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First-person view: Tampa Bay Rays
15 OctUsing advanced technology only available to The Max, we were able to grab a still from last night’s ALCS depicting what the Tampa Bay Rays saw as they stepped to the plate against Tim Wakefield. The knuckleballer should’ve known something was wrong when there was an ump calling balls and strikes instead of a lawn chair.
ALCS, PS3 Style
10 Oct
Unlike the NLCS, playing this series out on the PS3 pains us to great lengths. There is no way the computer is going to let the 25th ranked team (Rays) beat the 3rd ranked squad (Red Sox). So with that said, we will simply play out the rest of the series here and now. Because you’re a loyal reader of The Max, you already know that the Sox beat the Rays in Game 1 of this simulated series. Here’s the rest:
Game 2
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 |
| Rays | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Red Sox lead series 2-0
W – Beckett, 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
L – Kazmir, 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
HR: Pedroia, Youkilis, Bay
Red Sox
Drew: 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
Bay: 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
Youkilis: 2-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, HR
Rays
Iwamura: 2-5, 1 R
Floyd: 1-4, 2 RBI
Crawford: 0-4
Game 3
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 2 |
Red Sox lead 3-0
W – Lester, 6.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
L – Garza, 4.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
S – Okajima, 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
HR: Floyd
Red Sox
Ellsbury: 3-4, 1 R, 4 RBI
Varitek: 3-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Pedroia: 0-5
Rays
Floyd: 1-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, HR
Iwamura: 0-5, 2 K
Crawford: 1-3, 1 R
Game 4
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Rays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Red Sox | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | X | 12 | 13 | 0 |
Red Sox win series 4-0
W – Delcarmen, 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
L – Wheeler, 2 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
HR: Drew, Ortiz, Navarro
Red Sox
Ortiz: 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR
Pedroia: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI
Youkilis: 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI
Rays
Navarro: 1-4, 1 R, 4 RBI, HR
Crawford: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
If we had any money, we’d send you some just for reading this far into the post. Truth is, we barely got this far ourselves. What a snoozer! Looks like PS3 has the Sox headed to the Series.
ALCS Game 1, PS3 Style
10 Oct
In our continued attempt to bring you the outcome of post-season games before they are even played, we here at The Max world headquarters loaded our PS3 with the lineups for tonight’s game and let the computer do the predicting.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
W – Delcarmen, 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K
L – Percival, 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
S – Papelbon, 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
HR: Ortiz, Bay, Floyd, Upton
Red Sox
Bay: 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR
Ortiz: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, HR
Varitek: 2-4
Rays
Floyd: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 3 K, HR
Upton: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 K
Iwamura: 0-5, 2 K
To be honest, we didn’t expect much out of the Rays in the PS3 version of the ALCS, seeing as the game ranks Tampa Bay as 25th in the league. But much to our surprise, it was relatively close. In the end, it was the Manny for Bay trade paying big dividends, as the Sox’ new left fielder got the best of Percival (yes, we know that Percival should not be playing in the ALCS, but we needed to make up for the Rays’ horrible ranking in the game. So we decided to keep him on the roster. Looking back, it probably wasn’t a great idea).
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