Game 1 will be Friday night...if Boston wins later tonight, the game is in St. Pete. If the Angels somehow come back, the game's in Anaheim.

The Rays are a terrific story...if they win the pennant, it might be the most amazing baseball story since the '69 Mets. They are certainly making the most out of their opportunities. I'll be rooting for them, that's for sure.

On to meet the Red Sox!

I may have to go to Tampa and catch an inning or two.

For me who don't pay no tention to baseball. Why they such a good story?

I love the Rays as a team and can't stomach another Boston championship. That said, I don't feel Tampa deserves a championship. Even as this season was progressing and the rays were leading the division, there were less than 20,000 fans at most games. i can't respect that.

What the hell does that have to do with the team?

Ahhhh... I will take "Because it is all for the customers/fans/taxpayers" for 100 Alex.

I'm not sure what you're talking about but if you appreciate good baseball, and the 'Rays play good baseball, I don't care if they play in front of 0 people. If the people of Tampa are too stupid to enjoy a good thing how is that the teams fault?

They've been the worst team in the league since the club was founded ten years ago and this year came out of nowhere to win the division over the Evil Empire (Yankees) and the Evil Empire II (Red Sox).

Now they play EE2 for the right to go to the World Series.

Go Rays.

How can you not root for these guys?

Because I hate Tampa....they have won a Super Bowl and a Stanley Cup...it's called jealousy

your other choices are Sawwx, Manny, or Philly fan....

If it's not the Rays, I've love to see Torre and Manny clinching the Series in Fenway.

I'll be there for at least two of the games. Go Rays!!

Will you be wearing your JIMMY MORRIS jersey?

I feel the same way.

So John Gruden and Martin St.Louis have everything to do with a Tampa team that is making an improbable run..yeah, I see the connection

Exactly. Championships are won by the team, they can't help it if their fan base is all 90 years old.

Conversely though, dickhead fans (i.e., Boston) can certainly make you want to root against a team.

The point here is I don't want TAMPA to celebrate another World Championship when my teams have won NONE....What is not to understand about that nimrod? BTW...Improbable??......they won the East!

Typical Buffalonian attitude. If we can't have it why should anybody else.

Exactly

Well the alternatives all have more championships than Tampa so you are kinda screwed from that standpoint. Besides, if they can only get 20,000 to a pennant race game, who is going to be doing all the celebrating if they win?

I don't like recent expansion teams winning anything......This is due to my typical Buffalonian attitude

Why? Why do you always find the most disturbing images? I don't know which is worse Pennywise or clem...

But the Bills won a championship in their 5th season.

Doesn't count due to me not being born

Agree 100%.

The Red Sox and Dodgers would make for great TV ratings.

But, the Bills were not an "expansion" team.

After the Chisox and Cubs falling into the toilet, I bet the Chicago political machine is really p-o'd about losing all that wining and dining they expected

I wonder if in their anger they will lash out and find more things to ban - in the name of protecting the people, of course.

Red Sox Nation is gonna be unbearable after they win it all in...

Eight strait baby!!!!

There you go again...

And I thought you liked the Sox.

What was up with what appeared to be A LOT of empty seats in the upper deck down the 1st and 3rd base lines?

I'd love to take a drive there today, and go to tonight's game. Unfortunately, funds are very tight.

I figure I can buy a ticket pretty cheap, right at game time. Maybe I'll still take a shot.

One win away...do what my Indians couldn't do last year and shut down the BoSox!!!