Tune in Friday at 7:00 PM ET as the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Toronto Blue Jays. Scheduled starters are Matt Garza (6-7, 3.80 ERA) for Tampa Bay and Roy Halladay (11-3, 2.73 ERA) for Toronto. Drew Fairservice from
Ghostrunner on First will be liveblogging for your enjoyment.
Annnnd we're off.
Jays Rays coming at ya in just a few moments. Halladay's last start? Does it matter. Let the king ascend his throne and enjoy the view
The rumours ran rampant today reporting a possible Halladay trade in the next 24 hours. A little rationality quickly threw water all over the false flames
The Rays are coming off a sterling 27 up, 27 down effort against Mark Buehrle. Lots not kid ourselves though, they are a dangerous, dangerous bunch
Rationality or crying - nobody gets away scot-free
Roy Halladay appreciation reminder #1 : Justin Verlander pitched his 6th career complete game today. He's a pretty good pitcher, no?
Roy Halladay has surpassed 6 complete games in three separate seasons
Lineups! First the visiting Rays.
B.J. Upton cf
C. Crawford lf
E. Longoria 3b
C. Pena 1b
B. Zobrist 2b
P. Burrell dh
G. Gross rf
M. Hernandez c
J. Bartlett ss
Thoughts? Michel Hernandez is worse than Raul Chavez. That's something all right!
The Toronto ___ Jays aka the team about to be gutted.
M. Scutaro ss
A. Hill 2b
A. Lind dh
S. Rolen 3b
L. Overbay 1b
V. Wells cf
A. Rios rf
R. Barajas c
J. Inglett lf
Voodoo Joe Inglett aka not Buck Coats aka Not Randy Ruiz aka thankfully not Delucci
Cito doesn't realize the way business is done around here these days.
Just get one that says "replacement level leftfielder" with the number "league minimum"
Number of times you've watched the Manny grand slam? I'm nearing 10
Dear Playstation: put somebody else on your damn game next year.
There's a good New Yorker article on Manny floating around. Ben McGrath is the Roy Halladay of snooty New Yorker writers.
www.newyorker.comGarza's killed the Jays the last few years. He's having another good year, doing work with his slider and curve.
Roy Halladay gets a standing ovation en route to the dugout BEFORE the game starts.
The Rays give Roy Halladay fits. The combination of free swinging bats and a pitcher constantly around the zone hasn't worked out for the Jays ace.
The average Gladwell article takes longer to read than a Halladay start.
Take the Halladay rumours with a grain of salt. He's on the block, but that doesn't mean a move is imminent. Hell, all this uncertainty is making Rogers a lot of money between TV ratings and walkup tickets.
First pitch is a good one for a strike. We're under way!
The second pitch is also good enough to induce a bouncing ball from Upton. Halladay grabs it and tosses to first for the first out.
Roy Halladay is wasting no time tonight. He's already way ahead of Carl Crawford, a man with good numbers against the King.
