Their offense shut down by the Yankees bullpen day, the Tampa Bay Rays were eliminated from playoff contention tonight.
With their “tragic number” at one, no doubt the Rays and their fans were no longer entertaining playoff hopes. Nonetheless I was really pulling for the Rays to come out on top tonight for several reasons:
- To keep playoff (pipe) dreams alive even if just for a few hours
- To help knock the Yankees out of the first wild card spot,
- To make sure the bandwagon local Yankees fans (who claim to be diehards but who really, much like mushrooms emerging after a good rain, pop up only in years when the Yankees are playoff bound) have a terrible time and hopefully binge eat their frustrations on expensive concessions before driving home to Sun City.