I really like the way that sounds....well we proved all the doubters wrong...a team with barely 40 million payroll beat the powerhouse teams to win the toughest division in sports....

LETS GO RAYS!!!!!!!!!!

edit from american league east division champs to

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

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I have to say, hats off to the Rays for lasting through some key injuries and also down the stretch. It was nice to battle for the East with a team other than the Yanks.

I think the Red Sox are going to have a difficult time trying to beat the Angels in the first round. I think the Rays have a good chance of beating the Central winner as long as they continue to play well.

If the Red Sox and Rays meet in the ALCS it will definitely be an interesting series.

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the rays and thier coaching staff are the story of they year unless lou gets it back to chi town on thier 100th anny. but the rays, run all the way to the title with nothing but kids playing together hard, and all of them doing it, sure longoria is a plpayer, but they all had top moments. everyone chipped in. the upstart boys who no one gave a shot, just held dominant all season, withstanding a few runs at em by the sox and yanks. gutsy team gonna be a real problem in the next few weeks. i hope they get to beat the angels and the best manager in the game soscia. would be sumin to see in the ALCS. the veteran team from LA vs the punky kids from tampa.

i woulda loved to see the twins knock out the sox, too little too late. now we can watch peter gammons try to get a red sox reference in at every possible moment pandering to thier classless fans. GO RAYS for AL.

go cubs!

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I'm deffo happy for the Rays, but it would have been for them to clinch by winning a game instead of giving up 8 home runs in two days and having the red sox lose for them to clinch the division, lol

this season though has turned me into a baseball fan as far as watching Tampa, still cant be arsed to sit and watch anyone else play

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^^^same here. i can only watch the rays. I am very excited about this thrusday...downtown st. pete should be jumping...

I heard upton kazmir and cliff floyd hit a club in downtown st pete after they clinched making the playoffs last week....called push ultra lounge

...what is the deal with that place...seems to be poplular with all the celebtrities....in fact simon rice was there friday filming 4 some dj reality show.

is it a kool club or do they play cheezy dance or hiphop

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its an [B]ultra lounge[/B], lol, nuff said.. its full of pretentious people in suits and shit.. they tried to have a few decent dj's but the house heads know better than to go there..loads of people, no one dancing, and no vibe. the restaurant attached to it has gone out of business twice.. nice venue, shite mgmt, and the owners just sold it too

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congrtas Steve & Chuck, your boys have had an awesome year, even though I'm a Red Sox & Dodger fan, I'd be rather pleased to see a Rays - Cubs world series match-up.

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^^thanks!! we have been hurting here the last 10 years....the worst team in the whole league every year since there existence except for one year when we won 70 games with pinella and we finished second to last.

i am going to live it up...going blow outta work earlyto hit the rays rally party in downtown st. pete tomrorow...

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^^ you guys deserve this one, the last time you had a title in Tampa was 2002-03 season with the Bucs wasn't it ?

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the Lightning won the Stanley Cup in the 03-04 season

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Was just able to get tickets to Game 5 if it happens!!!!

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got an extra one? lol

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Hopefully the Tampa fans will show up and fill up the stadium instead of only 10,000 like they have been playing to all year.

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^^^ lol.. they actually averaged over 20,000 with quite a few games over 30K. i think they drew close to 2 million for the season

so far all the play off home games are sold out :)

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Generous pitch calling...great pitching, when not getting generous pitch calls, and timely hitting = a Rays win

WOW that was a good game, now I hope that the ChiSox win two at home so that the Rays can lose game 5 on their home field.

I do however think that the Rays are going to the ALCS but I can wish.

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[quote=Nigel Harkness;658148]Generous pitch calling.[/quote]

LOFL....even ozzie guillen comented you dont get a hit unless you SWING THE BAT!!!

Swisher is a Puss....swing the bat you whining little wuus

Do you even realize how many calls the Rays have gotten screwed on this year??? in fact they got screwed in the ninth with that safe call at first when we clearly tagged him out.

Go Rays....lets sweeeeeeeep the sox

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Yes I actually meant to add that too but forgot, they did get screwed on that 9th inning call but it worked out for them in the end and DAMN ChiSox swing the freaking bats, it's not like they were not close and the UMP, as generous as he was, was calling like that all night.

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how about the big man Thome going down looking.. these kids just know how to win, end of

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[quote=thesightless;654876]the rays and thier coaching staff are the story of they year unless lou gets it back to chi town on thier 100th anny. but the rays, run all the way to the title with nothing but kids playing together hard, and all of them doing it, sure longoria is a plpayer, but they all had top moments. everyone chipped in. the upstart boys who no one gave a shot, just held dominant all season, withstanding a few runs at em by the sox and yanks. gutsy team gonna be a real problem in the next few weeks. i hope they get to beat the angels and the best manager in the game soscia. would be sumin to see in the ALCS. [COLOR=White][B]the veteran team from LA vs the punky kids from tampa.[/B] [/COLOR]
i woulda loved to see the twins knock out the sox, too little too late. now we can watch peter gammons try to get a red sox reference in at every possible moment pandering to thier classless fans. GO RAYS for AL.

go cubs![/quote]

would be nice.. but let me say.. "veteran".. sure LA has some key vets. but the starting lineups rooks (like in game 2) are a good 6. (everyday players)

Martin Loney Ethier Kemp DeWitt Billingsley

and you still have more rooks in the bullpen who have helped tremendously . Broxton (semi-closer) Kershaw McDonald Wade

and all these guys (with the exception of McDonald) contributed to be in this spot; albeit with that extra push in the 2nd half with Ramirez.. but all season long.. The Dodgers were not out of it. LA and AZ were the top teams head to head year long, never trailing by more than 4 or 5 gb.

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how bout them rays......We R going to the championship series!!!

I am so exited, I also lucked out and was able to get tix to both games one and two.

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This will be a good one no doubt!

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[quote=Nigel Harkness;659324]This will be a good one no doubt![/quote]

thats it, we've got a series to look forward to

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I can almost guarantee there will be a huge brawl considering all that happend early on in the season!!

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I dont see that happening again, especially in the play offs, a major suspension could mean the end of the season for one of the teams.. the only scenario I can see it may be if boston is getting owned by tampa and are down something like 3 games to none.

having said that, I would be very surprised if this series doesnt go 7 games

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[quote=chuckc;659433]I can almost guarantee there will be a huge brawl considering all that happend early on in the season!!

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Wish that was the whole picture cause if you remember Crisp dodged that punch

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In case you forgot

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ywYMKQdxu0&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]

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didnt forget, dont really care, coco is a doosh

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red sox, and i see em alot, are punks. remember when that bitch varitek left his mask on when fightin arod. they're all punks from back in pedro's days to now. i wanna see someone knock papelbon in the skull and make both his eyes go crooked. he reminds of a slightly retarded person who functions, but still cant live alone.. and ortizz, that is the missing link between apes and humans. its a shome too, cuz lester, francona and even becket are class acts. yeah beckett is nasty, but he carries himself with class, and francona is amazing.

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[quote=thesightless;660437]red sox, and i see em alot, are punks. remember when that bitch varitek left his mask on when fightin arod. they're all punks from back in pedro's days to now. i wanna see someone knock papelbon in the skull and make both his eyes go crooked. he reminds of a slightly retarded person who functions, but still cant live alone.. and ortizz, that is the missing link between apes and humans. its a shome too, cuz lester, francona and even becket are class acts. yeah beckett is nasty, but he carries himself with class, and francona is amazing.[/quote]

I'm not a redsox fan by any stretch of the imagination, and I hope the Rays crush them, but I will say I enjoy watching Beckett pitch.. his demeanor on the mound is something all young pitchers should study.. always seems so relaxed but has the nastiest stuff when he is on

If by some chance Tampa does lose the series, I really hope LA beats Philly just to see the Manny v Boston soap opera unfold

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[quote=Steve Graham;660625] I enjoy watching Beckett pitch.. his demeanor on the mound is something all young pitchers should study.. [/quote]

i enjoy watching Balfour's demeanor on the mound!! That guy is great...he needs to be the freaking closer already, wheeler is not the answer

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Balfour will be a good closer when he can control his energy, that show down with Cabrera was great though, telling him to sit down!

I'm good with closing by commitee at this point, someone new every night as the way their season has went thus far, dont fix what isnt browkn.. I'm hoping that adding Percival to the playoff roster doesnt bite them in the ass, though Kazmir concerns me more

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[quote=Steve Graham;660625]I'm not a redsox fan by any stretch of the imagination, and I hope the Rays crush them, but I will say I enjoy watching Beckett pitch.. his demeanor on the mound is something all young pitchers should study.. always seems so relaxed but has the nastiest stuff when he is on

If by some chance Tampa does lose the series, I really hope LA beats Philly just to see the Manny v Boston soap opera unfold[/quote]

i wanna see kasmir put one right on youkalis's head. that mother fucker loks like the predator without the mask. [IMG]http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/73/039_24990~Predator-Posters.jpg[/IMG]

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^^^ hahaha, I cant stand the way he rests his ugly fat fucking chin on his shoulder when he bats, would be nice to see a fast ball "get away" from Kaz, lol

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mutant.

fuck em and thier classless fans. hope the plane crashes.

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^^wow that stings a bit..lol..now I know what its like to be a yankee's fan