Many of us had cleared our October calendars for a long playoff run.
We had our Game 5 tickets.
We had our ALCS tickets.
But it’s over tonight, and somehow the Rays — a 100 win team that dominated baseball’s strongest division, couldn’t make it out of the first round of the playoffs.
Although the Rays were eliminated in four games, this was a close series. Each team had one dominant game, and the last two were coin flips.
The first inning for the Rays seemed to presage what would be a tough night.