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Not the Devil Rays
Sep. 10th, 2008 11:33 pmGoing into the 2008 season, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays dropped "Devil" from their name to become the Tampa Bay Rays.
They have been playing excellent baseball this year; this team is actively not the permanent cellar-dwellers that the Devil Rays always were. For a while, they had the best record in all of Major League Baseball (vying with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for that honor), and they are still in the lead in the most competitive division in the majors.
And this is without their two best players (Carl Crawford and rookie Evon Longoria).
The Red Sox are a game and a half behind them.
And this game has just gone into the 14th inning.
They aren't giving up, rolling over, nor playing dead.
The Tampa Bay Rays are definitely not the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
[EDIT, 23:45] And now Carlos Pena has just hit a three-run home run for the Rays in the top of the 14th. Given how fatigued both sides are, this may well be it.
[EDIT, 23:58] The Red Sox have loaded the bases in the bottom of the 14th with no outs. We don't give up either.
[EDIT, 00:10] And despite scoring, the Rays managed to put away the side, and win it a mere four hours and change after it started. We ran out of bullpen before they did.
They have been playing excellent baseball this year; this team is actively not the permanent cellar-dwellers that the Devil Rays always were. For a while, they had the best record in all of Major League Baseball (vying with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for that honor), and they are still in the lead in the most competitive division in the majors.
And this is without their two best players (Carl Crawford and rookie Evon Longoria).
The Red Sox are a game and a half behind them.
And this game has just gone into the 14th inning.
They aren't giving up, rolling over, nor playing dead.
The Tampa Bay Rays are definitely not the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
[EDIT, 23:45] And now Carlos Pena has just hit a three-run home run for the Rays in the top of the 14th. Given how fatigued both sides are, this may well be it.
[EDIT, 23:58] The Red Sox have loaded the bases in the bottom of the 14th with no outs. We don't give up either.
[EDIT, 00:10] And despite scoring, the Rays managed to put away the side, and win it a mere four hours and change after it started. We ran out of bullpen before they did.
