r/tampabayrays

Who would've thought that 2 years later we'd be back in the Trop and the old palace would be hosting the ALCS!

Communities were crumbled, lives were lost, and we had owners threatening to leave the area.

Now the community came together, we've got new owners, the Trop is alive and everyone here whether in Florida or Rays fans around the world truly did...RaysUp.

Put this right into my veins

I grew up as a huge Fernando Rodney fan. He was electric, and I was so excited to see him fire an arrow into the crowd after every save. I was very sad that we let him go. Little did I know, this would start the era of incredible all-star caliber closers. Brad Boxberger was sensational and so was Alex Colomé. Since then it’s been a revolving door full of scrubs, and Pete Fairbanks, who would give me tons of anxiety whenever the 9th inning came around and was talented but just not on the same level as those other guys. Bryan Baker is the closest we’ve been to 2012 Rodney. We’re finally back to having a dominant, reliable closer, and I feel so much better going into the 9th inning of games.

Well, except Judge. Hope that hurt. This kid is special. Maybe an everyday player soon?

That’s it, that’s the post.