Yes - I heard this on espn last night. Unfortunately even with Long out of lineup due to technicality, Tribe still couldn't win. And Ray's pitcher put one over the left field Tribe player to bring in a run if memory serves.
So I went to yesterdays game at Safeco. It's not our pitching that needs help, it's ss fielding (2 errors the last costing us the game) and too many LOB (no outs and based loaded u can't finish the inning wo a run). Lowell was amazing so have to give him some credit but the other 8 had a really bad offense and defensive day. Wasn't for lack of support - Mariners fans called it Fenway West all weekend. Sent from Larry's iPhone On May 18, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: > if I were a major league manager. Not out of strategy, just > carelessness. > > > Rays mistake sends pitcher to plate > > By ROGER MOONEY - [email protected] > ST. PETERSBURG — History was made during the bottom of the first inn > ing Sunday when a pitcher came to bat for the first time ever at Tro > picana Field. > Because of a mix-up on the Tampa Bay Rays lineup card, Rays starter > Andy Sonnanstine was forced to replace designated hitter Evan > Longoria and bat for himself. > > Apparently, the Rays lineup card handed to the umpires before the > game listed both Ben Zobrist and Longoria as the third baseman. > Longoria was supposed to be the designated hitter. > > Zobrist took the field for the top of the first inning, so he was in > the game. Since Longoria did not play, he was kept out of the lineup > and would still be eligible to play. > > So Sonnanstine came to bat in the bottom of the first with Carl > Crawford on first base. > > Sonnanstine, a .400 career hitter, received a standing ovation. > > He tried to bunt Crawford over to second, but bunted the ball too > hard and forced Crawford out at second. > > The last American League pitcher to begin a game with a position in > the batting order was Ken Brett of the White Sox on Sept. 23, 1976. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
