I'm a native of Clearwater,FL so the Rays are the home team. I went to the second Rays game ever played at the Trop. It was a long, tough road for the Bay area to even get a baseball team. We thought we were going to get one but missed out when franchises were awarded to Arizona and Colorado. It was 10 to 15 years of a long wait just to get a MLB team and another 10 years of being the doormat of the AL East so this series is definitely special.
For those who don't think the Rays belong there, you've got to be kidding me. You don't win 97 games in baseball's toughest division beat the White Sox and Red Sox in post season and not deserve to be in the WS. They are a $45 million dollar team of excellent young players who beat up the $100 million dollar+ powerhouses New york and Boston and did it with their athletic skills and teamwork.
Go get Manny and throw him in the Phillies lineup and Garza or Big Game James or Howell or Price will shut him down too. BJ Upton, it's goin yard, Longoria, your gonna hear that name for many years to come, Crawford, one bad man there, Aybar and Pena can hurt you too.
They got the pitching, they got the D, they got the bats.......Phillies going down.........
Hip Hop HooooooooRAYSSS