Tampa Bay Rays

I have folded up the Tom Brady jersey and put it away.  I have set aside the Kevin Garnett jersey until i take it out for the Celtics playoff push.  It is time now to don the jersey of your favorite Red Sox players and get ready for another exciting Major League Baseball season.  Spring is finally here.  I have to hand it to Major League Baseball.  I think that this year they got it right.  They didn't ship the World Series winners overseas to play in Japan or China or somewhere and they didn't open the season with Royals vs Tigers or some other match-up without much appeal.  This year the season began on Easter Sunday with a match-up between the defending World Series champion New York Yankees and their arch rival the Boston Red Sox.  This is, hands down, the best rivalry in sports.  The series didn't go the way I wanted it to, but we did get our first win against the Yankees under our belt and the games were well played for the most part.  Hey, when you think about it last year the Sox won the first 8 games against the Yankees only to lose 9 out of the next 10 so maybe losing 2 out of the first 3 ain't bad.

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Although it took seven games, the Red Sox were another steppingstone for the Tampa Bay Rays during their meteoric rise in ‘08. But the fact Boston even made it to a Game 7 of the American League Championship Series was a true testament of the level of talent Theo & Co. have collected. While Mike Lowell was out, David Ortiz and Josh Beckett were battling injury, and with Jason Varitek unable to hit a fastball if it was the size of a bus in last season’s ALCS, the Sox enter 2009 rejuvenated, with an enviable pitching staff, and a slue of injury plagued players Boston hopes will make a significant impact.

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Today's contestant: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays!

What's that? They got a new logo? Oh, my bad.

What? They changed it again? And their name? Sorta?

 Aww... it's the Devil Rays. They think they're in our division. How cute.

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