The surrogate
It begins with a woman who yearns for a baby and another who is willing and able to give her one. You can imagine the motives of the prospective parents. But what about the woman willing to carry a baby, give birth and then walk away?
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"It's very weird. I don't even know how to explain how weird it is."
Cliff Floyd on Anthrocon, a convention of furries — people who dress like humanized animals — that will be in Pittsburgh this weekend. He's been to the city twice during the event with the Mets. Numberof the day
27 Rays runs in the series. Sweet 16
The Rays are the seventh team in modern history (since 1900) to get 16 or more games over .500 after finishing the previous season with the worst record in the majors.
The dish …
Tonight: Rays at Pirates
When/where: 7:05, PNC Park, Pittsburgh
TV/radio: Ch. 66; 1250-AM, 680-AM (Spanish)
Probable pitchers: Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (6-3, 2.03); Pirates — RHP Jimmy Barthmaier (0-0, 0.00)
Rays tickets: $9-210, available at Tropicana Field box office (no service charge), by phone (888-326-7297), all Ticketmaster outlets, and on raysbaseball.com; $2 surcharge for purchases within five hours of that day's game.
Rays info: 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)
Watch for
Jimmy jitters: Jimmy Barthmaier — a 6-foot-5, 240-pound, 24-year-old — will make his major-league debut; he hadn't pitched above Double A until last month and was 2-1, 2.84 at Triple-A Indianapolis.
Special K: Rays starter Scott Kazmir, winless in his last three starts, was last in Pittsburgh for the 2006 All-Star Game; before that was a June 2005 start in which he allowed a career-worst nine runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Scouting reports: Pirates Jason Bay and Xavier Nady are right-handed hitting outfielders the Rays could have trade interest in.
On deck
Saturday: at Pirates, 7:05, FSN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (4-6, 4.35); Pirates — RHP John Van Benschoten (0-2, 9.39)
Sunday: at Pirates, 1:35, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP Andy Sonnanstine (8-3, 4.85); Pirates — LHP Tom Gorzelanny (6-6, 6.43)
Monday: Red Sox, 7:10, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP James Shields (5-5, 3.76); Red Sox — RHP Justin Masterson (4-1, 3.43)
Tuesday: Red Sox, 7:10, FSN. Rays — RHP Matt Garza (6-4, 3.76); Red Sox — RHP Tim Wakefield (5-5, 3.88)
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Comments on this article
by Weird Is Cool
Jul 4, 2008 12:43 PM
What's so great about being normal, though? Yay, furries!
by David
Jun 27, 2008 6:52 PM
Oh yeah, we've got Shields, Garza and Kazmir on the hill for Boston? I'm excited.
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