13-0

[REDneck]

Who's rooting for the Rays and their amazing start to the season, and who is hating on them?

I'm rooting for them!

Great time to be a Rays fan.

[WicketMaiden]

Good for them, but I'm pretty much indifferent to any team outside of the AL West. Angels or nothing for me.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Well, hopefully they can dominate the Yankees & Blue Jays when they play them. We will be competing with those teams for a playoff spot, assuming Tampa ends up winning the division.

[gurn67]

As a lifelong Yankees and Red Sox hater, I enjoy when any other team in the AL East is playing well.

[tomsred]

I only root for the Angels, none of the other teams matter.

[T.G.]

It's a good baseball story, but I really don't care.

[Jason]

I didn’t even know they were playing that well. I don’t care though 

[Erstad Grit]

Franco is the next big superstar.

That team is loaded with a great pen. 

Fun team.  

[fan_since79]

Good balance up and down the roster. Pitching, hitting, bullpen, the works. I hope they break the all-time record of 20 straight to open the season, set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons (who?!).

[Taylor]

If you live in Tampa, you're on Cloud 9 right now. The Rays are 13-0 and Taylor Swift has three concerts there this weekend.

[Angelsjunky]

I've always liked the Rays - they've done a great job staying competitive in a sea (the AL East) full of sharks. They're sort of the Athletics of the East, but with more annoying opponents.

[TBM-850]

Considering how terrible they were for their first 10 years, TB is now within range of a .500 all time record if they keep winning for a few more years (-110).

The Angels were the only expansion team with an all time winning record but have fallen back (-40) over the last few years. Houston has that spot now (+10).

The Phillies and Orioles are hopelessly buried with their all time records, both more than -1000 each. It would take several decades of great teams to get out of the hole.

The Yankees could lose 100 games for the next 68 years and still be above .500

[Tank]

2 minutes ago, TBM-850 said:

The Yankees could lose 100 games for the next 68 years and still be above .500

wow!

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, TBM-850 said:

Considering how terrible they were for their first 10 years, TB is now within range of a .500 all time record if they keep winning for a few more years (-110).

The Angels were the only expansion team with an all time winning record but have fallen back (-40) over the last few years. Houston has that spot now (+10).

The Phillies and Orioles are hopelessly buried with their all time records, both more than -1000 each. It would take several decades of great teams to get out of the hole.

The Yankees could lose 100 games for the next 68 years and still be above .500

 

[Barf]

They can fuck off.

[eligrba4ever]

The Rays won the Lucky 13th today, but will it be a pyrrhic victory? Starter Jeffrey Springs was pulled after 3 innings today and has been diagnosed with ulnar neuritis, a compressed nerve in his pitching arm. He is expected to be out at least through May 2. If therapy fails, it could mean surgery. He is unbeaten in his first two (quality) starts. The Rays might miss him if he's out for more than a couple of weeks.

[fan_since79]

Speaking of the 1884 St. Louis Maroons, one of their stars was a certain Billy Taylor, a pitcher who went 43-16 for two different teams that year, with 59 complete games. 25-4 with the Maroons. As a hitter, a batting average of .366. 

 

[happybat4]

33 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Speaking of the 1884 St. Louis Maroons, one of their stars was a certain Billy Taylor, a pitcher who went 43-16 for two different teams that year, with 59 complete games. 25-4 with the Maroons. As a hitter, a batting average of .366. 

 

Charlie Sweeney had 11.2 WAR that year.

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

If you live in Tampa, you're on Cloud 9 right now. The Rays are 13-0 and Taylor Swift has three concerts there this weekend.

Then after the weekend is over, you remember you live in Florida.

[fan_since79]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Then after the weekend is over, you remember you live in Florida.

26 inches of rain in Ft Lauderdale and the city is flooded. 

[REDneck]

They deserve props!

[ukyah]

6 hours ago, REDneck said:

Who's rooting for the Rays and their amazing start to the season, and who is hating on them?

I'm rooting for them!

Great time to be a Rays fan.

the rays FO and players deserve every bit of attention they get from this start.

[arch stanton]

Meh. When they can manage a 14 game losing streak that's when I'll be impressed

[totdprods]

5 hours ago, Taylor said:

If you live in Tampa, you're on Cloud 9 right now. The Rays are 13-0 and Taylor Swift has three concerts there this weekend.

Did I just find Taylor Swift’s AW account?

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

Did I just find Taylor Swift’s AW account?

It would explain a lot.