It’s here. After wandering the desert (aka golfing Octobers) for the previous five seasons, your beloved Tampa Bay Rays are back in the postseason, baby!!
The last time the Rays made the playoffs, they played in the second year of the one-game Wild Card playoff format, winning their matchup over Cleveland before falling in four games to the Red Sox in the ALDS. This time, once again, it’s win or go home right off the bat.
You thought your ulcers were bad last week; hoo boy.
So let’s lean away from the stress by hyper-analyzing every possible inch of what should be an awesome Wild Card Game showdown between a pair of mirror-image teams.