I remember when Mitch Williams blew the 93' World Series for the Phillies. This occured 5 years before the 'Devil Rays' threw there first Pitch.
I was at the Rays game 2 of the 98 season when the Rays had their first win. They did not have many more wins for the next nine years.
I am just happy that the Rays made it as far as they did this season. Conratulations to both teams.
Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays on their ALCS pennant win yesterday. I have been a fan of the Rays since their inaugural season in 1998. After nine seasons of being in the baseball basement, all I have to say is this feels good.
I have a number of friends who live in Boston who I know are not feeling well this morning about their Red Sox. The first baseball game I ever saw was in Fenway Park, and I rooted for Boston over the Yankees in 2004 when Boston came back from being three games down to beat the Yanks. The Red Sox are a great team, but this was not to be their year, it is Tampa's.
At the beginning of the season, the Tampa Bay Rays were 200/1 to win the World Series. It has been one wild ride this year. Joe Maddon deserves a ton of credit for turning the Rays around, along with the new ownership.
After listening to the Bob Costas' of the world bad mouth my home team for the last ten years, it is nice to see them host the 2008 World Series in my home town of Tampa.
