The New Beast of the AL East. 9/29/08 - 10/5/08

Repeat this sentence three times: The Tampa Bay Rays have won the American League East. Done yet? I did not think so. So say it again and again because it is reality. That’s right the bottom feeders of the Baseball world since the Rays started play in 1998.


The Rays who have the second lowest payroll that is in all of Major League Baseball. Only to top out their in state rivals the Florida Marlins. The Rays won the toughest division in Major League Baseball.


The American League East is a division in which includes the top two highest payrolls in the game. That is the Yankees and Redsoxs whose payrolls combine equals to three hundred and forty two million dollars. The Rays have a payroll of forty three million dollars. So like the old saying goes “money does not buy happiness’. Right now, the only team in the American League that is happy is the Tampa Bay Rays.


The Rays have a complete bullpen; they have the bats, and the gloves. And now the Rays have their first American League East division league title to go along with all of that. These Rays are going to fill some more “first titles” before this magical ride is over.


For now though, they are the new beast of the American League East.

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