Rays fans, and indeed most baseball fans, will never forget September 28, 2011, when Game 162 upsets changed the postseason lineup over night.
Two days later, the Rays enjoyed a performance that was just as impressive.
To start off the ALDS series in Texas, the the Tampa Bay Rays did Tampa Bay Rays things and kicked off the series with a starting pitcher who had just two weeks of major league experience. That pitcher was Joe Maddon’s not-so-secret weapon, lefty phenom Matt Moore.
With the benefit of hindsight, we may forget just how much promise Moore had shown.