Tampa Bay Sports Blog

   The Rays won again tonight in an extra inning thriller that ended with Jonny Gomes scoring on a Gabe Gross single. It seems all the stars have aligned for the Rays in this run. Ed “no decision” Jackson pitched lights out tonight and even though Percy blew this one the Rays came back and scored in the 11th off Mariano Rivera to bring their record to 23-16. They have won 11 straight at home, not that any of you are bothering to show up and watch, and 17 within one of the toughest divisions in baseball. This is getting beyond reality at this point. I had hoped for an improved team when the season started but good lord this is outstanding. They are not winning games against nobodies either. They have beaten the likes of Josh Beckett, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Roy Halladay, Ervin Santana and many more big names. They are beating the Red Sox, Yankees and Angels. They are pitching great, playing great defense and the bats are doing enough to win. This is the most excitement we have ever had as Rays fans and things overall should only get better. Don’t get caught up thinking they’re invincible now. There will be hard times. There will be a losing streak. There will be bad pitching. The thing to get excited about is that they are winning and when the hard times come, they have built a little cushion for themselves to lean on. They are building confidence every minute of every game. I will now start ripping all of you so called fans.

   I have been discussing things here and there with people on what it would take to get them to a baseball game. The biggest complaints I hear about are the concession prices and the lack of parking. Listen whiners, whether you were aware of it or not, the parking situation is not that bad. You can find parking close if you look. If you don’t want to waste time then ride with three other people and the parking is free. If you don’t want to do that then pay the damn $10! Now on to the concessions. The Rays are the only team in Major League Baseball that let you bring YOUR OWN FOOD into the stadium. Go to subway and get a $5 foot long sub (you know you’ve seen the annoying commercials) bring it into the game. You can bring bottled water. If you need to drink that bad every night then you need to go to AA and you shouldn’t be reading this anyway. Bring a sub, buy an upper deck ticket for $14 and pay $10 for parking. That’s $29 for a night out to see your first place Rays. Go to two games a week and you’re still spending less than you do going to a damn Bucs game. Stop making excuses, they’re gone! Go to the damn games!

Source: ESPN