Down two games in a five game series as the Astros come toTropicana Field, the Rays will hand the ball to the pitcher who got them through the Wild Card game: former Astros star Charlie Morton.
Asked yesterday about facing his friends and former teammates, Morton was as even- keeled as ever.
Because you’re facing guys that you’re close with, you went through a lot with. And I guess that you know what they’re capable of.
And that knowledge takes all the mystery away.
I mean, you play teams like the Astros — the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Dodgers — and there’s that mystique about them.