Monday, October 20, 2008

Reason #22: The Tampa Bay Rays

The Tampa Bay Rays are an emblem of all that is good in baseball. If you didn't cheer like mad for them to get the Red Sox, you should check in with a doctor because you might not have a heart. With that said...

Rays: Founded 1998, made WS in 2008
Diamondbacks: Founded 1998, made WS in 2001
Marlins: Founded 1993, made WS in 1997
Rockies: Founded 1993, made WS in 2007
Blue Jays: Founded 1977, made WS in 1992

Now that Tampa has made ESPN executives cry by eliminating the Red Socked ones and moving on to play for the 'world' championship, every expansion team since the Mariners were founded has made it to the World Series already. Three of those teams won it all, two won it all twice. Seattle has never been.

Mariners: Founded 1977, made WS in 2077

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2 comments:

Molio said...

COME ON NESS!!! WE ALL KNOW THE WORLD SERIES IS NOT ON ESPN. ITS ON FOX. AND WE HAVE TO FU**ING ENDURE ANOTHER WEEK OF JOE BUCK! ESPN IS JUMPING FOR JOY BECAUSE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WILL OUT RATE THE WORLD SERIES NOW!

Ness said...

ESPN = Everybody's Sox Promotion Network

ESPN is like a leech - it feeds off of the sadness that is generated when big-market, big-money, big-bandwagon teams win. ESPN loves the Red Sox. And when ESPN is sad, I am happy.