Mad Dog on Yahoo

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Some Quotes from the article

In a plan conceived by Maddon, financed by Cliff Floyd, the (Def) Rays will roll through Toronto, Boston and New York wearing jeans and Ed Hardy’s finest on all travel days.                                             With a sport coat, of course.

“If you’re traveling, you’ve got to be in Ed Hardy,” Maddon said. “Even Zim. Zim’s gotta have one on.”

The Rays are coming off their best month ever, a 21-win August that guaranteed them their first relevant September, for a roster that – put together – possesses all the postseason know-how of 32 at-bats and 43 1/3 innings pitched. So, the final weeks loom, the Boston Red Sox trailing by one swing weekend. And Maddon, who wrapped up AL Manager of the Year even before hurricane season, continues a course set in February, if not two years earlier.

After all, it’s not the players’ fault so few of them have playoff experience; most of them have only played for the Rays. But, as was established in five breakthrough months under the stylings of the funky-cool Maddon, the little Rays might actually be ready for serious hardball.

“We’re trying to be vigilant to the day,” Maddon said. “Whatever happens, good or bad, move on to the next day.”

Vaughn laughed. “I can’t wait to put mine on,” he said.

Of all the luck. Zim probably got “Death or Glory.”