Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

[Marino]

Marino's Tampa Bay Rays Franchise:
Hopefully i can stick with this team...and I will be running this franchise on OS instead of DM because it is much easier here than there. So hoepfully you all will enjoy. Lets get started why don't we.

MLB:
Tampa Bay Rays


AAA:

Durham Bulls

AA:
Montgomery Biscuits

System:PS3

Playing Mode:Franchise(I control all CPU rosters)

Sliders:Old Man's V4.0

Rosters:Knight and Friends Rosters...I got it from RAZR's most recent post in the Pitching Update Thread.

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Manager: Joe Madden

Hitting Coach: Steve Henderson


Pitching Coach: Jim Hickey


1st Base Coach: Geroge Hendrick

3rd Base Coach: Tom Foley


Lineup:
1.Akinori Iwamura, 2B
2.Carl Crawford, LF
3.Carlos Pena, 1B
4.B.J. Upton, CF
5.Cliff Floyd, DH
6.Eric Hinske, RF
7.Willy Aybar, 3B
8.Jason Bartlett, SS
9.Dioneer Nivarro, C

Bench:
Nathan Haynes, RF
Elliot Johnson, 3B
Shawn Riggans, C
Jonny Gomes, RF

Starting Rotation:
1.James Shields
2.Matt Garza
3.Edwin Jackson
4.Andy Sonnanstine
5.J.P. Howell

Bullpen
LRP, Gary Glover
LRP, Jason Hammel
MRP, Trevor Miller
MRP, Scott Dohmann
SU, Al Reyes
SU, Dan Wheeler
CL, Troy Percival

Division: AL East

Projected Finish: 4th in AL East

Key Prospects:
3B, Evan Longoria
CF, B.J. Upton
SP, David Price
SP, Jake McGee

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Yeah hopefully you can stick with this one. Can't wait for the first game.

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Yeah hopefully you can stick with this one. Can't wait for the first game.

Yea now that I have finished playing MGS4 all i have been thinking about was to do a Rays franchise...i guess that was just because i was watching on epsn. And im not prolly starting a NCAA Football franchise until i get back to school because me and my roommate are doing a 2 player franchise. so right now is the best time for me to get one started.

[a2ndrgmaster]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

i guess the giants could use a beating on the rays wait they wont face them

[highheatkingsb]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Nice!!!!!!! Seeing you are using the same sliders as I am. Here's a little good luck charm for your season. I'll be following.

[Scott]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Good luck, how long before we see Longoria up in the bigs?

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Good luck, how long before we see Longoria up in the bigs?

im doing all the transactions like how they went down this year so ummm whenever TB did it in real life. lol Im also looking forward to having Kazmir back as well.

[Scott]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Oh alright, well good luck against that tough AL East.

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

i guess the giants could use a beating on the rays wait they wont face them

haha well dang...cant get my 3 easy wins this year.

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Nice!!!!!!! Seeing you are using the same sliders as I am. Here's a little good luck charm for your season. I'll be following.

I dont know why but i always struggle against BAL...hoepfully i can put some wins against them

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

O's surpass Rays behind the bat of Luke Scott.

bgcolor="#cc6600" > March 31, 2008

TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 2 Baltimore Orioles 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 x 7 9 1

Story:Tampa entered tonight's game looking to get off to a good start of the season. But Luke Scott seemed to deny them of that goal. Tampa did happen to score in the first behind a sac fly from Upton but Baltimore responded with 2 in the first and 2 in the 3rd. 3 of the 4 RBI's in those innings came off the bat of Luke Scott. Tampa just could not get any thing going off of starter Jeremy Guthrie. Baltimore added 3 more in the 8th to pull away and take the opening day game. Scott also added an RBI in the 8th inning. Tampa has an off day Tuesday and then they continue the series Wednesday as they send Matt Garza on the hill.

Player of the Game:
Luke Scott:3-4 4RBI

Winning Pitcher: Jeremy Guthrie 6IP 8H 2R 2BB 7K

Losing Pitcher: James Shields 6IP 6H 2ER BB 5K

Notable's From the Game:
Baltimore:
Scott 3-4 4RBI
Millar 2RBI
Huff RBI

Tampa Bay:
B.J. Upton RBI
Bartlett RBI

Next Game:

PITCHING MATCH-UP

Matt Garza Daniel Cabrera 0-0 W-L 0-0 0.00 ERA 0.00

[Scott]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

Ouch Luke Scott lit you up

[Marino]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

haha yea he did by the 3rd inning i was like...their is no way im going to let this guy beat me...man was i wrong...it didnt help that my team forgot how to play defense.

[a2ndrgmaster]

Re: Taking the Devil out of Tampa; A Rays Franchise.

man luke is good in highheat's franchise and ur franchise maybe i sohuld trade for him mmmhm.