Tampa Bay Rays

I think that a huge question that is on everyone’s mind that lives in the Tampa Bay area is “Can the Tampa Bay Rays do it again?” I know what you are thinking about, what does it mean do it again? In case you have been living under a rock for the passed few years then I’ll explain it to you, in 2008 the Tampa Bay Rays won a lot of games and ended up in the World Series!! Well right now they have the best record in baseball and it seems that this record isn’t going to fall any time soon. Right now all of their players are hitting like crazy people out on a mission and the pitching staff is throwing the mad heat. But this time instead of just going to the World Series, the Tampa Bay Rays should go all the way and win it all. Some experts believe that the Tampa Bay Rays can do this but the smart people say that they need to have the city and the surrounding area to back them up, meaning that seats need to start getting filled up. The only problem they have with that is that the Tampa Bay Rays play in St. Petersburg! Meaning that the people who are on the other side of the bay are not going to make that huge journey to go see a good baseball game. The Tampa Bay Rays are looking for a new stadium to where a lot of people will come and watch and the answer is to bring the team over to Tampa. Look at the facts, the Lightning and the Buccaneers suck real bad but their attendance is through the roof!! There is only one answer to this and that is that they are in Tampa which is close to a lot of places. So in order for the Tampa Bay Rays to be the best they need to move to Tampa in order to bring people to the games.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Wow it’s amazing, the Tampa Bay Rays are in first place in the American League East! It turns out the beast of the east is now the Rays passing the two power house Major League Baseball giants, the New York Yankees and the red red oh so red Boston Red Sox. Granted that the season only opened up a couple of days ago, the Tampa Bay Rays have taken a two game lead over every body else and are currently undefeated. With Evan Longoria knocking two home runs and about five RBI’s, it seems that this guy is averaging out to have 162 home runs this season to go with about 700 RBI’s.
Along with Longoria, you have Carl Crawford who had a walk off single during the home opener, is in the final year of his contract and has openly expressed his desire to stay but will likely end up in pin stripes next year. So they have one last good year with him before he is gone, so they need to make the best out of this situation. Then you have Carlos Pena who is a gold glover and can smack the crap out of the baseball. And BJ Upton who plays in center field is a major contributer because he can hunt down any ball that has a 100 foot radius from him.
With such a young team, a lot of people wonder if they even have a shot at making it as a contender for the World Series. And since it has only been two games into the season it’s hard to predict if they can stay in shape the way they are now. After 162 games played in a single season, it is hard for a baseball player to stay healthy. So with the main question to be answered, if they can stay healthy and not have any slumps they are sure to make one of the spots in the playoffs.
A lot of people say that this Tampa Bay Rays team looks a lot like the 2008 team that ended up going to the World Series. And most say that they will likely make it this year again. I really would like to see them pull it off and they seem to have the right tools for the job except for one rusted nail, unknown where his nick name came from Pat “The Bat” Burrell was not worth the $8 million last year and so far doesn’t appear so for this year. He’s more like Pat “The Crap” Burrell, during a spring training game I personally asked him how many home runs he is going to get this season and he replied “ I don’t know, 1. And I am pretty sure he meant it. What the Tampa Bay Rays need to do is try and trade away this piece of crap for even some prospects and they would still have the better of the deal. They should give this DH opportunity to someone more deserving like Willy Aybar who can produce hits and RBI’s.