Orvella gets the win
Manager Joe Maddon went creative at the end of Sunday's workout. With the team's annual charity golf event on Monday, he turned the usual session about the next day's fundamental into a closest to the pin golf competition.
And reliever Chad Orvella won, despite teammates jeering and cheering as each contestant swung, putting the ball 4 feet 11 inches from the flag, which was about 110 yards away.
"I hope this isn't the only time I get interviewed,'' he quipped afterward.
Otherwise it looked to be an uneventful day as the Rays took live batting practice and worked on other drills. James Shields did break one of Eric Hinske's bats, and Akinori Iwamura had one of his special blue-striped bats go down.
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Yes, they are still having practice, but it will start early (9 a.m.) and end early (by 11 a.m.)
Posted by: Marc Topkin | February 24, 2008 at 03:07 PM
dare i say orvella's had a lot of time to practice his golf game???....
Posted by: raysfan | February 24, 2008 at 02:59 PM
Golf tourny tomorrow? Please tell me they are still having practice. I took a vacation day for Monday so I could go over and watch the work out.
Posted by: Mike Creyton | February 24, 2008 at 01:58 PM