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<hr style="color: rgb(253, 222, 130);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Rays should be favored to win this series now, not by much, but kicking dirt on the Red Sox grave is very pre-mature. This could well be a 7 game classic either way.
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-170 ain't much ?
SMITH: ....on the obnoxous fan meter, actually 5teamparlay and now you are working on a monopoly
SH: Strong company indeed. I can only hope that when I grow up that I'm as cool as 5TP
SMITH: I like the Rays team. Im sure they have many fine fans.
SH: That's not all they have.
Since their inception in 1998, they have as many AL East Division championships as do the Red Sox.
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SH: Strong company indeed. I can only hope that when I grow up that I'm as cool as 5TP
SMITH: I like the Rays team. Im sure they have many fine fans.
SH: That's not all they have.
Since their inception in 1998, they have as many AL East Division championships as do the Red Sox.
:aktion033
Yeah, but to be fair, you shouln'd take Wakefield's stats against TB from 2007 if you're not taking Sonnanstine's stats from that year because you claim they were 66-96 and this Rays team is much different/better
In 2008, Wakefield has had 3 outings vs. TB, all on the road
2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 2 K's, 0 BB, 3 HR
7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4 K's, 3 BB
6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 K's, 5 BB
Wakefield is a much better pitcher at home:
Home: 7-4 (team 10-4), 3.10 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 5.7 average run support
Road: 3-7 (team 5-11), 5.14 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 4.4 average run support
Sonnanstine's stats from 2007, against arguably same core of Bosox hitters:
5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 K's, 2 BB
3.1 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 K's, 1 BB
5.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 5 K's, 0 BB
6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 K's, 2 BB
Current Bosox lineup has only four players who were regulars through most of 2007 - Drew, Pedroia, Ortiz, Crisp
Ellsbury a very late call up and his more steady presence might provide some balance vs the frankly vanished Big Papi.
The respectable comebacks and notable performances by Sox came with Manny, healthy Big Papi and Mike Lowell. They also included a healthy Josh Beckett.
I'm admittedly as much a homer as Mr Smith is for Bosox....heh
Should be a lot of fun in these final two games (YEAH) of this five game series.
Always good to see interest in this East Coast series from way the hell out there in that NoCal
Sonnanstine was 23 yrs old and a rookie in 2007
Wakefield was 47
in 2007 and is even Older this year....The only reason I plucked the Sep 2007 start is that is as close to the current Rays offense as took the field last season.
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For fun, pull up some box scores from Rays from as recently as June/July 2007 and enjoy your smiles contrasting them with what you're seeing this past five months.
Iwamura, Pena, CC and Upton.....with a decent second half of season from Navarro
