While we wait - about the Rays

Since we're not getting underway anytime soon or if not at all, here are some nice notes about the first-place Tampa Bay Rays. Earlier in the year, I had predicted they would clinch the AL East at Yankee Stadium but that proved wrong. But they will likely still be in the playoffs and to get you prepared for a Tampa Bay playoff run, here are some notes they put together:


- Tampa Bay can become the second team to make the playoffs a year after having the worst record in baseball. The other was the 1991 Braves.

-They will become the fifth major league team and first in the AL that lost 95 games the previous year and then made the playoffs.

-The 11th and second AL team to go from last to the posstseason

-The third team to make the playoffs after 10 or more consecutive losing seasons.

-Tampa Bay needs three more wins to become the sixth team to win 90-plus games after 10 or more consecutive losing seasons. The others are the 1914 Boston Braves, 2006 Detroit Tigers, 1912 Washington Senators, 1979 Montreal Expos, 1956 Cincinnati Reds.