We know that our focus is primarily on college sports, especially on the USF Bulls, but living in the Bay area, we have to do special blogs to the great teams around the area, this one is about the Tampa Bay Rays and to their hiding fans.
The Rays return tonight after a successful 6-3 West coast road trip and sit atop the AL East with 24 wins and only 10 loses. The pitching staff, led last time out by David Price have been incredible and the bullpen, anchored by Soriano have been clutch, closing down games and securing wins to make the Rays the best in the MLB.
The Rays finally return home to take on the Seattle Mariners who are reeling right now with both on and off the field issues (I wonder is Ken Griffey Jr. will be awake or not for this one?). Seattle is still a dangerous team though, led by Ichiro, one of the most dangerous hitters in the game today, who is batting .348 this year (just a normal year for him) and a solid pitching staff, the Rays can not take this game or series lightly. With Boston and the evil empire lurking in the division, games like this one are critical to keep the hot streak going and keep the dreams of October alive.
The Rays need some help out there though. They are ranked 28th in attendance this year, which is sad considering they are one of the best teams around. Ray fans need to fill the empty seats and inspire the Rays to play hard. Remember the world series run and the atmosphere that was the Trop? Now it is an empty shell of its past glory during the great run and this years team is even better than before. The Rays need the support, we will have another blog up soon about this troubling trend with attendance for the Rays, so get out to the Trop this weekend and enjoy a sweep!
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