October 20, 2008: The Improbable Dream
Baseball in 2008 as a haiku:
“Devil” was struck out
Thrown out of the Rays team name
World Series here we come
You can’t make this kind of thing up. The team that has been so bad for so long, the perennial butt of jokes, finally not only has a winning season, they win the AL East, then beat the Red Sox in 7 games, AND go to the World Series. It remains to be seen whether the final flourish in the tale will be actually winning the World Series, or if just reaching the biggest stage of all for the first time will be the top of the mountain. (Click title above to read the full article & world series preview.)
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