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Last year's American League last place and worst record Tampa Bay Rays upset the Boston Red Sox for the American League Championship. If I had stated this publicly in June, I would have been committed!
Who would think that a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball could defeat a team with one of the highest? Rays manager Joe Maddon was confident the Rays would be able to win before the game when he talked to the media. So last night they won at home with their quirky field, where they compiled the best home record in baseball this season. Who would figure!? Ex Red Sox Manny Ramirez and the current Red Sox players all hail the new kids like BJ Upton and Matt Garza. The Rays have established themselves as the new face of baseball just as perennial leaders like the Yankees and Angels have faded.
Another year has to go by for the Yankees and Red Sox—and poor David Ortiz has to wait all winter just like Jeter. The Rays to baseball is what Obama is to politics—a breath of fresh air!
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joe maddon, red sox, tampa bay rays, yankees
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Posted on 10/20/2008
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