And the Last Shall be First, or at Least Better Than Last Year's First

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anonymous (not verified)
9/22/09
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That's the slightly jemanji-inspired tag I thought of when I noticed Seattle's now 79-72: the Rays are 77-74, and with this loss now definitely won't make the playoffs. It's hard to believe the Rays' 2008 run hasn't done more for their late-season attendance, but I guess a terrible local economy and a dome can do that. And I guess the Rays have done the sort of late-season fade the Mariners did in '02, '03, and '07. Is it just me who's been inspired by the Yankees series and the general run of thrilling games Seattle's put together in '09 to pay pretty close attention to these playing out the string games?

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It's not as exciting as if we still had something left to fight for, but I am enjoying the fact that the guys are still enjying the games, still playing hard every day, still playing with pride, etc.  There's going to be a lot of positive emotions to build on next year.

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