http://www.sbnation.com/users/tmanter Posts made by tmanter on SB Nation http://www.draysbay.com/2008/10/7/630485/rays-are-for-real tmanter Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:37:34 -0000 <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Right now...this very moment...I want everyone, including the so-called "baseball analysts" to cut out the talk about the Red Sox having more experience. Baseball playoffs are much more than experience. Guts, fearless, determined, audacity, confidence, spunk, grit, heart, come to mind. Add some well-placed luck and Joe Maddon, the 2008 Major League Manager of the Year and you have the ingredients for some exciting baseball.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Now remember, the less experienced Rays held off a Red Sox charge at the end of the regular season. They beat Boston head-to-head 10 of 18 games.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Get ready for some different names in the headlines&hellip;Crawford, Longoria, Iwamura, Upton, Garza, Kazmir, Shields, Sonnanstine, Howell.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Big-payroll franchises eat your hearts out. Tampa Bay is the real deal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Go, Rays!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(And a note for Rays&rsquo;owners: Leave the team at Tropicana Field. The boys know the rafters, girders, shadows and glare pretty well). </p>