ST PETERSBURG // It took Gary DiSarcina one series in Tropicana Field during Tampa Bay's inaugural season in 1998 to coin perhaps the best description for games played in the catwalk-ringed, bandbox of a domed stadium.
"It's Arena Baseball," the former Angels shortstop said.
The Boston Red Sox and Rays provided the latest reminder of how zany indoor baseball on the Gulf Coast can be, turning the second game of the American League Championship Series into a home run derby Saturday night.
The teams combined for an ALCS-record seven home runs, but it was BJ Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning that gave Tampa Bay a 9-8 victory, ending a near five-and-a-half hour marathon and tying the best-of-seven series, one game apiece.
Catcher Dioner Navarro started the winning rally with a leadoff walk against reliever Mike Timlin. Ben Zobrist walked to advance pinch-runner Fernando Perez to second base.
Jason Bartlett grounded out to third base, putting runners on second and third with one out, and Akinori Iwamura was walked intentionally to load the bases.
Upton, with the infield in and the outfielders shallow, flied to medium right field, and Perez raced home ahead of JD Drew's throw as the Rays poured out of their dugout to celebrate the victory.
Closing pitcher Dan Wheeler worked overtime, throwing 47 pitches over three and a third scoreless innings, but it was the right-hander's wild pitch in the eighth inning that allowed the Red Sox to tie the score. Wheeler entered with two on and no outs and Tampa Bay clinging to an 8-7 lead.
He was one out away from escaping the jam, but up stepped Jason Bay, who already had a two-run double, a solo home run and a run-scoring single, and it appeared Wheeler was pitching around Bay when he started him with two nasty sliders well out of the strike zone.
But instead of conceding the at-bat and issuing an intentional walk, Wheeler tried to get Bay to chase a high fastball.
It was Navarro who did the chasing. The pitch sailed past the catcher and to the backstop, enabling Pedroia to score to make it 8-8.
Wheeler threw a scoreless ninth, and Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon struck out Carlos Pena with a runner on in the ninth inning to send the game into extra innings.
Wheeler and Papelbon each added scoreless 10th innings, Papelbon absorbing a wicked Carl Crawford liner that struck him in the right side and deflected to second, where Pedroia fielded the ball and threw to first for the out.
Papelbon, who barely flinched when the ball hit him, waved off Boston's trainers and remained in the game, completing the 10th inning.
The Rays rookie third baseman Evan Longoria snapped out of his play-off slump in a huge way, hitting a two-run home run in the first inning and doubling and scoring in the third.
Longoria, who was one for 16 with eight strikeouts since his two-home run game in the division series opener against the Chicago White Sox, also ended a 6-6 tie with a run-scoring double in the fifth inning and scored on Crawford's single for an 8-6 lead.
Bay and Pedroia were the offensive stars for the Red Sox. Pedroia snapping a two-for-21 play-off slump with a pair of solo home runs and three runs.
Boston took a 6-5 lead in the fifth when Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Bay each hit solo home runs, the first two coming off starter Scott Kazmir and the third off reliever Grant Balfour.
But the Rays rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth, Pena hitting an RBI single off struggling starter Josh Beckett to tie the game, Longoria ripping an RBI double to the left to put Tampa Bay ahead, and Crawford greeting reliever Javier Lopez with an RBI single to right for an important insurance run.
Bay's RBI single off reliever Chad Bradford pulled the Red Sox to within 8-7 in the sixth, but Bradford got Lowrie to fly to centre with runners on first and third to end the sixth and blanked Boston in the seventh.
The third game in the series is tonight in Boston.
* Newsday
Skewed figures
In the village of Mevagissey in southwest England the housing stock has doubled in the last century while the number of residents is half the historic high. The village's Neighbourhood Development Plan states that 26% of homes are holiday retreats. Prices are high, averaging around £300,000, £50,000 more than the Cornish average of £250,000. The local average wage is £15,458.
Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
Famous left-handers
- Marie Curie
- Jimi Hendrix
- Leonardo Di Vinci
- David Bowie
- Paul McCartney
- Albert Einstein
- Jack the Ripper
- Barack Obama
- Helen Keller
- Joan of Arc
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US PGA Championship in numbers
1 Joost Luiten produced a memorable hole in one at the par-three fourth in the first round.
2 To date, the only two players to win the PGA Championship after winning the week before are Rory McIlroy (2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational) and Tiger Woods (2007, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational). Hideki Matsuyama or Chris Stroud could have made it three.
3 Number of seasons without a major for McIlroy, who finished in a tie for 22nd.
4 Louis Oosthuizen has now finished second in all four of the game's major championships.
5 In the fifth hole of the final round, McIlroy holed his longest putt of the week - from 16ft 8in - for birdie.
6 For the sixth successive year, play was disrupted by bad weather with a delay of one hour and 43 minutes on Friday.
7 Seven under par (64) was the best round of the week, shot by Matsuyama and Francesco Molinari on Day 2.
8 Number of shots taken by Jason Day on the 18th hole in round three after a risky recovery shot backfired.
9 Jon Rahm's age in months the last time Phil Mickelson missed the cut in the US PGA, in 1995.
10 Jimmy Walker's opening round as defending champion was a 10-over-par 81.
11 The par-four 11th coincidentally ranked as the 11th hardest hole overall with a scoring average of 4.192.
12 Paul Casey was a combined 12 under par for his first round in this year's majors.
13 The average world ranking of the last 13 PGA winners before this week was 25. Kevin Kisner began the week ranked 25th.
14 The world ranking of Justin Thomas before his victory.
15 Of the top 15 players after 54 holes, only Oosthuizen had previously won a major.
16 The par-four 16th marks the start of Quail Hollow's so-called "Green Mile" of finishing holes, some of the toughest in golf.
17 The first round scoring average of the last 17 major champions was 67.2. Kisner and Thorbjorn Olesen shot 67 on day one at Quail Hollow.
18 For the first time in 18 majors, the eventual winner was over par after round one (Thomas shot 73).
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Important questions to consider
1. Where on the plane does my pet travel?
There are different types of travel available for pets:
- Manifest cargo
- Excess luggage in the hold
- Excess luggage in the cabin
Each option is safe. The feasibility of each option is based on the size and breed of your pet, the airline they are traveling on and country they are travelling to.
2. What is the difference between my pet traveling as manifest cargo or as excess luggage?
If traveling as manifest cargo, your pet is traveling in the front hold of the plane and can travel with or without you being on the same plane. The cost of your pets travel is based on volumetric weight, in other words, the size of their travel crate.
If traveling as excess luggage, your pet will be in the rear hold of the plane and must be traveling under the ticket of a human passenger. The cost of your pets travel is based on the actual (combined) weight of your pet in their crate.
3. What happens when my pet arrives in the country they are traveling to?
As soon as the flight arrives, your pet will be taken from the plane straight to the airport terminal.
If your pet is traveling as excess luggage, they will taken to the oversized luggage area in the arrival hall. Once you clear passport control, you will be able to collect them at the same time as your normal luggage. As you exit the airport via the ‘something to declare’ customs channel you will be asked to present your pets travel paperwork to the customs official and / or the vet on duty.
If your pet is traveling as manifest cargo, they will be taken to the Animal Reception Centre. There, their documentation will be reviewed by the staff of the ARC to ensure all is in order. At the same time, relevant customs formalities will be completed by staff based at the arriving airport.
4. How long does the travel paperwork and other travel preparations take?
This depends entirely on the location that your pet is traveling to. Your pet relocation compnay will provide you with an accurate timeline of how long the relevant preparations will take and at what point in the process the various steps must be taken.
In some cases they can get your pet ‘travel ready’ in a few days. In others it can be up to six months or more.
5. What vaccinations does my pet need to travel?
Regardless of where your pet is traveling, they will need certain vaccinations. The exact vaccinations they need are entirely dependent on the location they are traveling to. The one vaccination that is mandatory for every country your pet may travel to is a rabies vaccination.
Other vaccinations may also be necessary. These will be advised to you as relevant. In every situation, it is essential to keep your vaccinations current and to not miss a due date, even by one day. To do so could severely hinder your pets travel plans.
Source: Pawsome Pets UAE
Landfill in numbers
• Landfill gas is composed of 50 per cent methane
• Methane is 28 times more harmful than Co2 in terms of global warming
• 11 million total tonnes of waste are being generated annually in Abu Dhabi
• 18,000 tonnes per year of hazardous and medical waste is produced in Abu Dhabi emirate per year
• 20,000 litres of cooking oil produced in Abu Dhabi’s cafeterias and restaurants every day is thrown away
• 50 per cent of Abu Dhabi’s waste is from construction and demolition
