Sunday, October 26, 2008

Oct. 26 -- MOYER WAS SICK

BY SCOTT LAUBER

Physically sick, that is.

Jamie Moyer, who shut down the Rays for most of his 6-1/3 innings last night, began suffering from a stomach virus when the World Series started. His wife told Fox's Ken Rosenthal that Moyer was "the sickest I've ever seen him in 22 years." Charlie Manuel just said that he wasn't aware of Moyer's illness but was certain that Moyer wouldn't have pitched if he didn't feel up to it.

We'll try to talk to Moyer about it in a bit.

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Rays manager Joe Maddon just said that the Rays are in good spirits after the tough Game 3 loss. And, really, if there's a team that has handled adversity in the postseason, isn't it the Rays, who still defeated the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS after losing a seven-run lead in Game 5 and dropped Game 6, too?

Lineups coming shortly.

1 comment:

Zach said...

I enjoyed the gross quote per Ken Rosenthal's article:

Moyer's oldest son said, "Know how the bloody sock went to the Hall of Fame? Our toilet seat should go to the Hall of Fame."

Any word on if Moyer passed this bug onto anyone else in the clubhouse?