Haha! Poor Rays!

[kepdawg]

"We don't have anyone to throw out the ball for our first playoff game," Tampa Bay President Matt Silverman said. "MLB asked us who it'd be. We realized nobody in the history of the franchise had done anything to be worthy of the honor."

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303068_pf.html)

[Old Tiger]

lmao

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by kepdawg
"We don't have anyone to throw out the ball for our first playoff game," Tampa Bay President Matt Silverman said. "MLB asked us who it'd be. We realized nobody in the history of the franchise had done anything to be worthy of the honor."

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303068_pf.html)

that is funny!

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by kepdawg
"We don't have anyone to throw out the ball for our first playoff game," Tampa Bay President Matt Silverman said. "MLB asked us who it'd be. We realized nobody in the history of the franchise had done anything to be worthy of the honor."

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303068_pf.html)

How about the guy that got them there, Evan Longoria.;)

[Phil C]

What about someone from their Super Bowl Championship team?

[raider red 2000]

how bout pancho villa....he loves the dirt waterers :)

[GreenGobbla]

they should get fred mcgriff...didnt he do pretty good while playing for the rays

[JR2004]

Originally posted by GreenGobbla
they should get fred mcgriff...didnt he do pretty good while playing for the rays

The Crime Dog did alright, but nothing spectacular. I believe he had one 30/100 season for them out of the three full seasons he played there though.

[Pick6]

Get someone that helped get the team there.

[BreckTxLonghorn]

What about a fan that's had season tickets/ attended almost every game?? Considering how few people actually went until this year, I would assume there's only around 12 to choose from, and it definitely couldn't hurt to put them all out there. (Helps with ticket sales too).

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by BreckTxLonghorn
What about a fan that's had season tickets/ attended almost every game?? Considering how few people actually went until this year, I would assume there's only around 12 to choose from, and it definitely couldn't hurt to put them all out there. (Helps with ticket sales too).

They have that one fan who's infamously known as "The Heckler"...he'd be a good fit! He's only missed a couple of series in the last ten years and he's always heckling the opponents' players. He even got his son into the act a couple of years ago.

[Necks_Fan]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
They have that one fan who's infamously known as "The Heckler"...he'd be a good fit! He's only missed a couple of series in the last ten years and he's always heckling the opponents' players. He even got his son into the act a couple of years ago. LOL. They couldn't come up with anything cooler than "the Heckler"?


Lame.

[charlesrixey]

Originally posted by kepdawg
"We don't have anyone to throw out the ball for our first playoff game," Tampa Bay President Matt Silverman said. "MLB asked us who it'd be. We realized nobody in the history of the franchise had done anything to be worthy of the honor."

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303068_pf.html)

i read this in my daily front porch washington post and thought it was one of the funniest things i had read in a sports section--of course, the post sports section isn't as good as DMN

[zebrablue2]

Originally posted by Pick6
Get someone that helped get the team there.


that would be the NY overpaid yankees. they could not beat the rays and the low payroll. call in a-rod, or george...LOL...

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by kepdawg
"We don't have anyone to throw out the ball for our first playoff game," Tampa Bay President Matt Silverman said. "MLB asked us who it'd be. We realized nobody in the history of the franchise had done anything to be worthy of the honor."

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/23/AR2008092303068_pf.html)

funny stuff.......


speaking of the Devil Rays - for the last 4 or 5 summers, when we visit our middle son in Florida - we'd go watch a game or two at Tropicana Field. Without fail, the opposing team had more fans than Devil Ray fans there.... ie - Yankees and Indians but we had a blast at every game. Had great seats and after about the 2nd inning - we'd work our way to the "really good seats" I am sure things were different this summer since the Rays were winning. We're going out there for Chrimas and are going to the Bucs vs Chargers game - those are fun game as Raymond James stadium too.

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by 44INAROW



speaking of the Devil Rays who? :D

[zebrablue2]

Originally posted by eagles_victory
who? :D


the devil went down to new york---LOL. no more devil-- only rays..

[Pmoney]

they should let Dick Vitale...he has been a loyal fan