With the 2009 regular season in the books, let's go ahead and forget about yesterday's 13-2 loss to the Yankees and instead remember some of the nice things that happened this season. And hey, at 84-78 this is the Rays' second best record ever. Plus, think of all the history they got to participate in: Mark Buehrle threw that perfect game, Jeter tied Lou Gehrig's career record for hits as a Yankee, and A-Rod moved into the number two spot for most RBI's in a single inning, thanks in part to Andy "Five Runs" Sonnanstine. I know I shouldn't be mad, but I just can't help it.Hopefully I can make some kind of thoughtful contribution sometime soon, but I just can't right now. Here are some happy things to help ease the sting of the season's end
1) Three Rays finished in the top 25 for home runs (Peña, Longoria, and Zorilla) and triples (Crawford, Bartlett, and Zobrist again).
2) The Trop was almost 80% full for the Rays' final game (though not necessarily with Rays fans).
3) If you click here, you'll hear a pretty interesting interview with Fernando Perez and Gabe Kapler, and if you click here, you'll get one with Maddon. I highly recommend clicking on both (though not at the same time, as that'd probably get confusing).
- Dustin
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Wow, I really enjoyed that interview with Kapler and Perez. Very good stuff, thanks for the heads up! I had to work yesterday and when I left the game the Rays were up 2-0 and I really thought they had a chance. I was rushing on my one-hour drive to work and listening to the game and screaming at the radio...
Yeah, it seemed like we might finish on a high note. Then that sixth inning happened. Yeesh. I don't envy you having to run off to work, as I was only able to make it through the rest of my Sunday with an assist from the Wizard of Booze.
Also, glad you liked the interviews. I think they're both great, but I particularly liked the sort of free-wheeling conversation that Kapler and Perez had. Those guys at BP do good work.
The big difference between this year and the Devil Rays years is the atitude of the Fans. Just read the comments of the new bread FANS you can see we have A totally different Fan Base that is into the Rays and are more positive than before. We did not end on a sour note. We beat up on the NYY 2 out 3 and that's great
Dustin,
I came in today all ready to put up a season-ending post titled "that's a wrap"... i guess i'll take the day off
CharlieRay: good point; my tone was a bit too sour for the way we finished up, and you're right about the fan base.
DirtbagFan: ha, I was actually a little bit reluctant to post, thinking that I might be stealing your thunder. Sorry 'bout that.
Dustin,
After a long long season i'm just about out of thunder
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