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Rays win their 97th game
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:19 pm
by aTOMiC
It's not all that important to most of you but as a life time Tampa resident I'm pretty proud of our baseball team. After years of struggle the Rays have finally broken their old win record of 70 games making this year their best season ever regardless of what happens from here on out. With 45 games left and a 4.5 game lead in the AL East the Rays have their destiny firmly in their own hands. If they keep winning at the current pace the Sox and the Yankees will have a very hard time catching up. I'll keep watching the rest of the season with interest.
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:36 pm
by dANdeLION
Dammit Tom, why'd you have to jinx them? Now Longoria and Crawford are out!
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:52 pm
by aTOMiC
Longoria is out on a 15 day DL (probably out 3 full weeks) but Crawford could be out even longer. The Rays will muddle through. Until they lose a game I'm not going to worry about it.
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:29 am
by dANdeLION
Bah, your lack of superstition proves you're no baseball fan!
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:53 pm
by danlo
The Rays are a great story this year, but my Angels still have the best record!
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:07 am
by Relayer
Go Danlo! (there are Angel fans in New Mexico?)
They're my 2nd favorite team, behind the Dodgers.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:18 pm
by aTOMiC
Rays get win 72. What jinx?
Angels are kicking butt this year. No question about it.
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:43 pm
by Fist and Faith
Yeah, a hell of a year for them! As the Yankees accidentally tie their shoes together two out of three games, everybody's been saying the Rays couldn't maintain their pace.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:08 am
by ___
73!
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:38 am
by dANdeLION
danlo wrote:The Rays are a great story this year, but my Angels still have the best record!
Not tonight, they don't!
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:44 am
by sgt.null
Sox will not give up. Beckett hurt, Lowell hurt, Manny traded, Drew hurt... GO SOX!
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:46 am
by dANdeLION
I'd like the Sox to go....and I know just where I want them to go, too.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:54 am
by sgt.null
Sox Nation!
i do wish the damned Rays would lose a few more games.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:26 am
by Cail
Boston? Please...the only thing worth a crap to ever come out of Boston was Barry "Kowalski" Newman.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:44 am
by aTOMiC
77 wins
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:47 am
by Cail
I heard on the radio this morning that the last time a team went from last place one season to first place the next was in 1889.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:19 pm
by Fist and Faith
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Series
The Twins and Braves both finished in last in 1990, and played each other in the World Series in 1991.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:01 pm
by Cail
Shows you the sorry state of Baltimore sports radio....
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:37 pm
by Fist and Faith
Heh. They're only 102 years behind the times.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:19 am
by Fist and Faith
Oh! I heard what it was on tonight's game, Cail. 1889 was the last time a team that finished in last the year before had the best record in baseball this late in the season the next. Heh.