Who thinks Tampa ends the ALCS tonight?
phillies look good! i think they will take the series. over the rays.
DeWitt prefers grounding into double plays instead of actually getting hits
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Most people watch baseball because they want to see big time, flashy plays being made and gigantic homeruns being hit.
all you are doing is validating why this will be a great World Series.
Ryan Howard of the Phillies has led the NL in homers over the past two years. Carlos Pena has the second most in the AL over the past 2 years. You have Upton and Longoria who can go yard. The Rays have just set an ALCS record for most home runs (in only 5 games!).
You want flashy plays....watch the Rays defense. Philadelphia has some nice glovework as well.
Extremely lucky stop, terrible throw. He must feel pretty bad right now.
Tough loss for a Rays fan...but at the same time, you have to look at the bog picture. They took 2 out of 3 in Fenway which was their goal. Yes, they should have won tonight but I put more of the blame on Maddon than on Evan Longoria. The guy makes a bad throw and you pin the loss on him? He hit a homer and Boston still scored 7 other runs.
Someone obviously does not like Evan Longoria and looks for any way to bash him.
We all watch it anyway. :dunno:
Longoria's been making brilliant defensive plays all season long. He was a little off after coming back from a wrist injury, which is understandable. Obviously the error he made in last night's game was critical and factored into the Rays losing, but it's not going to make me forget how much he's meant to the Rays this season. The Rays wouldn't be where they are now without him. Buck Martinez and Ron Darling have mentioned a few times now how when Longoria drove in a run this season the Rays are 42-12, whereas they are below .500 when he doesn't. He's also been hitting very well in the postseason thus far. All that considered, I think he deserves a break for making that error.
Even so, screw the Rays...
yaheem said:Yeah so Im on the Rays bandwagon but who isnt?