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It’s not time to panic: even after the two losses to the Bankmes the Rays still have the best record in baseball.  But I will declare tonight’s game is officially the first MUST WIN game in Rays history.

Isn’t it ironic.  On the pregame radio show it was mentioned what a great job Hinske and Aybar have been doing filling in.  Rays beat writer Marc Tomkin, while agreeing, forewarned that Longoria and CC will be missed and that with extended play role players show why they are not starters (see Geoff Blum, circa 2004).  Not to pile on but after last night’s game I have only one question:  Hey Marc, what’s today’s Lotto numbers?

Is Andy Sonnanstine the official scorer?  I ask this only because I can think of 4 or 5 plays last night that should have / could have been ruled as errors but went as hits (which led to earned runs) wrecking havoc on E-Jax’s et al ERA.

Maybe we should have signed Bonds.  If for nothing else at least he could have shared some of that ‘arthritic cream’ he used to use with Tom Foley.  Foley’s arthritis must be severely acute seeing that he can’t move his arms to wave guys in.   

The only thing more amorphic than Runge’s strike zone Tuesday night is his fat ass.  Boy, his father must be embarrassed.

Was Linda Blair in the house because it sure seemed like the devil returned to the Rays.  Let’s be honest but after the past two nights tell me again:  Which team is young and fast playing with great pitching and defense and which team looks old and plodding with a disastrous rotation?

I turned to Webster and looked up “Playing Not To Lose” and found videos of Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s games.

I must need Prozac.  The Rays lose back to back games at the Trop for the first time since mid-April and drop just their first series since the all-star break and I’m glum and all dooms-dayish (not really).  Things are so bad I need psychotropics, or maybe that little blue pill to get up.

Read it here first.  The Rays will win tonight and finish the homestand 6-3.  If you told me before the stand started with Toronto that the Rays would go 6-3, I’d have been happy.

Go Rays!  Ya Hafta Have Faith.