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9/11 - Never Forget
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Air Horn Night at the Stadium
One Account of the situation:
In the eighth, Hanley Ramirez started a three-run rally with a two-run double, hurting his right hamstring on the play. He stayed to score the tying run when Ross' grounder was mishandled by the Rays' Evan Longoria .
Ramirez was taken out before the ninth, replaced by Brian Barden .
That's when trouble really started for the Marlins.
Florida Manager Fredi Gonzalez thought Barden was batting ninth. PU Lance Barksdale marked Barden batting third - so when Barden walked, he was called out for the lineup goof. After a long review by Barksdale, Gonzalez was ejected, then stayed on the field calmly for several more minutes as Barksdale kept checking the cards.
" Lance confirmed it with Fredi before he left to go back into the dugout,'' Hallion said. " And that's all we had to go by then."
Afterward, Gonzalez insisted he was in the right.
" He screwed it up,'' Gonzalez said, speaking of Barksdale. " I'll go anywhere you want me to go with it. I told him where the guys were hitting and he gave Joe the wrong places to hit.
" It's one of those things ... my word against him,'' Gonzalez added. " He's the official lineup card, so that's the one that counts."
Read more: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Florida Marlins - Recap - June 19, 2010
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