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
Hot hand: Rays starter Edwin Jackson has won five of his past six starts, with a 2.86 ERA in that span. Against the Jays, Jackson is 1-3 with a 4.20 ERA (1-1, 4.15 ERA this season).
Home boy: Jays starter Jesse Litsch, a Pinellas Park product, has pitched well since getting recalled from Triple A on Aug. 14, tossing 13 straight scoreless innings over two starts. Litsch is 1-2 with a 3.86 ERA in five outings against the Rays.
On deck
Friday: vs. Orioles, 7:10, FSN. Rays — LHP Scott Kazmir (9-6, 3.27); Orioles — RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-10, 3.28)
Saturday: vs. Orioles, 3:55, Fox. Rays — RHP Andy Sonnanstine (13-6, 4.42); Orioles — RHP Daniel Cabrera (8-8, 5.24)
Sunday: vs. Orioles, 1:40, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP James Shields (11-8, 3.75); Orioles — LHP Chris Waters (2-1, 4.71)
Quote of the day
"Occasionally, (they'll) need a promotional tool, and that's me."
Cal Ripken on the Class A team his group purchased with the Rays. The Florida State League affiliate will be relocated from Vero Beach to Port Charlotte.
Number of the day
9 Strikeouts for Jays rookie LHP David Purcey in the first four innings, a career high; he finished with 11.
Magic number
28
Number of Tampa Bay wins and Boston losses for Rays to win AL East.
[Last modified: Aug 28, 2008 10:12 AM]
Comments on this article
by Ken
Aug 28, 2008 10:12 AM
That's right, Sue. This is one of the best stories in baseball and the folks around here are missing it. It's cheaper to take your family to a Rays game than the movies, so GET OUT TO THE TROP!!!!
by Sue
Aug 28, 2008 9:34 AM
Fans, where are you? Please read Romano's column in the Times today and wake up! We are in jeopardy of losing this franchise, unless we show better support for our 1st Place, AL East leaders by filling those empty seats at the Trop.They need us now!
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