To face Carlos Pena. Who hit a grand slam.

Why is Small Game James still in this game?

Waldman and Sterling basically guaranteed the grand slam was coming. To me, the scenario didn't make any sense just because it was Sean Rodriguez but because it was the first inning! That's senseless overmanaging.

Yesterday was the first I heard Lou Piniella do a game. I thought he was terrible and actively brought down the overall quality of the telecast. That is all.

WTH...the Rays either can't sell out an opener against the YANKEES...or everyone is getting Cuban sandwichs before sitting down.

It was a sell-out (well in advance), today's is as well.

I was just going by the vast empty seats in CF right before game time. It obviously filled up after with only a smattering of empty seats seen afterwards.

There should be a study done someday comparing crowd shots of different stadiums 'sell-outs'. It sure seems like Fenway* has more people in their seats at first pitch than other stadiums. But it might be memory bias.