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[KnightsRule]

Is that the DRay's old Arroyo?

No it is the Pirates old Branson Arroyo.  The Sox did have the cuban from the rays for a while but that was a couple years ago. I dont think that guys is in MLB any longer. I believe it was rolando arrojo.

[TripleB]

Yep ....... it was Arrojo not Arroyo. I knew he was with Boston at some point. Not surprised he's out of baseball. I think he was fifty when the DRays acquired him just nobody could verify it.

[KnightsRule]

Yep ....... it was Arrojo not Arroyo. I knew he was with Boston at some point. Not surprised he's out of baseball. I think he was fifty when the DRays acquired him just nobody could verify it.

A latin ballplayer lying about his age, I dont believe it. Remeber when Rafeal Furcal was a rookie with the braves and he was 19 he said. He then got a DWI and was underage and got in more trouble for being underage. Then after the whole 9/11 thing they started checking latino birth certificates to let them back in the country and our boy raffy aged a few years. He was legal age when he got busted but kept his secret.

[smazza]

interesting

isn't that cheating?

where are all roid heads now?

cheating is the fabric from which baseball is sewn

[KnightsRule]

interesting

isn't that cheating?

where are all roid heads now?

cheating is the fabric from which baseball is sewn

Then why no Shoeless Joe in HOF?

[TripleB]

interesting

isn't that cheating?

where are all roid heads now?

cheating is the fabric from which baseball is sewn

How is that cheating? Is there a minimum or maximum age to be in the major leagues?

[Velcro]

lol...

it would be considered cheating in Little League where age matters, but not in the majors.

[GarySJ]

A latin ballplayer lying about his age, I dont believe it. Remeber when Rafeal Furcal was a rookie with the braves and he was 19 he said. He then got a DWI and was underage and got in more trouble for being underage. Then after the whole 9/11 thing they started checking latino birth certificates to let them back in the country and our boy raffy aged a few years. He was legal age when he got busted but kept his secret.

That happened to a lot of Latin ballplayers. It's a common practice for prospects from those countries to lie about their age to increase their chances of being signed. After 9/11, security tightened and a lot of their birthdates were found to be false. Adrian Beltre I think was another.

I forgot about Furcal's underage DUI though. Wonder if that gets him out of the underage drinking charge.

[smazza]

it is cheating because as minors they are in a different pool of players and they have different right

it benefits teams to sign minors

redsox lose again

Dave Borkowski took a two-hitter into the eighth inning, and Javy Lopez hit two homers off Curt Schilling to lead the Baltimore Orioles past the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Wednesday night.

 

 

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Facing a torrid-hitting club that scored 39 runs on 52 hits in its previous four games, Borkowski (2-2) allowed three hits in seven-plus innings. He struck out seven and walked none in a brilliant -- and unexpected -- performance.

Borkowski entered with a 3-10 career record, and the right-hander hadn't pitched in the majors since 2001 before being called up from the minors earlier this month. He permitted only one runner past second base in getting the best of Schilling, whose four-game winning streak ended.

Orioles manager Lee Mazzilli lifted Borkowski after Kevin Millar led off the eighth with a single. B.J. Ryan entered and struck out Jason Varitek and Bill Mueller before retiring Gabe Kapler on a grounder.

Ryan also worked the ninth to complete the four-hitter, but gave up a solo homer to David Ortiz with one out in the ninth.

The victory enabled the Orioles to earn a split of the rain-shortened two-game series and end Boston's three-game winning streak.

 

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Schilling (12-5) allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings, striking out two and walking none. He was 8-1 with a 3.61 ERA in his last 12 starts, and unbeaten in seven starts since June 16.

Lopez inflicted the majority of the damage against the right-hander, hitting a solo homer in the fifth and a two-run shot in the seventh. It was his 22nd career two-homer game.

Both starters were sharp at the outset. Borkowski retired the first 10 batters before Nomar Garciaparra lined a single up the middle in the fourth. Millar followed with a groundout and Varitek struck out.

Schilling yielded a leadoff single to Brian Roberts in the first, then retired 13 straight before Lopez put the Orioles up 1-0 in the fifth with his 13th homer, a drive into the left-field seats.

Bill Mueller led off Boston's sixth with a double, but Borkowski got three successive outs to keep the Red Sox scoreless.

Baltimore added a run in the bottom half when Jerry Hairston hit a leadoff double, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Luis Lopez.

[Velcro]

Yankees lose too smazz...  so shut yo yap  ;)