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.
LHP Chris Waters (2-1, 4.71) 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.
Promotions: James Shields figurine to first 10,000 fans. Postgame concert by Bradenton's We the Kings.
Watch for
Dandy Andy: Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine will try to tie the club record for wins in a season (14), set by Rolando Arrojo in 1998. In his last five starts, Sonnanstine is 3-0 with a 3.48 ERA. Against the Orioles, Sonnanstine is 2-2 with a 5.70 ERA.
Rookie steps in: Orioles rookie LHP Chris Waters takes the place of RHP Daniel Cabrera (suspended by MLB for throwing at Alex Rodriguez). Waters has won just once since his dazzling debut (eight innings of one-hit ball against the Angels on Aug. 5).
On deck
Sunday: vs. Orioles, 1:40, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP James Shields (11-8, 3.75); Orioles — LHP Brian Burres (7-8, 5.79)
Monday: Off
Tuesday: vs. Yankees, 7:10, Ch. 66. Rays — RHP Matt Garza (11-7, 3.53); Yankees — TBA
Wednesday: vs. Yankees, 7:10, ESPN. Rays — RHP Edwin Jackson (11-8, 3.81); Yankees — TBA
Rays all-time home run leaders
Aubrey Huff 128
Fred McGriff 99
Carlos Pena 73
Carl Crawford 70
Jonny Gomes 66
Greg Vaughn 60
Rocco Baldelli 50
Jorge Cantu44
Toby Hall 44
Jose Canseco 43
Travis Lee 42
Julio Lugo 40
Ty Wigginton 40
Steve Cox 39
B.J. Upton 37
John Flaherty 35
Ben Greive 34
Number of the day I
31-20 Rays record against AL East opponents, best among their division mates. Number of the day II
12-5 Rays record in recent stretch without Carl Crawford, Evan Longoria and Troy Percival, who are all on the disabled list.
Magic number
25
The combination of Tampa Bay wins and Boston losses for the Rays to win the AL East.
Quote of the day
"This is Fox eve."
LHP J.P. Howell, right, joking Friday in anticipation of his introducing the Rays starting lineup on today's Fox broadcast
[Last modified: Aug 31, 2008 06:38 PM]
Comments on this article
by bigbbfan
Aug 31, 2008 6:38 PM
This isn't for the blog. I just thought you out to know that you spelled Andy's last name as "Sonnan-stine".
by Tim
Aug 30, 2008 2:38 PM
Back-to-back Saturday Game of the Week .. Very nice .. Let's get another win ...
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