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?
Friday Night Rewind It doesn't matter which team you cheer for. We've got video previews of every high school football program in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando County.
Rays tickets: $9-$210, available at Tropicana Field box office (no service charge), by phone (1-888-326-7297), 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
Good Garza: Rays starter Matt Garza, who flirted with a no-hitter in his last start (a two-hitter of Texas), boasts two shutouts in his past four starts. At home, the right-hander is 6-2 with a 2.47 ERA.
Weaver time: Angels starter Jered Weaver has fared well against the Rays, including a win this season when he gave up just one run in eight innings. In his career, Weaver is 2-0, 1.93 vs. Tampa Bay.
Tough matchups: LF Eric Hinske is 1-for-7 against Weaver, and SS Jason Bartlett is 1-for-8.
On deck
Thursday: Off
Friday: at White Sox, 8:10, FSN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (9-8, 3.97); White Sox — LHP John Danks (10-5, 3.11)
Saturday: at White Sox, 3:55, FOX. Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.21); White Sox — RHP Javier Vazquez (10-10, 4.34)
Sunday: at White Sox, 2:05, Ch. 66/TBS. Rays — RHP Andy Sonnanstine (13-6, 4.37); White Sox — LHP Mark Buehrle (11-10, 3.91)
Quote of the day 1
"I like The Office, I like Curb Your Enthusiasm, but when it comes down to live events, it drives me nuts."
Manager Joe Maddon on how tough it was watching the drama of Tuesday's game unfold from a clubhouse TV after getting ejected in the sixth
Quote of the day 2
"It was one of the best throws I've ever seen. … He pretty much painted the corner on it."
RHP James Shields on B.J Upton throwing out Torii Hunter at the plate in the second (without a hop)
Magic number
33
Number of Tampa Bay wins and Boston losses for Rays to win AL East.
Number of the day
5 Of Manager Joe Maddon's nine career ejections have come against the Angels, his former team.
[Last modified: Aug 20, 2008 04:19 PM]
Comments on this article
by John
Aug 20, 2008 4:19 PM
Why isn't Baldelli pinch hitting against a lefty late in the game? Have I missed something routing for the Rays here in WNC?
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