It’s official. Hell has frozen over.
The Tampa Bay Rays are in first place. Maybe now baseball fans all across the world will realize that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are now simply the Tampa Bay Rays - they’ve dropped the “Devil”. Maybe now fans will realize that Tampa Bay has a team.
For years Tampa Bay has played in front of a handful of fans as they wallowed in the basement of the American league East. They were nothing more than a whipping bag for the American league East powerhouses - the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. It was like having a bye series every so often in the season. Teams loved to go down to Florida and enjoy the warm weather and a sweep of the Devil Rays - excuse me, the Rays.
Not anymore.
Suddenly the Rays have won six straight games and stormed to the front of the AL East. They are a game and a half in front of the Boston Red Sox and they took that lead by beating the New York Yankees. Things are going so well for the Rays than Yankees little owner, Georget Steinbrenner Jr (or whatever), said the Yankees have to play more like the Rays. Geez, just writing that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand-up. Do we need any other signs that the apocolypse is upon us? I don’t think so.
But what is it that makes the Rays so good? Sure, they have solid pitching. Sure they have young talent that has a passion for the game (are you listening Tigers - that’s real passion not passion you try to trump up in a meeting room), and they seem to get hits when they need them. But could it be that it’s the name change? Could it be that dropping the name of Satan from their team has allowed them to embrace purer being and thus grab more wins?
Heck, in a sports world where copycats are everywhere, I think we might see a few more teams change their name if the Rays win it all this year. Could the Boston Red Sox become just the Boston Sox - the color red can be associated with evil. Could the Kansas City Royals become the Roys? And maybe the Arizona Diamondbacks will just become the Arizona Diamonds? And how do the Angles expect to win anything with a team name that’s something like 8 words. Come on. They’re doomed.
And I know, you say it’s ridiculous that any other teams would change their name and/or shorten it, but after seeing the Rays in first, I know that anything is possible.
It’s official. Hell has frozen over.
The Tampa Bay Rays are in first place. Maybe now baseball fans all across the world will realize that the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are now simply the Tampa Bay Rays - they’ve dropped the “Devil”. Maybe now fans will realize that Tampa Bay has a team.
For years Tampa Bay has played in front of a handful of fans as they wallowed in the basement of the American league East. They were nothing more than a whipping bag for the American league East powerhouses - the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. It was like having a bye series every so often in the season. Teams loved to go down to Florida and enjoy the warm weather and a sweep of the Devil Rays - excuse me, the Rays.
Not anymore.
Suddenly the Rays have won six straight games and stormed to the front of the AL East. They are a game and a half in front of the Boston Red Sox and they took that lead by beating the New York Yankees. Things are going so well for the Rays than Yankees little owner, Georget Steinbrenner Jr (or whatever), said the Yankees have to play more like the Rays. Geez, just writing that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand-up. Do we need any other signs that the apocolypse is upon us? I don’t think so.
But what is it that makes the Rays so good? Sure, they have solid pitching. Sure they have young talent that has a passion for the game (are you listening Tigers - that’s real passion not passion you try to trump up in a meeting room), and they seem to get hits when they need them. But could it be that it’s the name change? Could it be that dropping the name of Satan from their team has allowed them to embrace purer being and thus grab more wins?
Heck, in a sports world where copycats are everywhere, I think we might see a few more teams change their name if the Rays win it all this year. Could the Boston Red Sox become just the Boston Sox - the color red can be associated with evil. Could the Kansas City Royals become the Roys? And maybe the Arizona Diamondbacks will just become the Arizona Diamonds? And how do the Angles expect to win anything with a team name that’s something like 8 words. Come on. They’re doomed.
And I know, you say it’s ridiculous that any other teams would change their name and/or shorten it, but after seeing the Rays in first, I know that anything is possible.
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