2008 Tampa Bay Rays, A Fluke

So this is it eh? The Tampa Bay Dev...excuse me, Tampa Bay Rays. Theyre going to be representing the American League in the World Series? Theyre going to be the team that will most likely take on the Phillies of Philadelphia? Tell me back in March that you could've predicted this. If anyone had said this back in March, heck, back in April, they would have locked you up in a coocoo house. Maybe the Phillies werent so much of a stretch, the Rays? Really? The same team that in order to fill The Trop had to hold concerts featuring M.C. Hammer, LL Cool J and Trace Attkins, just to name a few. Now, they will be hosting their first ever World Series game? Good luck with that.

This is the same team that nobody would have ever thought of to make it to October, let alone the World Series. A team that never had a winning season or a big name free agent pick up. These were always the little guy that you could pick on. Have the times really changed? Are these new kids on the block really the next generation of great baseball? I guess they only have one more task left and thats to beat the Phillies. As a Yankee fan, you can say that I'm jealous of the Rays of this success while my dearly beloved Yankees are teeing off and going out partying, but does anybody else out there think this is a fluke?

Yes, I'm calling it. The 2008 Tampa Bay Rays are a fluke and Ill stick to it. Its just one of those magical seasons where everything clicks. Everyone comes through in the clutch. Those magical walk off wins. Sure, every team is bound to have one of those years. Why not the Rays? Remember the 2006 Tigers? That magical team that was coming off of a terrible year and had one 96 wins? Yea, what did they do the following year? They fell to 88 wins. Oh but wait, thats still a good year. Then how bout that 2008 season after some big name free agents enter D-Town? A last place victory oing 74-88.

All I want is proof that the Rays are for real. The only way possible you may ask? Give me a winning record by the All-Star break next year. Then we can talk. For now, Rays and Phillies dont bother me what so ever. As a matter of a fact, this is exacty what I wanted. I want pain in the Red Sox hearts and pain in the Mets fans hearts. Lets see the Phillies take it back to the city of brotherly love and end this wild 2008 season of Major League Baseball.