WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 19, 2008 11:44 PM EDT
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PrintThe coldest story was to be told tonight. The Rays were done. History was against them, but history doesn't play baseball. This team has shown again and again how true that is. This was freaking amazing series and frankly you couldn't ask for more emotion and drama. Four more wins. That's all we need. Four more wins.
Also:
Joe Maddon redeemed himself tonight. Excellent bullpen usage.
Garza pitched the best game of his life.
David Price is everything we could want.
Crawford earned his reaction so damn hard.
I GOT NOTHING BUT FIDDLE CATS
YES!!!!!!
OH AND THANK YOU FRONT OFFICE. STU, FRIEDMAN, SILVERMAN, MADDON, EVERYONE ELSE INCLUDING THE PLAYERS AND TRAINERS. WITHOUT YOU THERE'S NO THIS.
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David Price
World, Meet David Price. David Price, World.
I cant even beathe
Matt Garza is in the middle of having his 3rd testicle descend. He will be ready in time to win tonight though.
Now that the series is over, wow.
Absolutely wow. Boston put up a hell of a fight. I look forward to more years of this.
I also look forward to next year, where the Trop will be chock-full of RAYS FANS during Boston games.
congrats, guys.
we’re happy for you over at hh.
If the Red Sox and Dodgers play for the World Series, I will not watch a single minute of a single game.
by NoDakHalo on Oct 19, 2008 11:49 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
+1
Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere
by anaheim angels on Oct 20, 2008 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Congratulations
from myself and your bandwagon fans from Viva El Birdos. We’re rootin’ for you guys!
Sr Cy Young
needs to close ALL games in the WS. The legand is born….
Rays 2009 Slogan: "Come back with your shield or on it"
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Oct 19, 2008 11:50 PM EDT reply actions
Congrats are in order
To the Tampa Bay Rays and their fans, esp. to you early adopters in Tampa, you guys got put through hell for 10 years, enjoy heaven and knock off those annoying Phillies.
Your neighborhood Met fan.
FEEL...THE HEAT... RAYS!
way to go Tampa Bay. Congratulations and go get that WS trophy!
Hålo fans (and I’m assuming most every other fan outside Boston) thank you.
FEEL THE POWER!!! (song’s kinda catchy you know)
load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...
MY FUCKING CHEST HURTS WOOOOOOOO
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
TO MY RAYS BRETHREN - NEXT TO GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING KIDS...THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE (UNTIL WE BEAT PHILLY)
I AM HAPPY FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THIS TEAM WHEN IT WAS WINLESS FOR A DECADE. AS FOR THE REST OF YOUM HOP ON THE TRAIN…THERE’S STILL ROOM!
by TheUltimateBucFan on Oct 19, 2008 11:52 PM EDT reply actions
Congrats Rays and DRaysBay!
Couldn’t be happier for both of you :) Only thing that would make this better is if it was the M’s… Oh well, we’re coming for you next year (haha)
Take it to the Phillies!
Free Stephen "Awesome" Strasburg!
Good Job!
Congratulations from a Yankees fan. I was rooting for you.
I was originally thinking that I wouldn’t root for you in the WS because I was simply rooting against the Red Sox, but I definitely favor you guys against the Phils.
Keep the WS title in the AL.
2008 - A New Era. The End of An Era.
Had game on mute
did not post at all tonight.
WHAT A GAME,
ALL THE BOSTON FANS ARE WALKING DEJECTED BACK TO THEIR CARSSSSSS!!!
Me too....
I said I would stay away from the GDT to focus on the game, it worked!!!!!
What happened to the comeback kids, I thought we were chokers! Freaking chowds go watch us on TV.
by BOHICA_ALEast on Oct 20, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
overheard
some douchebag leaving the Trop yesterday say “sometimes I hate that I know so much about baseball becaue I called it that the Rays would lose this series after game 5”
FUCK YEAH!!!
Rays 2009 Slogan: "Come back with your shield or on it"
by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Oct 19, 2008 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
RJ, GOTTA LOVE THE COMMENTS AND CONGRATS FROM OTHER FANS...RIGHT?
by TheUltimateBucFan on Oct 19, 2008 11:56 PM EDT reply actions
hey, any chance somebody can make a .GIF out of Dick Vitale's celebration?
that was class.
load the spaceship with the rocket fuel... load it with the warriors...
Congratulations from a Yankees fan.
Get the Phillies and bring it to the AL young men.
by schmosterballs92 on Oct 19, 2008 11:57 PM EDT reply actions
WOOT FOR RAP.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
Only two songs he could have listened to:
Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me
www.citadel-insurance.com
Still awesome.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
Congratulations from a Rangers fan.
As a fan of a team that’s suffered its share of heartache, it puts a genuine smile on my face to see true fans like you guys finally get your due.
Congratulations, too, on kicking Boston’s ass. THE KING IS DEAD!
"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer
i look forward to it
can’t believe it starts this Wednesday…. incredible
Buc 'Em Your SBNation Tampa Bay Bucs Blog where Dull Boys are not allowed!!
PRICE MADE ME HAPPIER THAN ANY WOMAN EVER HAS
WHEN IS THE FIRST PITCH ON WED? IS IT 8:07 AGAIN? OR 830ISH?
other than this one freak i picked up in Clearwater a few years back I totally agree!
Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete
by stpetelawyer on Oct 20, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Central Avenue is Nuts right now! I can't believe all that is happening. It's hard to fully appreciate it
Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete
We did what was said impossible.
To beat Lester twice. God that almost mad eht game 5 fiasco worth it.
Price saves a game 7
Garza simply shuts them down for 7 innings
our future is not fair to other teams and I don’t care
Matt Garza is in the middle of having his 3rd testicle descend. He will be ready in time to win tonight though.
Heard a Sox fan say we would be in the cellar
again next year, I just laughed at his ignorance.
by BOHICA_ALEast on Oct 20, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions
CONGRATS RAYS FANS!
from St. Louis.
Ive been rooting for you guys in the AL all year.
Good luck in the series, we are pulling for you
p.s. we hate Boston.
p.p.s. like a lot
p.p.p.s. That cat vid is disturbing
www.GriffinandtheGargoyles.com or www.myspace.com/GriffinandtheGargoyles
Dont take me seriously :-D
Congrats Guys
Visiting from Halos Heaven.
Congrats to you guys on the Rays’ great season (so far) and AL Championship.
And I’d like to thank Joe and the whole team for cleaning up our mess.
Angels fan since '67
Brewers Nation checking in to say Nice Job Rays
Win this thing for all of the “small market” teams
Plus you guys winning the World Series will just destroy the Cubs fans :)
Go Rays
We are pulling for you Beat Phillys ass
Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S
GARZA SUCKS
Late?
I love Sylar. And matthan’s theory of power conservation. How else do you explain BJ going off? Besides being Jesus.
congrats DRBers
did anyone else see Price on that mound tonight and think John Smoltz in ’91?? WOW congrats to the 2008 AL CHAMPS!!
(now will someone dump Caray into the Ray tank please?)
hey, most important, do we get the free pizza for 10 k's in the post season?
Regressing to the mean streets of St. Pete
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, BUT YES!
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 20, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
KRUCK AND THE WHITE HAIRED GUY DISCUSSING IT
STEVE PHILLIPS? THAT HIS NAME? HE SAID LONGO. I YELLED WRONG AT THE TV
Nice fucking work you crazy little people.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 20, 2008 12:12 AM EDT reply actions
Everyone at LL has helped make thisseasoneven better.
Thanks to all of you guys.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 20, 2008 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions
hate to burst your bubble
but your not the first. not at all.
just check out HH, or probably any other SBnation site not named over the monster
Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere
by anaheim angels on Oct 20, 2008 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Tampa Bay Rays vs Philadelphia Philles
fresh to death
Buc 'Em Your SBNation Tampa Bay Bucs Blog where Dull Boys are not allowed!!
Brewers fan here
Behind you all the way guys.
Loyal to Wisconsin sports regardless of who they play.
Everyone at Lookout Landing is super happy for you guys!
I really do believe The Rays have already won just by making it to their first World Series.
Wonderfully, amazing season guys! Enjoy it all.
I just got home from the game.
Staying at my sisters down the street. I looked and looked for him and he wasn’t there. What a prick.
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from experience
percival is not a prick. he puts the team first, ALWAYS
if he didnt go for some reason (which i find hard to believe) it is likely because he felt that his prescence would be a distraction or somehtng
Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere
by anaheim angels on Oct 20, 2008 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions
The Phillies have lost four times in the World Series, once each to New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Toronto.
I think history, sports most important stat, is behind us.
by putupyourDUKES on Oct 20, 2008 12:16 AM EDT reply actions
What is the fiddle thing
I’ve seen it on this site countless times, but I still don’t get it.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
One of our users posted it after a big win and it stuck.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 20, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Ok cool
I thought that I was missing some kind of hidden symbolism.
Congrats from CamdenChat, by the way.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
It may be about time for a "What the hell this means" post.
Fiddle Cat, Velociraptor Jesus, This is Garza!!!!, Dude Your Getting a Delmon, BEEEEEEEJ, and the rest that I’m forgetting. We have so many of them.
www.citadel-insurance.com
Some guy posted it once and it was so awesome we kept posting it after wins.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
From Over The Monster, I give your team a huge round of applause. Fantastic series and fantastic baseball. That’s all we can really hope for, right?
Good luck against the Phils, guys.
Thank you.
And really this was an amazing series. Your team is incredible and will be for a long time.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 20, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
tight work R.J.
Go Rays… Wednesday BEGINS anew….
Phuck the Phils!!!
Buc 'Em Your SBNation Tampa Bay Bucs Blog where Dull Boys are not allowed!!
Should have taken Wieters
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get ahold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.' -Earl Weaver
That's almost cute, a pic of him in college
When you go to Vandy, you do the work. Even if you are a big sports star.
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Oct 20, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
5 dollars says he is playing a game.
Top Josh Paul Pornos- Big Navi Stroking, 2pitchers1cup, BJ to the Balls, Riggans Your Thingans
BELIEVE in 08!
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2008/10/19/the-dugout-alcs-game-7-recap/#cont
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
dear tbs and espn
FUCK OFF
also garza spits on you
how about david price as closer for WS?
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
Garza infinitely spits on TBS and NESN...oops, I mean ESPN.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
im surprised he didnt spit on the stage
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
He needed to.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
just wait until his phillies loss to us
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
we are definetly favored to do so
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
Wow..,
I can finally breathe again, This is crazy, Awesome season, you never forget your first.
by PewterPirate55 on Oct 20, 2008 12:27 AM EDT reply actions
dude i was shaking and sweating so much during most of the game
definetly the last 2
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
If we don't win the WS, will we be laughed at more then the Tigers?
by putupyourDUKES on Oct 20, 2008 12:28 AM EDT reply actions
No way in hell.
You already beat the Red Sox. YOU BEAT SATAN’S OWN. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO FEEL ASHAMED OF EVER AGAIN.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
My dad called me and asked for the lowdown on who "that kid" was.
I informed him fully.
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
Do not put K-Rod and Price in the same sentence.
Price is miles above K-Rod ever will be.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
Being a M's fan I absolutely despise K-rod.
But yes Price is better than K-rod will ever be.
BOOYA! You got Slurved!
So this is the greatest thing in the history of face of the earth.
Yes, it beats out Cannae, Tours, Vienna, Waterloo, Gettysburg, Midway, Normandy, all that shit.
This was the turning point in the triumph of Western Civilization.
God help us all if the the Red Horde had won the day. But we turned the infidels away at the gates of Tampa!
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
so david price as closer for the WS?
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
He performed on the biggest stage imaginable, under the most pressure imaginable.
Who else if not him?
AHAHAHA CARLOS PENA IS ON RAYS RADIO RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WAS COMMANDING HIS TEAMMATES NOT TO WATCH “SPORTSCENTER” OR ESPN BEFORE THE GAME!
J.P. Howell kindly requests that you please Bach the fuck up.
Fuck "closer" roles.
Whoever’s needed, use them.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
The artist probably took cyanide tonight.
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Oct 20, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions
and threw it into the pacific ocean
thats the ocean next to florida right? lol
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
so rj where you imaging that when bj was running towards the pile that he was running into your arms?
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
It still hasn't sunk in.......
Garza and Price were outstanding.
AL CHAMPS! ONTO THE WORLD SERIES!
The amazing season continues……..
so how many people do you think jumped off the red sox bandwagon tonight?
i had a family getogether last night during the game and i asked one of my cousins who is a red sox fan, about how i hope the sux bring in manny delcarmen and she goes who? im like are you serious can you even name 10 players on their team and she said no.
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
well at least now they cant say OH wait until the playoffs
when you think .500 is the best a team can do and they are currently playing in the ALCS for a chance to advance to the WS, you have to stop and think that the future of that team is going to be amazing. GO TB RAYS!
This is the South Park one.
Carlos and Victor Zambrano have exactly the same number of career postseason wins. Who would have thought?
by Blicks on Oct 20, 2008 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The OTHER crush pic.
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Oct 20, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
The real question
What will Aki do with that ball?
Strange japanese sexual fetish stuff? Or just eat it?
by putupyourDUKES on Oct 20, 2008 12:46 AM EDT reply actions
Congrats from a Cards fan
Here’s hoping your boys take it all the way. Price is filthy! It think you found a closer to cover for Percy in the WS.
by cloistermaximus on Oct 20, 2008 12:48 AM EDT reply actions
shit man, shit
I just can’t believe it. It’s like nobody celebrating your birthday for 10 years, and then all of a sudden getting everything you could want
Congrats, Rays!
Angels fan here…
First off, thank you for manhandling the Red Sox during this series. That made me the happiest.
Secondly, congratulations on your first World Series, and best of luck to you against the Phillies!!
I’m rooting for you guys!
Can we have Maddon back now? =D
Kotch would've had that.
That was worth me holding my head in my hands and whispering insane gibberish to myself, until the last out!
Who else lost a couple years off their life?
Yeah....um...that trade...
….yeah….it’s working out for us….
Certainties in Life: Death, Taxes, and Gabe Gross coming through in the ninth
Congratulations from an Angels fan.
Congratulations on your teams fantastic play, standing up to the pressure, and taking the pennant. Job well done. And special congrats to Joe Madden, a great baseball man and a great leader. We watched him coach with great success here in Anaheim for many, many years, and he truly showed his mettle in this game seven.
Congrats again.
Rays, you are my second favorite team in the AL
i think you were ever since i was about 8 or so (8 years ago) and i saw the logo and was like, that logo is awesome. and plus, i hated the yankees and bosux. and the rays just kinda remind me of the angels style (especially with maddon and percival now)
Mr Moreno,
Please re-sign Tex.
Sincerely yours,
Halo fans everywhere
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here we come WORLD SERIES 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!
Certainties in Life: Death, Taxes, and Gabe Gross coming through in the ninth
150:1 Odds
I put $20 on the Rays to win the W.S. in Vegas the first weekend of the season and got 150:1 odds at the Stratosphere Casino. Things are looking good.
vr, Xei
Sex is sex and baseball is baseball, sometimes they mix in the clubhouse but never the twain shall meet on the field. But here’s Jason Varitek, right in front of him, huge catcher’s thighs dangerously close, smelling like sweat and leather and other tantalizingly dark, male things, every fiber of his being saying, "Just give me a reason and I will beat the ever-loving shit out of you," and in that instant Alex could have been in any bedroom in the world, and forgets he’s on a field of baseball where it is his duty to play the game and sometimes forgo his own pleasure, even when some guy comes up to you like the best fucking wet dream ever made real, so Alex lets slip the magic words that would bait that delicious rage and bring it crashing down over him.
*backs away slowly*
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Oct 20, 2008 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I am so happy for y'all
this is the best two minutes of my life, seriously. I grew up in St. Pete and it’s really surreal for me to see this finally happen. what a great series and what a great season, straight up. from your homie up here in Boston, a smile on the face, word. ya did it!
Congrats
Just got home from work and this has made my night.
I hope Joe continues to lead you all to the promised land.
If GA wasn't so Lazy, I'd have something clever here.
Random Story
I use to work ath the Haunted Mansion in some little theme park in Orlando in ya’ll’s state. As a result, I gained an affinity for the place and purchased the (very underrated) Haunted Mansion video game. NOT based on the movie!
Anyway, you can talk to all the ghosts in the game, and if you talk to one ghost who is in a band, he says, “guys. Guys! I think we’re missing something. We need more cow bell!”
Another ghost respons, “yeah! That’s what we need! Cowbell! More cowbell!”
Not only did I fall in love with a Disney game with hidden SNL references, but I thought you guys should know that, from now on, when I play that game, I’ll think of ya’ll.
Not nearly as cool as Maniac Mansion
Which, as far as I know, was the first video game where you could microwave a hamster, then serve it as dinner to the person who owned the hamster.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
I love your icon
Lay off the stadium, Iwamura
by Orlando Rays on Oct 20, 2008 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Congrats guys.
You beat the Red Sox head to head during the season, in the standings and now in the playoffs. I don’t think we can argue which was the better team in 2008.
Now go out and finish the job!
And, whatever happens, enjoy it.
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
I guess it should be noted for the less geeky people
that you have to read this from right to left. Cuz that’s how the Japanese read.
Aki told me.
One last thing I need to add to this
CAN I HAZ 4 MOAR WINZ AND A PRETTY TROPHY?!?!
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