Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

[chuckc]

I really like the way that sounds....well we proved all the doubters wrong...a team with barely 40 million payroll beat the powerhouse teams to win the toughest division in sports....

LETS GO RAYS!!!!!!!!!!

edit from american league east division champs to

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

[Nigel Harkness]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

I have to say, hats off to the Rays for lasting through some key injuries and also down the stretch. It was nice to battle for the East with a team other than the Yanks.

I think the Red Sox are going to have a difficult time trying to beat the Angels in the first round. I think the Rays have a good chance of beating the Central winner as long as they continue to play well.

If the Red Sox and Rays meet in the ALCS it will definitely be an interesting series.

[thesightless]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

the rays and thier coaching staff are the story of they year unless lou gets it back to chi town on thier 100th anny. but the rays, run all the way to the title with nothing but kids playing together hard, and all of them doing it, sure longoria is a plpayer, but they all had top moments. everyone chipped in. the upstart boys who no one gave a shot, just held dominant all season, withstanding a few runs at em by the sox and yanks. gutsy team gonna be a real problem in the next few weeks. i hope they get to beat the angels and the best manager in the game soscia. would be sumin to see in the ALCS. the veteran team from LA vs the punky kids from tampa.

i woulda loved to see the twins knock out the sox, too little too late. now we can watch peter gammons try to get a red sox reference in at every possible moment pandering to thier classless fans. GO RAYS for AL.

go cubs!

[Steve Graham]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

I'm deffo happy for the Rays, but it would have been for them to clinch by winning a game instead of giving up 8 home runs in two days and having the red sox lose for them to clinch the division, lol

this season though has turned me into a baseball fan as far as watching Tampa, still cant be arsed to sit and watch anyone else play

[chuckc]

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^^^same here. i can only watch the rays. I am very excited about this thrusday...downtown st. pete should be jumping...

I heard upton kazmir and cliff floyd hit a club in downtown st pete after they clinched making the playoffs last week....called push ultra lounge

...what is the deal with that place...seems to be poplular with all the celebtrities....in fact simon rice was there friday filming 4 some dj reality show.

is it a kool club or do they play cheezy dance or hiphop

[Steve Graham]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

its an ultra lounge, lol, nuff said.. its full of pretentious people in suits and shit.. they tried to have a few decent dj's but the house heads know better than to go there..loads of people, no one dancing, and no vibe.
the restaurant attached to it has gone out of business twice.. nice venue, shite mgmt, and the owners just sold it too

[fabric8]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

congrtas Steve & Chuck, your boys have had an awesome year, even though I'm a Red Sox & Dodger fan, I'd be rather pleased to see a Rays - Cubs world series match-up.

[chuckc]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

^^thanks!! we have been hurting here the last 10 years....the worst team in the whole league every year since there existence except for one year when we won 70 games with pinella and we finished second to last.

i am going to live it up...going blow outta work earlyto hit the rays rally party in downtown st. pete tomrorow...

[fabric8]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

^^ you guys deserve this one, the last time you had a title in Tampa was 2002-03 season with the Bucs wasn't it ?

[Steve Graham]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in the 03-04 season

[chuckc]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

Was just able to get tickets to Game 5 if it happens!!!!

[jay813]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

got an extra one? lol

[Nigel Harkness]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

Hopefully the Tampa fans will show up and fill up the stadium instead of only 10,000 like they have been playing to all year.

[Steve Graham]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

^^^ lol.. they actually averaged over 20,000 with quite a few games over 30K. i think they drew close to 2 million for the season

so far all the play off home games are sold out

[Nigel Harkness]

Re: Tampa Bay Rays American League East Champions

Generous pitch calling...great pitching, when not getting generous pitch calls, and timely hitting = a Rays win

WOW that was a good game, now I hope that the ChiSox win two at home so that the Rays can lose game 5 on their home field.

I do however think that the Rays are going to the ALCS but I can wish.