On Friday morning, the Rays social media team released a short video via their Twitter account that very quickly had the internet up in arms. In the clip, shared below, the team collected a variety of headlines, tweets, and video clips that were shared ahead of the season, or early into their bullpen experiment.
Naturally the bulk of the sentiment is negative, implying the team is set for failure, and repeatedly scolding them for their attempt at trying something new. In retrospect, of course, it’s sort of funny, because the Rays had a tremendous 90-win season, and were down to the wire on potentially heading to the Wild Card game against the Yankees.