OT: 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning/Tampa Bay Rays Playoffs Thread

Congrats on a great season Rays. Not how we wanted it but someone had to lose.

 

He can swap loser stories now with Mike Martin.

 

Here you go Dodgers, enjoy your WS title.


Signed,
Kevin Cash

 

Yep, a real shame that it ended the way it did. But, this team earned a hell of a lot of respect from the baseball world this year. I am very proud of what they accomplished with the resources available to them. The Tampa Bay Rays went much further than anyone expected at the beginning of the season. They are still my guys, and I can't wait for next season. I hope that we actually get to see them play in person then. Go Rays!

 

Pulling Snell was the "Rays way". In retrospect it was the wrong decision but it is hard for me to be angry when they played the hand that has been winning for them.
Tough loss. Great season. Thanks for the memories.

 

Mike Martin hangs over this somehow.

 

Like no other team, the Rays are in a position to force television to recognize that there are more than 2 teams in MLB. I'd love to see that AL East become a perennial 3 team dogfight.

 

It’s easy to second guess Cash, but he did exactly what he’s done all playoff. Get to the fifth or sixth and go to your pen Which has been lights out. I had the sound down while watching so don’t know if they were discussing it, but as soon as the single came in the sixth I assumed Snell was done and was fine with it.
It just didn’t work this time. But it’s hard to criticize a strategy when it’s worked just about every game in the playoffs to that point.


Dodgers were just a more talented more experienced team and it showed. No shame in how the series went.

Now the question is whether they can hold on to the talent or it gets traded away again.

 

Losing last night sucked, but the season wss awesome, they rocked the playoffs, and were hugely game against teams with like 10-20x their salary, even besting the yanks, sox, and 'stros, and only coming up a little short against the team with the best record in the MLB

I still respect the hell out of Cash. No 2nd guessing here, and i long ago forgave him his alma mater.

Great season. We still get to keep the AL Penant (not like boxing where winner gets the loser's belt...just saying...).

To next year!

RAYS UP!!!

 

Cash was on autopilot stuck to his analytics. Zero feel for the game in real time and the fact that snell was fresh and dealing. Dodgers were elated when Cash sh-t the bed. Plain and simple. The new reverse Grady Little.

 

I believe Zunino and Morton also have final year options to decide on. For Morton, the decision is his. Probably the case for Zunino, too, despite the batting average.

 

True, it is a team option. But, Morton's option is whether to retire or not, so, he holds the cards in reality. I think the Rays will want him back for $15M.