July 2011
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“Watching Rivera remains one of the unspoiled pleasures left in big-time sports....”
– Writer Roger Lowenstein in Bloomberg Businessweek, discussing Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees (in the June 13-19 issue).
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marc-andrepatricebergeron replied to your post: Rays.
Bunt wouldn’t have worked unless it was absolutely perfect but they definitely need to work on what pitches to take, and what to swing at. Poor play when it counted, which seems to be the norm as of late.
Yes, it’s extremely frustrating. Those called third strike pitches to Sam and Elliot were too close to take. Although, side note,...
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Rays.
Really? Really? Blown save. Then bases loaded with 0 outs in the 10th and you, once again, can’t get one run across? Not even a sac fly? How many times has that happened this year? Because it feels like a million.
Also, Brandon Gomes gave up the lead-off single and the walk-off on only 2 pitches. Two.
This type of play is just unacceptable, and that was only the 9th & 10th innings.
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“I’ll quit.”
– Rays pitcher David Price, when asked on Twitter what he would do if his buddy James Shields got traded from Tampa. Price already went through the devastating loss of friend Matt Garza in the off-season. :(
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