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Too soon to call Rays down 2-0?

October 12, 2008

After the first inning, I would have to tell you that the Rays are already out of this game.  Boston struck first with 2 runs in the first inning.  When Tampa got up to the plate, their first two went down Carlos Pena doubled into far left center.  With Pena on 2nd base, Evan Longoria (my pick for AL rookie of the year) homered into left and was able to tie the game up at the end of the first inning.  I give the Rays a good chance of tying the series up tonight as I have this feeling in my stomach that they are going to be alright.  I personally feel as if they have been looked upon as a nothing team all season.  I really do hope that they can pull this off and go to a World Series…Hell, you can have your home games at the Astrodome if you would like?  I would give anything to be able to see the Tampa Bay Rays on a regular basis.  You old retired folks dont know what you are missing out on and what you guys have.

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What a huge Sheame

September 29, 2008

Monday has New York Mets fans burning “anything that says Mets on it.”  Bryan Saunders of the New York Daily News feeling ashamed of the fact that the Mets have done the unthinkable for the second year in a row.  They have blown a playoff spot going just 13-12 in the month of September.  This breakdown is the second time in 2 years that the Mets have blown it with a month left in the regular season.  This is just more evidence to the fact that the New York Mets cannot close the season.  If they have one thing to look positively at its the fact that this years collapse was not has historical as last years.  If you look at what all the Mets have been through this season with the struggle of the bullpen, the firing of Willie Randolph on June 16th, and just everything else…you start to feel bad for them.  Then you see their success in the middle of the season after changes had been made and you understand that the decision needed to be made.  Going 18-9 to start out with the new manager which was amazing considering they started out 6.5 games back and exactly one month later on July 17th, 2008 they were tied for the lead in the NL East.  Mets fans should be ashamed because there is no reason for this to happen again.  Please Freddie Wilpo…..CLEAN HOUSE….if not for you, for your friends and fans.  Do something.

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MLB Playoffs start October 1rst!

September 18, 2008

Major League Baseball has announced that the playoffs will be starting on October 1rst. This is the second year in a row that the game is starting on a Wednesday. This has fans questioning whether this is a good idea or not. A lot of fans are saying that its killing a tradition while others question whether it will get as high of ratings that it would starting on a weekend. I have a couple of things to say about this:

  1. Its not that long of a tradition…about 30 years or so which could be considered tradition if it hadnt started during the week for the 60 years before that.
  2. Two words:  College Football.  If you expect to have any kind of ratings you need to put it on a night that doesnt have a whole lot else.  What I am trying to say is that if the games started this weekend, would you be watching Arizona State vs. Georgia or the Red Sox and Astros?  If youre a hardcore baseball fan its probably the Sox game, but if you are a coniseur of all sports, or a football fan you are watching the Georgia Bulldogs probably whoopin up on some Sun Devil soft offense.   Oh ya, and dont forget that thing called the National Football League because Sunday is pretty much dedicated to church and football.

Bottom Line: Baseball fans…Get over it. Take your chew out and stop whining.  You need to start gearing up for World Series starting October 27th.

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Tampa Bay Back on Top of the AL East

September 17, 2008

D. Navarro hits an RBI single to get a win over the Boston Red Sox.

D. Navarro hits an RBI single to get a win over the Boston Red Sox.

Andy Sonnanstine pitched 6 hard fought innings tonight as the young Tampa Bay Rays were looking anything but greenies against the seasoned Boston Red Sox.  The Rays fought back in the 7th inning with a Carlos Pena homerun.  Dioner Navarro was able to get Tampa Bay a game winning RBI single in the bottom on the 9th inning for a 2-1 victory over the “not so” Boston Red Sox.  If you ask me, I think the pitiful part about all of this is, that the Tampa Bay stadium will probably not be filled when they play again tomorrow.  If it is at full capacity, its because half of stadium is full of Sox fans.  For a stadium that holds 36,000 people, they are only averaging about 21,500 people per.  I feel bad only because it costs me an arm and a leg to go see the Braves in action.  I guess it goes to show that Floridians are just not interesting in baseball anymore.  The team with the second lowest yearly salary payout looks like it could take their youngsters to the playoffs more than likely and even possibly their first world series.

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