Tampa Bay Rays @ Minnesota Twins GameThread, Apr 17, 2008 8:10 PM EDT

Game 16: Rays @ Twins

by Jesse on Apr 17, 2008 5:10 PM EDT in Game Threads Comment 13 comments

Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins, Apr 17, 2008 8:10 PM EDT

Josh Hammel VS Boof Bonser

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Jason Hammel	0-1	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.0	13	6	6	1	2	8	4.15	1.15

	W-L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
2008 - Boof Bonser	1-2	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	19	7	6	1	2	12	2.84	1.11

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GO TWINS!

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by Andersklasen on Apr 17, 2008 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Lineups

Tampa Bay

Iwamura
Crawford
Upton
Pena
Longoria
Hinske
Gomes
DiFelice
Bartlett

Minnesota

Gomez
Tolbert
Mauer
Morneau
Young
Kubel
Harris
Lamp
Snap

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by Andersklasen on Apr 17, 2008 6:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Snap

I like it. Then every time he surprises everyone by getting on base we can say, “Oh, Snap!”

Heh.

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by ravenfly on Apr 17, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Obligatory Anchorman Reference

I love Lamp.

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by BeefMaster on Apr 18, 2008 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol...

My bad…

But I do think that Snap is a better name for him that Span.

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by Andersklasen on Apr 17, 2008 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fun with names

EzGom
Terbolt
Remau
Namerou
Gouny
Bluke
Rashir
Blam
Snap

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by cmathewson on Apr 17, 2008 7:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

The game really needs to get underway I can see. :)

Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?

by halfchest on Apr 17, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And the Pitcher

And the pitcher, Boof.

I think that’s silly enough already.

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
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by AdamOnFirst on Apr 17, 2008 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know we all know this

But seriously, every time I see Gomez I can’t help but marvel at how incredibly, freakily fast he is. Bartlett would’ve had no chance to get him on that roller to 2nd even if he had hung onto the ball, and he actually made a decent play out of his sharp grounder to Longoria in the first.

Gomez is undoubtedly my favorite part of watching the team right now. Just need to get on base a little more ;)

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by ravenfly on Apr 17, 2008 8:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ug

Ug, no good for Boof.

by AdamOnFirst on Apr 17, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pitching

The pitching from Livan, Baker and Blacky have been much better than expected. Everyone in the relief corps has sucked major wind, except for the closer. Is it me or does every time a reliever from the Twins enters the game the first batter delivers multiple RBI?

Has it been mechanical or mental?

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by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on Apr 18, 2008 1:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Boo for Boof

I have to say, I also expected a little more from Boof at this stage—not miracles, but a bit better than what we’ve seen so far.

by Skippy tastes better than Jiff on Apr 18, 2008 1:29 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He was really good until last night

He had three quality starts in three tries going into last nights game. Some games, guys just don’t have it. Last night, he didn’t have a curve ball, which is his best pitch. He’s very ordinary without a curve ball.

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by cmathewson on Apr 18, 2008 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs