Monday, February 25, 2008

Fenway Flashback: (Flower) Power Papi

July 28th, 2007
Tropicana Field

It was Flower Power night at Tropicana Field. I can't imagine having to do stunts like this to get people to a ballgame... nonetheless, it did provide a few laughs. The players' scoreboard pictures were hippied out. Manny's was the funniest:

It was a nightmare of a game --complete with extra innings, a blown save, and walked in runs, and FIVE hours in length. The Rays came from behind in the 9th with a homerun against Paps to tie the game. It took 3 more innings for the Rays bullpen to fall apart (which is always does) and the Sox finally took the win. Lester did pitch pretty well, but the highlight, by far, was Papi's broken bat check swing. Laughs!

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