He feels like he has to let his mouth do the talking. Hernandez left the Rays clubhouse before Nixon's specific comments could be relayed to him. But he didn't seem overly concerned about any possible reaction from the Red Sox. I had no expectations about going to the playoffs. They had the aspirations.
Nobody remembers who finishes fourth in the Olympics.
For a long while it looked as if the story Saturday was going to be Rays starter Paul Wilson, who capped his comeback season from injury with gusto, pitching seven shutout innings for the second straight game, retiring his final 13 batters. Rothschild took Wilson out after seven innings and 91 pitches, continuing his cautious handling of a pitcher who missed the 1999 season because of elbow surgery and most of the previous two because of a shoulder operation. Next year I'll fight them. But I did what I had to do. The Red Sox tied it in the eighth with a rally that started when a seemingly routine fly to right struck the B-ring catwalk and fell for a double.