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Sunday, April 17, 2011
How much is a win worth? 5 million dollars? That is a lot of free meatloaf!
The small-market Tampa Bay Rays have become renowned within baseball circles for seeking advantages in unlikely places and exploiting them to their benefit.
They’re really not kidding with that approach, either. On Friday afternoon, manager Joe Maddon allowed those who attended Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce luncheon to pick the Rays’ lineup for the game against the Minnesota Twins later that night.
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Posted: April 17, 2011 at 04:25 PM | 11 comment(s)
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1. The District Attorney Posted: April 17, 2011 at 04:56 PM (#3800289)Fuld lf, Damon dh, Joyce rf, F. Lopez 3b, B. Upton cf, S. Rodriguez 2b, D. Johnson 1b, Shoppach c, Brignac ss
Pretty good, really. I would have played Zobrist at 2B (and probably hit him cleanup!), and Jaso at C. I don't really believe in Fuld, but since he is the only guy on the team hitting, I guess you play him. It's a tough team to make a lineup for.
I'd probably single out phenom SS Greg Koabel.
Source: http://www.seamheads.com/2009/02/27/grandstand-managers-day/
Vin Scully tells a story where Walt Alston let him manage, from the booth, for an inning on the last day of the season, the pennant having been clinched the night before. Scully's voice could famously be heard throughout Dodger Stadium on the transistor radios. Ron Fairly, who had celebrated a bit too much and hadn't expected to play, was forced into action and drew a walk. "He didn't walk to first base, he sloshed." Scully had Alston give Fairly the steal sign and told the fans to watch for Fairly's double-take. Fairly went on several pitches in a row that were fouled off. The guy was just dying. Finally he goes, they throw down, and the infielder drops the ball. Safe. Scully says, "OK, Walter, I got you this far, you're on your own now."
It's a great story, except I can't find a game that matches the circumstances.
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