May 20, 201115 yr VS. The series begins tonight at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. Anibal Sanchez will face off against Andy Sonnanstine. Who will win the 2011 Citrus Series? TONIGHTS LINE-UPS RAYS John Jaso, C Ben Zobrist, 2B Johnny Damon, LF Evan Longoria, 3B Matt Joyce, RF BJ Upton, CF Casey Kotchman, 1B Elliot Johnson, SS Andy Sonnanstine, P MARLINS Chris Coghlan, CF Hanley Ramirez, SS Logan Morrison, LF Gaby Sanchez, 1B Greg Dobbs, 3B Mike Stanton, RF John Buck, C Omar Infante, 2B Anibal Sanchez, P
May 20, 201115 yr I've always hated that term "Citrus Series." More like: "Annoying Devil-Ray team we're forced to play every year instead of having interleague variety series."
May 20, 201115 yr Author I've always hated that term "Citrus Series." More like: "Annoying Devil-Ray team we're forced to play every year instead of having interleague variety series." I guess you missed this story in Nov. 2007 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3101213
May 20, 201115 yr Based on the pitching matchups, the Marlins should win 2 of 3 in this series. Too bad the games are won on the field and not pre-determined by the pitching matchups. Maybe Javy Vazquez can throw six shutout innings tomorrow? If Casey Coleman can do it, why not Javy? :lol
May 20, 201115 yr LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields.
May 20, 201115 yr By the way, "Big Game James" might be the worst nickname in the history of sports, considering all the "big games" James Shields has pitched in.
May 20, 201115 yr Now we get to listen to dewaynne staats for 3 whole days. This is going to suck. Another reason to hate the Rays...
May 20, 201115 yr LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields. Not to mention Shields is over performing. His BABIP is a good bit under career norms.
May 20, 201115 yr Author LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields. I'm sorry, how many CGs in a row does JJ have?
May 20, 201115 yr LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields. I'm sorry, how many CGs in a row does JJ have? What an arbitrary thing to pretend to measure it by. Especially when your number is TWO. There is NO way you think James Shields, of all people, is better at baseball than Josh Johnson.
May 20, 201115 yr Author LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields. I'm sorry, how many CGs in a row does JJ have? What an arbitrary thing to pretend to measure it by. Especially when your number is TWO. There is NO way you think James Shields, of all people, is better at baseball than Josh Johnson. Career wise, probably not, but thus far this season, I would argue he's been at least as good.
May 20, 201115 yr Career wise, probably not, but thus far this season, I would argue he's been at least as good. This season is still very young. But noone said that James hasn't had as good a season or has had a worse career, we said that our pitcher is better than your pitcher. And that's because our pitcher is better at baseball than yours is.
May 20, 201115 yr Author James Shields season ERA (minus his one bad start against the White Sox) is 1.75 (counting that bad start his ERA is 2.26) while Josh Johnson's season ERA is 1.65. Seems like a pretty even match up. But yes career wise, Josh Johnson in better.
May 20, 201115 yr LOL at the Marlins fans thinking they can get to Price and Shields. The guy on the mound for the Marlins on Sunday is better than James Shields. I'm sorry, how many CGs in a row does JJ have? What an arbitrary thing to pretend to measure it by. Especially when your number is TWO. There is NO way you think James Shields, of all people, is better at baseball than Josh Johnson. Career wise, probably not, but thus far this season, I would argue he's been at least as good. And you'd be wrong.
May 20, 201115 yr James Shields season ERA (minus his one bad start against the White Sox) is 1.75 (counting that bad start his ERA is 2.26) while Josh Johnson's season ERA is 1.65. Seems like a pretty even match up. But yes career wise, Josh Johnson in better. Oh, I see. Lets take away Josh Johnson's worst start; I wonder what his ERA is, in that case. :lol
May 20, 201115 yr James Shields season ERA (minus his one bad start against the White Sox) is 1.75 (counting that bad start his ERA is 2.26) while Josh Johnson's season ERA is 1.65. Seems like a pretty even match up. But yes career wise, Josh Johnson in better. You can't just skew the numbers like that. If you want to play that game, take out JJ's 5 run start against St. Louis and JJ's ERA is around 0.80 JJ is still one of the top 3 pitchers in major league baseball right now. James Shields doesn't hold that distinction.
May 20, 201115 yr Based on the pitching matchups, the Marlins should win 2 of 3 in this series. Too bad the games are won on the field and not pre-determined by the pitching matchups. Maybe Javy Vazquez can throw six shutout innings tomorrow? If Casey Coleman can do it, why not Javy? :lol Dude. Javy's going all 9. Don't be ridiculous.
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