something across the bottom of the screen to explain.

Damn Cedric the Entertainer is funny.

WTF is going on TBS?

You know something is really screwed up when they havent shown a FrankTV ad in a while

The ****IN RETARDS are all over.

MLB trying to boost those PPV sales online!!

No head on replay of Coco Crisp being picked off first.....RETARDS.

:tro:

Now I have to listen to Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, a fate worse than death.

Shields K's Ortiz to end the Top of the 1st.

Someone call 31lengths and tell him to plug that cable back in that he tripped over.

Would someone please tell me, seriously, why the game isn't on?

tech difficulties from TBS

Thank you.

Pretty f'n lame.

Upton is un-****ing-believable.

Finally healthy.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index...osmlb_tbamlb_1

better than nothing

finally back

Back on.

Very important that Beckett somehow get a shut down inning here if he is to make this competitive......1 down first pitch swing (thank you )

Can someone explain to me how you don't walk Youkilis to load the bases, and then play the infield back?

Kotsay has a chance to be a hero here.....even a walk would be huge!!

Not a major victory but now it's about another shut down inning after taking a lead.....

Can't believe Gross is still playing, even after Baldelli hit a home run in the only game he played.

Very weird.

Cousins is squeezing Shields but not so with Beckett.

Weirder.