surprise Baseball Teams So Far

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Yeah but it is fun to make fun of them anyway. In 2002 the Angels were picked by some of them to be last in the division.....that was fun.

And what is the East Coast Sports Propaganda Network going to do without the Red Sox or Yankees in the playoff????? They will run some 'classic' material of past match-ups and focus on next year and the draft.

If you believe the media pundits. The best coverage of baseball isn't in the medial

[Elan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Elan]

Interesting commentary on the Rays from Jason Stark at ESPN

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We've been asking everyone this week to name the one September baseball story that most rivets them. Nearly all of them answered … the Rays.

Hey, good answer. If this team -- with a lower payroll than the left side of the Yankees' infield -- wins the AL East, it will be a story people talk about for decades. But if the Rays supersede that and finish with the best record in baseball -- after 10 straight 90-loss seasons -- we'll announce this now:

This would then, officially, become the most miraculous turnaround ever.

Think about this. According to Rays public relations genius Rick Vaughn, 261 teams in baseball history have lost 95 games or more in a season. (Tampa Bay lost 96 last year.) Only one of them (before this team) ever made it to 30 games over .500 at any point in the next season -- the 1999 Diamondbacks.

Even more incredibly, if the Rays wind up with the best record in the whole sport, they would be the first team to finish with the worst record in baseball one year and the best record the next since Farmer Weaver's 1890 Louisville Colonels. That probably explains why we hear so many people in baseball saying, "If our team doesn't win it, I hope the Rays do." This is turning into one of the most spectacular underdog tales of our lifetime.

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Think about this. According to Rays public relations genius Rick Vaughn, 261 teams in baseball history have lost 95 games or more in a season. (Tampa Bay lost 96 last year.) Only one of them (before this team) ever made it to 30 games over .500 at any point in the next season -- the 1999 Diamondbacks.

What a career for Rickie Vaughan!!! Rickie Vaughan was to guy who goes from the California penal league to star pitcher on the Cleveland Indians team that goes from last to first to beat the Yankees (while Tom Berenger gets Rene Russo).

Now he pops up as a public relations genius for the Rays, where they also go from last to first.

What an amazing career - two last to first teams for him!!!

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Yeah but it is fun to make fun of them anyway. In 2002 the Angels were picked by some of them to be last in the division.....that was fun.

And what is the East Coast Sports Propaganda Network going to do without the Red Sox or Yankees in the playoff????? They will run some 'classic' material of past match-ups and focus on next year and the draft.

4ARedSOXOctober,
Yanks might be gone but dont be surprised to see the Sox back in first
place in 2 weeks....Manny is gone, Lowell and Beckett are back, and Bay, Burd,and Kotay are all playing well and contributing since being acquired. Your Angels could well face the Rays in the first round should the Sox make it back into first place...Its going to be a fun September!!!!

GO SOX!!!!

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Yeah it is getting exciting for you guys....congrats on the come back. It looks like it will be a battle to the end. And it is going to be the Angels vs the Wild Card from the AL EAST.

Our magic number is five going into today so it has gotten boring and Mike is already resting pitchers and regulars already. We should clinch at home next week.

It will be all about momentum now.....we are suffering some key injuries and have rookies in the middle infield. They better get up to speed quick. Can we borrow Dustin for the post season?

I hope we can put together a run at the end of the season and go into the playoffs healthy and in gear. It is going to be tough to get the AL pennant this year for everyone.

We gotta go through Boston to get a shot at the big dance.....that is the only way to do it right.

Poor yankmees.....


GO ANGELS

4ARedSOXOctober,
Yanks might be gone but dont be surprised to see the Sox back in first
place in 2 weeks....Manny is gone, Lowell and Beckett are back, and Bay, Burd,and Kotay are all playing well and contributing since being acquired. Your Angels could well face the Rays in the first round should the Sox make it back into first place...Its going to be a fun September!!!!

GO SOX!!!!

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Wow!!! The surprise team is the NY Mets. They are going south for an early vacation this year.

Correction the surprise team now are those amazing NY Mets they will be in the playoff this and their cross town rivals will not be in the American League playoff.