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Game 126 - Angels vs. Rays
By Jessica | August 20, 2008
Huh? They lost.
The Rays won the series, but lost the final game tonight. LA 5 - Tampa 4. A lot of blame could be thrown around, but basically the Rays didn’t play a very clean game so they got beat.
They seemed to have the momentum going their way after they tied it up in the 8th. I would have loved to have seen Rocco in to pinch hit there for Zobrist. Then again I’d always love to see Rocco over Benny so I’m not very objective. The crowd would have went nuts, but who knows how Rocco is really feeling.
Balfour came out after pitching a great 8th, to start the 9th. I’m sure this is because the game was tied, but I honestly don’t think he expected to go back out. I might be suffering from sleep deprivation but I think I saw him in the dugout in his sweatshirt just chillin with the guys. Doesn’t matter, but he did give up a lead-off walk.
Then Ruggiano missed a fly ball. Staats and Kalas seem to think he lost it in the lights. I think he made a bad decision and decided to let it drop instead of going for it. We all make bad decisions, but that one really blew. What would an announcer say? It changed the whole complexion of the game.
Funny how we can’t accept the losing now isn’t it. Let’s hope the Rays can get back to their winning ways in Chicago. Go Rays!!
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August 21st, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I hear ya Jessica. A year ago, we’d have been pumped about a close game against a great team. I didn’t read ‘em, but I bet all the back seat quarterbacks in Florida piled on with comments to the Time and Trib articles this morning. That’s where the uber-critics hang. And it’s obvious most of them haven’t been Rays fans very long