Showing posts with label Tampa Bay Rays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tampa Bay Rays. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Quotes of the Month: May 2011

Quote of the Month:
“That ticks me off, I am my own woman, I have not been quote ‘bred’ to look the other way.”

-Maria Shriver 2003 rebroadcast over and over after her separation

Dumb Quote of the Month:
“He doesn’t understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they’re broken, they become cooperative.”

-Rick Santorum on John McCain (note: McCain was tortured in Vietnam)

Dumb Quote of the Month part 2:
“Like this right-wing slut, what's her name, Laura Ingraham? Yeah, she's a talk slut.”

-Ed Schultz
and the rest:

“USA! USA!”

-Crowds across the nation after the news of Bin Laden’s death
“Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.”

-Barack Obama
“Justice has been done.”

-Barack Obama
“Osama always loved Snooki’s hair poof. He called it nature’s turban.”

-Jimmy Kimmel
"We want to make sure that he's really retired first."

- Packers on waiting to retire Bret Favre's #4.

“I had a bad day.”

-Jorge Posada after taking himself out of the lineup b/c he was batting 9th

“With allies like that, who needs the left?”

-Paul Ryan on Newt Gingrich
"The Rays demand profanity-free performances from all of our concert performers and we are extremely disappointed by the language used in last night's show. It is not consistent with the family-friendly atmosphere that Tropicana Field is known for."

-Tampa Rays Spokesman Rick Vaughn on Avril Lavigne’s profanity laced family concert
 

Friday, November 26, 2010

Top 10 Tampa Bay Rays Moments

Rays first game (March 31, 1998): Tampa Bay lost its first game 11-6 to Detroit. They won the following day 11-8 for the first victory in franchise history.

Wade Boggs gets 3000 (August 7, 1999): Wade Boggs was a singles hitter. Ironically, his 3000th career hit was a home run. He is the only member of the 3000 hit club to do this.

Fred McGriff hits 400 (June 2, 2000): Fred McGriff became the fifth player in history to hit 400 homers without having a 40-homer season. He hit #400 against the Mets.

Lou Pinella’s first game (March 31, 2003): Carl Crawford hit a 3-run walk-off to beat the Red Sox in Lou’s first game as Devil Rays’ manager.

Rays: 7 Twins: 2 (September 20, 2008): Rays win the AL East and clinch their first playoff birth.

Evan Longoria hits 2 HR in Game 1 ALDS (October 2, 2008): Rays win their first playoff game.

Rays: 6 White Sox: 2 (Game 4 ALDS October 6, 2008): Rays win their first playoff series.

Rays: 3 Red Sox: 1: (Game 7 ALCS October 19, 2008): Rays win their first pennant.

Rays: 4 Phillies: 2 (Game 2 World Series October 23, 2008): Rays first their first World Series Game.

Matt Garza no-hitter (July 26, 2010): Matt Garza no-hit the Tigers 5-0 for the franchise’s first no-hitter. He allowed only a second inning walk to Brennan Boesch and faced the minimum.