Bill Simmons made the “Retro Game Diary” a thing for ESPN back in the day, here’s the premise: It’s basically a minute-by-minute diary of a big game, so live-tweeting but for people who avoid Twitter like myself. A win-or-go-home Wild Card Game against the A’s seemed like the perfect time to bust it out, so sit back, fire up the game on replay, and enjoy re-living the Rays biggest win in a longggggggggg time.
7:55: All right, here we are, getting ready for what is sure to be an ulcer-inducing AL Wild Card showdown between America’s Team, the Tampa Bay Rays, and convicted arsonists, the Oakland A’s.