Why the Rays are Team Most are Rooting For…
by edwzipper on Sunday, October 12th, 2008 at 10:59am
Because they are just so damn happy when things go well. They remind me of the 1991 Braves team that broke through to winning after decades of incompetence. They took joy in everything that they did that year.
At any rate, this year’s edition of pure joy on a baseball field pulled out a 9-8 extra-innings win last night over Boston to even the ALCS at 1-1 as the series shifts to Boston Monday. The winning run scored on a sac fly, which ended with Tampa dancing in a big pile up the first base line. As if they had won the World Series. And that kind of enthusiasm is pretty cool to watch. And root for.
Course, this is the team that celebrated with champagne when they clinched a playoff spot, then when they won the AL East, then when they won the Division series. At least I think they did. It sure seemed like SC was showing bubbly showers from Tampa for the better part of a week at any rate.
It’s all new and fun with them. They are the easiest casual observer bandwagon root I have seen in at least a decade.