How can you explain a 3-17 record on any given day? 3 wins out of 20 games. That’s how the Rays finished August on Fridays. For the record, the Rays will not play any Friday games in September. They will need to come up with some other name for that day that happily ends the work-week. It’s no longer Friday. It’s Party-Day!!!
As for me, I unfortunately have a weekend season-ticket package. And, worse yet, I split the package, with me taking all the Friday games. Quite honestly, I’m confused. Here’s a team that is tied for the best record in baseball. And, I most often see them lose. I’ve seen a no-hitter by Edwin Jackson. I’ve seen several other games that I can count Rays hits with one hand.
I’d like to see a win. I’d like to see multiple runs scored. With this game against the Red Sox, I kept hearing Tantric’s “Down and Out” when Evan Longoria strolled to the plate with runners on base. I saw DP, K, K, K. What a miserable collection of letters.
That unspoken day in September has the Rays playing at Baltimore and at Toronto. Then, that scum-sucking day has the Rays returning home to play the Angels and the Mariners.
Here’s my request. I will be at the Angels and Mariners games. I want to see a win that clinches a place in the 2010 playoffs. I want to see the Rays manage more than three hits. I want to see Evan Longoria knock in a run or two. I sit in section 142. I want a home run to sail over my head. Or, better yet, I want to see one clank off the C-ring and land softly into my glove. Is that too much to ask?

















