If there’s one thing that could be learned from October baseball after last night, it’s this.
A group of kids that no one, I mean no one, expected to make waves in the American League East can have their moment in the sun.
Last night in front of another sellout crowd in Tampa Bay, the Rays, known for much of their existence as the doormats of the American League, defeated the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox 3-1 in the seventh and deciding game of the American League Championship Series to win their first American League pennant in franchise history.
While for the most part the Phillies are going to be heavy favorites in the World Series due to veteran leadership and power sources like Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell plus timely pitching from Cole Hamels and Jamie Moyer, who I believe is eligible for Social Security next year, I think there’s a good chance that the Rays might finish this impossible story and join the ranks of the 1991 Atlanta Braves, 1969 New York Mets, and 2006 Detroit Tigers as one of the best rags-to-riches stories in baseball history.
After all, shouldn’t they have a chance to be as good as everyone else?
The Parkway Pub 
nique
October 20, 2008
This is a feel good story and I applaud you for writing it. I don’t follow baseball much and really wasn’t paying attention until the Rays started looking like they would take out the mighty Red Sox.
Still, you have to wonder if the absence of Manny changed anything don’t you?
nique
October 20, 2008
This is a feel good story and I applaud you for writing it. I don’t follow baseball much and really wasn’t paying attention until the Rays started looking like they would take out the mighty Red Sox.
Still, you have to wonder if the absence of Manny changed anything don’t you?
baseball bat geek
November 5, 2008
It’s always great for the underdog to win and nique is right, it is a feel-good story. Thanks!
baseball bat geek
November 5, 2008
It’s always great for the underdog to win and nique is right, it is a feel-good story. Thanks!