Bald move of the day
More than 20 players, including mop-topped James Shields, Matt Moore, Sam Fuld and Matt Joyce, have signed up to join manager Joe Maddon in having their heads shaved Thursday, benefiting pediatric cancer. (See pcfcutforacure.org or text CUT to 50555 to donate $10). Maddon he was looking forward to it: "Who knows? I may actually embrace it for the future. And I'll just paint the top of my head black or brown or something."
Quote of the day
"It's like Demi Moore in 'GI Jane' (right) — if you're good-looking, you're good-looking. Those of us who are not, we have something to be concerned with."
Manager Joe Maddon, on the residuals of Thursday's head-shaving
For every action …
With so many players shaving their heads, manager Joe Maddon said they may hold hat-less workouts the next few days so the players can apply heavy sunblock to get "acclimated" to their new look. On the other hand, having more players with less hair should decrease the potential for additional toweling off injuries. "Less friction for the towel to grab on to," he said.
Who is this Ray?
He was high school teammates with Jeff Niemann, then played collegiately at William and Mary. He got his first big-league hit at the Trop. He was in Detroit's 2011 opening-day lineup.
The dish
Rays at Orioles
When/where: 1:05 today; Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota
Tickets: $10-45, available through orioles.com and at stadium
Rays information: Toll-free 1-888-326-7297 (FAN-RAYS)
Pitchers: Rays — David Price, Matt Moore, Burke Badenhop, Wilking Rodriguez, Albert Suarez, Ryan Reid; O's — Jason Hammel, Brad Bergesen, Troy Patton, Matt Lindstrom
Heads-up
3B Evan Longoria, 1B Carlos Peña, OF Matt Joyce and C Jose Molina are among the name players on the travel squad.
On deck
Wednesday: vs. Marlins, 1:05. Rays — Jeremy Hellickson; Marlins — Anibal Sanchez
Thursday: vs. Phillies, 1:05. Rays — Wade Davis; Phillies — TBA
Friday: at Blue Jays, 1:05. Rays — Jeff Niemann; Jays — TBA
Upcoming schedule
All games 1:05 unless noted
March
17: at Pirates
18: Red Sox
19: Off
20: at Marlins
21: Yankees
22: at Pirates
23: Jays (7:05)
24: at Twins (3:05)
25: Marlins
26: at Twins
27: at Red Sox (1:35)
28: Pirates (7:05)
29: at Phillies
30: at Pirates
31: Red Sox
April
1: at Orioles
2: Twins*
3: at Twins
4: vs. Future Rays, 1:40 , at Trop
* Value game, $2 off
Who is this answer
INF Will Rhymes
Marc Topkin, Times staff writer
Twins 2, Rays 1 (10)
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Revere cf 3 0 1 0 Jennings lf 3 0 2 1
Mstrianni cf 2 0 1 0 Feliciano cf 1 0 0 0
B.Dozier ss 4 0 2 0 B.Upton cf 2 0 0 0
Mauer dh 2 0 0 0 B.Coon rf 1 0 1 0
D.Rams ph 2 0 0 0 Zobrist rf 3 0 0 0
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Bates 1b 1 0 0 0 Joyce dh 2 0 1 0
Doumit c 3 0 0 0 H.Lee ph-dh 2 0 0 0
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Plouffe lf 4 0 0 0 Rhymes pr 3 0 0 0
Burroughs 3b 2 0 1 0 E.Johnson ss 3 0 0 0
R.Chang pr 1 0 0 0 H.Wrigley 3b 1 0 1 0
L.Hughes 2b 4 2 2 1 Mangini 1b 2 0 0 0
Tosoni rf 2 0 0 0 Beckham ss 2 0 0 0
O.Arcia rf 1 0 1 0 Gimenez 3b 2 0 1 0
S.Vogt c 2 0 1 0
Lobaton c 2 1 1 0
Anderson 1b 2 0 0 0
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Minnesota 000 010 000 1— 2
Tampa Bay 001 000 000 0— 1
E—Farnsworth (1), Lobaton (1). DP—Minnesota 3. LOB—Minnesota 7, Tampa Bay 10. 2B—Lobaton (1). 3B—B.Dozier (1). HR—L.Hughes (1). SB—Revere (2). CS—B.Coon (2), Joyce 2 (2).
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Pavano 4 4 1 1 1 3
Perkins 1 2 0 0 1 1
Dumatrait 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bulger 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hendriks 1 2 0 0 0 0
T.Robertson W,1-0 1 2 0 0 0 1
D.Thompson S,1-1 1 0 0 0 2 1
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C.Ramos 1 0 0 0 0 0
Augenstein 1 0 0 0 1 0
M.Bush 2 0 0 0 1 2
A.Suarez L,0-2 1 3 1 1 0 1
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