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.
Watch for:
Hello, Rocco: With Sox LHP Mark Buehrle starting, Rocco Baldelli is expected to play. Baldelli is 3-for-7 lifetime against Buehrle.
Home, sweet home: Buehr-le has eight of his 11 wins and a 3.06 ERA at home. In two starts against the Rays on the road, he gave up eight earned runs in 13 innings.
On deck
Monday: Off
Tuesday: vs. Blue Jays, 7:10, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP James Shields (11-7, 3.68); Jays — RHP Roy Halladay (15-9, 2.68)
Wednesday: vs. Blue Jays, 7:10, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP Matt Garza (10-7, 3.71); Jays — TBA
Thursday: vs. Blue Jays, 7:10, FSN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (10-8, 3.93); Jays — LHP John Parrish (1-0, 4.05)
Quote of the day
"They're going to make Boston and New York spend a lot more money, believe me."
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on being impressed with the first-place Rays
Magic number
29
Number of Tampa Bay wins and Boston losses for Rays to win AL East.
Number of the day
7 Consecutive foul balls during Akinori Iwamura's marathon 13-pitch plate appearance in the eighth, which resulted in a bases-loaded walk.
[Last modified: Aug 25, 2008 03:28 PM]
Comments on this article
by 9equals8.com
Aug 25, 2008 3:28 PM
Typical Ozzie quote (and it is true!). It's unfortunate that baseball has this issue ($200+mm payrolls vs. $40mm payrolls), but it's reality. Rays fans, let's enjoy the ride!
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