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In Central Northwest Florida tonight...

Rangers @ Rays, 5 PM First Pitch

Cliff Lee Vs. David Price

Former Athletics coach Ron Washington faces off against former Angels coach Joe Maddon one last time.

The Winner of tonight's game will host the Wild Card New York Yankees in a few days for a best of seven contest to determine the winner of the American League Pennant.

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Lets Go Rays!
Here's to Cliff Lee's arm falling off.

Go Rays!

I hope the Yanks spend 120 Million on him

And have him become a complete bust

I hope we sign him.

  Cliff Lee is a far superior postseason pitcher to any that we have.

We would have a sick rotation and no offense to score runs for it.
I've got a great idea, I read on MLB trade rumours that seattle would be interested in swapping bad contracts,

   so, we give them Kazmir, we get our leadoff hitter/3B back.

That would be.....Awesome!

We can throw Wood in there as well…

Figgy

moving forward, I would wager that WOOD has a more productive next four seasons than Figgy.

No way.

   We bring Figgy back and he solves TWO of our problems. Hey, just think of it like this: if you had to run Lookout Landing, your writing skills would drop off too!

.340 OBP solves nothing.
That's my point. He had a bad year in Seattle.

   He comes home and .360-.380 is where it will be, which of course is far better than our sorry ‘leadoff hitter’.
   So if not, then what do you think we should do about leadoff/3B?

Go Rays!

Send Lee’s team off a Cliff.

I never thought I would get this amped up about a non-Angels game
lol omg really?
For both of these teams its probably their last go for a good number of years

They both have, according to scouts, “stacked minor league systems” but I just don’t see the Rays competing against the Red Sox or Yankees and I don’t think the Rangers will be able withstand the offseason wrath of Moreno. Have fun while it lasts.

Thank you for informing us that breaking pitches are slower than fastballs
Hey he is just trying to cater to the under 8 years old crowd

That hasn’t learned the game yet

Daddy, What's a fastball?
Okay, time to score runs Rays
1st inning: Elvis Andrus 1, Kelly Shoppach/David Price 0
Nice DP, Price seems less nervous than the first game.
runzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

jazz fingers

Safety Dance!
these guys love to say cliff lee
They'll probably name their children Cliff Lee just so they have more chances to say Cliff Lee
2nd inning: Cliff Lee.
85% sure

this game is already over.

cliff lee

This is what we all hoped Aybar could be.

  But so far Andrus is way better.

Wow, Bengie just stole a base
lol, Bengie gets a SB.!!!
omg antlers omg muck bartiness antlers in his pantlers
Wow Rays

Molina could have been thrown out by a mile

Shoppach is sucking this game. Not-Premium.
lol at these ass clowns talking about antlers

sickening

so freaking lame TBS please fire Uncle Suck Martinez he's awful
That was Bengie Molina's 4th career SB

He had two with the Angels and one with the Blue Jays

Andrus needs to move his bitchass out the way after striking out

bitchmade move

bitchmade

leads to bitchass

Shoppach still had pleanty of time to move a step then throw

Molina wasn’t even half way by the time Shoppach gave up on the play.

rangers will be the greatest team ever

to not make it to the world series according to this crew

I hate TBS doing the Postseason
Unfortunately

The other network that carries postseason is Fox…

NBC Needs to step their game up then damn!!!

Aint like they have much sports coverage anyways

Ron Washington is channelinghis inner Scioscia...

…by letting the players run free on the bases. And it’s working…

it would work for us too
if the opponent catcher would not throw the ball to 2nd.

I also think teams now expect it from the Angels...

…but not as much from the Rangers. Price had his back to Andrus in the 1st inning. That probably wouldn’t happen any longer with the Angels. The teams in the league expect crazy-aggressive base-running from us and play accordingly.

too bad they didnt use the "like a boss" skit
Come on Sean, don't strike out
Oh yeah

Sean Rodriguez Superstar!

cliff lee can cut your hedges

trim your rosebush
do lines with hamilton

he’s got the whole package

oh wait, he cant field his position

danger danger

Washington looks ready to snort a few chalk lines...
I fully expect the play-by-play team

To nominate Lee for sainthood by the end of the game

Lee's control is impressive...hitting corners.
retard hands

nice throw you crack smoking piece of shit

Damn tell us how you really feel lol
Hamiltons throw was worse than anything Torii coulda thrown lol
Ha Ha. Thank you.
That throw, letting the runners advance an extra base

Could come back to cost the Rangers this game.

that overhead angle is cool
squeeze maddon

channel your uncle soth

Nice bad throw Hammy!
OK, Is C.C. really worth 100 mil.??? we shall soon see.
Buck Martinez is his usual un-comprehensible self.
3 run jimmy jack gets you money playa

do yo thang CC

I like the overhead camera
Good job Crawford
So not clutch

smdh DO NOT WANT!!!

bartlett pretending he didnt get tagged

very bitchmade

Crawford will fit right in I see...

No thanks

3rd inning: Molina SB 0, Doinkers 1
That was poor location
Shoppach sucks
nice throw shoppach

here’s an idea, yank the shitty catcher already

Mathis!!!!
So sad, but...you're right.
What I say? Shoppach is super sucking. TAKE HIM OUT.
What I say? Shoppach is super sucking. TAKE HIM OUT.
Both runs directly/indirectly scored because of a non-=premium catcher.

    Hey I got another good idea, Let’s trade the Ray’s Mathis! They obviously need a Premium catcher.

Preperation Prevents Poor Performance

Says Bobby Valentine…

The 4P’s. Hope Mathis (et al) is taking notes.

Shoppach is terrible

What a choker.

More runs please Rays
I thought Jeff Mathis was getting a head start on deer season this October

Seriously, Shoppach? Bengie Molina stealing without a throw and now this?

Mathis does live in Florida in the offseason....
As stuck in romania noted above, Mathis-esque.
C.C. will do good

In a non-domed environment. That fresh outside oxygen will revitalize him. And going from 15,000 to 40,000 fans a night will refresh him as well….just saying

Don't agree with that logic as factual evidence.
4th inning: Shoppach error 1, K K K 0
Damn Clifford is in Beast Mode
* Clifton
Good lord

It is an endless Ranger love fest with these guys

Yep, it's really annoying
Okay, I didn't have much luck before, so I'll try something new:

No matter what you do Rays, don’t score runs!

Redeem yourself Shoppach
And Cliff Lee is on a roll now. Great.
JUST PROPOSE TO LEE ALREADY AND SHUT UP
Are gay weddings allowed in Florida?
Cliff Lee is well aware how closely the Yankees are watching this game...
5th inning: Andrus > Aybar 0, Shoppach still sucks 0
Ron Washington thinks Guerrero is his best base runner?

I think you could make an insanity plea stick with that evidence.

Well his aggression paid off this time
Did you just miss that 1/2 inning?

  Really Sub, the evidence is overwhelming, as in another run scored by great baserunning.

The fact that it worked that time doesn't change the fact that Vlad isn't a very good baserunner overall
Hey when it counts the most, he just schooled the Rays.
I just saw it a minute ago

Looked like Kinsler and Guerrero were both out anyways.

Like Torii is our best baserunner.
Just goes to show

what drugs will do to you..

If the Rays lose
I blame it on their catcher who seems to be taking notes from Mathis. Let’s trade Mathis to the Rays for Longoria.

Wow that was bs

Kinsler was definitely out

Yep, sure looked like it to me
What happened in the top of the 1st that let Andrus score?
Still no excuse for Shoppach being out of position.

He’s the Conrad of the AL right now.

Yep, I think he was watching the play at 1st instead of paying attention to Vlad.

didn’t the Rays
have another catcher?

Don't forget Price

he was celebrating the out instead of paying attention

the Rangers
are just sending every guy to aggressively run bases knowing Shoppach sucks. Shoppach might’ve had Andrus in the 1st, definitely Bengie, and this play?

I was in class

I just started watching

Heaven Yah! Vlad steals a run!!! Matsui is Vlad's bag boy.

  Price you should quit whining and pay attention! If they lose it will be square on Price and Shoppach.

For some reason
Price reminds me of Kazmir long ago.

Price looks a tad retarded.
Boooooooooooooooo
Vlad is getting it done!
They were both out.
Vlad was safe

from what I saw, the tag missed him

That looked like a double blown call to me
Does Shoppach always catch Price?
He should be DFA'd immediately after this game
I thought Ed Balfour was a goalie in hockey eh
6th inning: Vlad is still the man 1, Crawford is not worth 100 mil 0
what that means is

1. Matsui stat geeks will point out that the Angels were wise to let Vlad go.
2. The Angels will go out and get Crawford.

I seem to remember Matsui having a pretty good postseason last year

So what’s your point?

Point is after this game
the Angels will trade Trout, Kendry, Weaver, Bourjos, Haren, Walden, Reckling for Shoppach

I hope not

but.. but
didn’t you see his Mathisesque plays?

a perfect fit for Scioscia
Hmmmmmmm.....just like I predicted.

I would think that you must have a productive regular season to get to the post-season.

And exactly where is Matsui now?

Same place Guerrero would be if the Angels had kept him
All things being equal

I’ll bet you to a man, that the majority of Angels fans would rather have Vlad than Crapsui.

that also means Vlad had a bounce back year
Sure

But retaining Guerrero would not have changed the outcome of the Angels’ season. They wouldn’t be in the playoffs with even Prince Fielder at DH.

True, but the point of letting Vlad go

and replacing him with Crapsui, means that the replacement player was brought in to upgrade and make the fans forget about letting Vlad go, that way the F.O. doesn’t look like idiots and the fans are happy. That Obviously Didn’t Happen.

If Matsui outplayed Vlad this year

nobody would care about letting Vlad go.

yea
Vlad outplayed Matsui by all of .1 wins. Too bad we lost the division by .1 games as well.

still doesn't make the Angels look wise right now.

that
Matsui didn’t have 04 Vlad numbers?

Vlad is cooler than Matsui

end of discussion. hahahaha

Still can't predict 2010 in 2009
*sigh*

maybe next year.

I agree that Crawford isn't worth 100 million, but deciding that based on a handful of postseason ABs is kind of silly
That's funny, because people were hot to get rid of Figgy due to a couple post season AB's.
That wasn't a few at bats - he was like 2 for 32
oh, so that is the cutoff? 32 AB's?

  thanks, I didn’t know that.

No, but just making the point it wasn't a "couple" at bats
Rays appear to be circling the drain
hey y'all

these announcers and the texas love are killing me.

Imma die if they keep saying what a fabulous base runner Guerrero is.

he is
he’s such a good baserunner he distracted Price and Shoppach.

that was some fabulous baserunning.. reminded me of Willits.
he has wheels, you know.

I thought they were down to rims, but hey, Buck Martinez said he’s fabulous, so…

But... but.. but

Cliff Lee!

Okay B J not Let's Go Rays!
Come on Big Aybar
Stolen base!
Yessss

nice steal BJ

Damn

Lee is nasty…..come on Kelly make up for your shit

Hey it runs in the family
Now would be a good time for Shoppach to live up to his reputation as a lefty killer.
Jeezus Maddon??? Pinch hit for him or what??
Boo Birds are definitely out
Come on Sean, do something

When did
Mathis start wearing blue?

7th inning: Rays bullpen effective 0, BOTG=Shoppach 0
I want to punch Shoppach in the face
Oh come on Sean
Living up to the K-Rod nickname.
swinging the bat

baseball

Lee is at triple digits

8th inning has got to be it for the Rays

Someone should check to see if Cliff Lee's fishing license is valid in Florida.
If the Rangers hold on, I'm not sure who I'm going to root for in the ALCS.

Root for
the Rangers to lose.

Just root that it won't be Phillies/Yankees for the second year in a row
Root for the Rangers

they are more likely to lose to the Phillies

I don’t get how
the Rangers will be able to get all those close calls to go their way though. They probably want to eliminate Tampa first cause Tampa’s better.

yah this AL post season sure is sucking.
The whole postseason is

if the Rays lose, the Phillies will be the only team that I was rooting for that advanced

me too, and the only reason i was rooting for them is because

   i know a real asshole who is a red’s fan.

Tampon Bay is circling the drain
Hi Dono.

I’ve missed your classy commentary.

Vladdy Vladdy Vladdy
There's the Vladdy I remember

from last year

zactly

actually reminds me of Crapsui this year

Dead horse
is gonna get a beatin'
Thanks for reminding me

why I left this site

really? the one who hit .378 in the postseason?

  That’s the Vlad I remember, the one who got the game winning hit that sent Papeldouche and the Sux packing.

Wow

A pitch in the dirt and Vlad didn’t swing

Now that's the Vlad we've come to know
A come backer to Lee's crotch is the Rays only hope now in this game.
that

would be a crotch rocket

a come backer to Matsui's crotch would be

a rice rocket

Small Sample Size Alert: Batters bat .351 against Lee after 100 pitches
oh now I'm excited...
here comes our future Halo
much wiser to invest that money in Cliff Lee.
Hunter will hit up Crawford tomorrow..

Hunter: Yo CC!
CC: ?
Hunter: California Loooovvveee!!

Crawford's final AB as a Ray
Now for at least 1500 as a Halo
much rather have 150 + Cliff Lee starts.
We need more offense/defense

Not pitching

Have you not been paying attention?

  When Cliff Lee starts, you only need 2 runs.

Our team doesn't score 2 runs a game...
So then we can watch 3 different pitchers lose games 1-0 every other start
So we can watch Crawford go 3-21?
8th inning: Vlad does hit into DP's 0, Lee is too dominate 0

  Oh, btw, the top 2 all time (career for each league) who GiDP? Cal Ripken and Hank Aaron.

Soriano!!!! Please move to Anaheim!
Arm wrapped

Looks like Lee is coming back for the 9th

And game definitely over now
The Rays have officially been flushed away.
Have I ever said before?

how much I despise Kinsler

Good last inning as a Ray for Soriano
and it's all because of VLAD
His .616 OPS in the playoffs is what won this series?
it's Vlad's mystique and aura
Then we don't have to worry about the Rangers getting to the world series
I thought it was his mother's cooking.
No

It is his lightning fast baserunning

The Rangers

ARE the biggest douches…I mean I hate the Yankees, but atleast they’re professional in douchiness…

why, they are happy they might win their first ps series ever?
This Ranger team is pretty cocky....

It comes off as classless…..

They still have to face the

Yankees umpiring.

that's what you need to beat the Skankies
I want the Yankees and Rangers to both lose the ALCS somehow. Just make whoever wins the NLCS the World Series champions for all I care.
There should

just be a huge ass players strike.

No. Been there, never want to do that again.
F bomb time

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

Remember when Cliff Lee sucked?
9th inning: Kinsler>Kendrick 2, CLIFF LEE CG 0

  WOW! Rays lost this one with poor catching and awareness, Lee dominates.

Vladdy flies Flags
Good luck against the Skanks ye Rangers.

   Please beat them. GL VLAD!!!! and D.O. and DOD, and Bengie!!!

Dear Rangers,

please sign Lee, so he doesn’t become a Yankee.

Rangers vs Giants WS, please.

I rather see Lee go to the Yankees than stay with the Rangers
it's not good either way :(
Ya, I would love to see someone like the Mets to sign him
What a wonderful world that'd be.
Ha Ha

Hamilton doesn’t get to party with his team.

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