Rays manager Joe Maddon, known for keeping his team loose throughout the long season by implementing fun and innovative ideas, uses Tommy Tutone’s song 867-53O9 Jenny as the inspiration for his lineup. The last-place team’s batting order against Detroit has the center fielder (8) leading off, followed by the shortstop (6), then the left fielder (7), with the third baseman (5) batting cleanup, and so on, leaving the second baseman and catcher to bat in the eighth and ninth position.

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On July 3, 2014 — Rays manager Joe Maddon, known for keeping his team loose throughout the long season by implementing fun and innovative ideas, uses Tommy Tutone’s song 867-53O9 Jenny as the inspiration for his lineup. The last-place team’s batting order against Detroit has the center fielder (8) leading off, followed by the shortstop (6), then the left fielder (7), with the third baseman (5) batting cleanup, and so on, leaving the second baseman and catcher to bat in the eighth and ninth position.

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