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Rays Tank: The preordained and the forgotten

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Sometimes you know the outcome of an at bat before it happens. The result is preordained. You even start the celebration early. September 10, 2008 was one of those times. This video is from the 14th inning of of a game against the Red Sox. It was a tight affair that felt like a preview of the playoffs, but finally the Red Sox ran out of pitchers, and Terry Francona had to let Carlos Pena face the 42-year old righty, Mike Timlin, in what was probably the last high-leverage appearance of his career.