If the Tampa Bay Rays expect to hang with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series, they'll have to take this important lesson from Game 1: Be more like the Tampa Bay Rays.
In an odd twist we didn't see coming, the Rays seemed to lose their identity in Tuesday's 8-3 series-opening loss. Rather than being the aggressors and creating advantageous pitching matchups — a Rays hallmark — manager Kevin Cash instead rode starter Tyler Glasnow until the wheels fell off, and Tampa Bay may have lost Game 1 because of it.