It's not even about winning and losing at this point. The Rays aren't making it to the postseason this year. We've known that for a while. And good God is that freeing.
That's what makes games like tonight so much fun. To be honest, I didn't give two hoots about whether or not the team won or lost tonight. If they were prudent, they'd be tanking at this point to secure a super good draft spot, but you try telling a bunch of guys who make their living off of this game to tank. At this point I'm rooting for specific players, and rooting because of inertia.