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 (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
Really good Garza: Rays starter Matt Garza has been exceptional against the Jays this season, going 2-1 with an 0.39 ERA, allowing one earned run in 231/3 innings.
Young David: Jays starter David Purcey, a first-round pick in 2004, has gone 2-3, 5.33 in five starts since joining the rotation in late July. He hasn't faced the Rays.
On deck
Thursday: vs. Blue Jays, 7:10, FSN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (10-8, 3.93); Jays — RHP Jesse Litsch (9-7, 4.01)
Friday: vs. Orioles, 7:10, FSN. Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.27); Orioles — RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-10, 3.28)
Quote of the day
"If we had instant replay, I'd have one more home run.''
OF Eric Hinske, supporting the current plan and recalling a ball he hit several seasons ago that he said was incorrectly called a double.
Number of the day
67 Fair balls in 11 seasons that hit the C- and D-ring catwalks and were called home runs; these could now be subject to instant replay review.
Magic number
29
Number of Tampa Bay wins and Boston losses for Rays to win AL East.
[Last modified: Aug 27, 2008 07:13 AM]
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