It's September Rays fans!

[Bruce Blingstein]

With very important series coming up.  Will Rays finish on top of the AL East? 

Will the win the wild card? 

Can they miss the playoffs all together?  Ask a Met fan how possible that is.

I hope they take the AL EAST! And the Sox and Yanks sit home all fall. 

September is where races get intense and you are battle tested for the playoffs and losing 2 straight to the Yanks isnt a good start.

Here is the remaining schedule, no cupcakes besides the Orioles.

Thu, Sep 4 NY Yankees 7:10 PM  Kazmir (10-6) Rasner (5-9) Tickets

Fri, Sep 5 @ Toronto 7:07 PM  Sonnanstine (13-6) Halladay (17-9) Tickets

Sat, Sep 6 @ Toronto 1:07 PM  Shields (12-8) Marcum (8-6) Tickets

Sun, Sep 7 @ Toronto 1:07 PM  Garza (11-8) Purcey (2-5) Tickets

Mon, Sep 8 @ Boston 7:05 PM  Jackson (11-9) Lester (13-5) Tickets

Tue, Sep 9 @ Boston 7:05 PM  Kazmir (10-6) Matsuzaka (16-2) Tickets

Wed, Sep 10 @ Boston 7:05 PM      Tickets

Fri, Sep 12 @ NY Yankees 7:05 PM      Tickets

Sat, Sep 13 @ NY Yankees 1:05 PM      Tickets

Sun, Sep 14 @ NY Yankees 1:05 PM      Tickets

Mon, Sep 15 Boston 7:10 PM      Tickets

Tue, Sep 16 Boston 7:10 PM      Tickets

Wed, Sep 17 Boston 7:10 PM      Tickets

Thu, Sep 18 Minnesota 7:10 PM      Tickets

Fri, Sep 19 Minnesota 7:10 PM      Tickets

Sat, Sep 20 Minnesota 3:55 PM FOX    Tickets

Sun, Sep 21 Minnesota 1:40 PM      Tickets

Mon, Sep 22 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM      Tickets

Tue, Sep 23 @ Baltimore 5:05 PM      Tickets

Tue, Sep 23 @ Baltimore 9:05 PM      Tickets

Wed, Sep 24 @ Baltimore 7:05 PM      Tickets

Thu, Sep 25 @ Detroit 1:05 PM      Tickets

Fri, Sep 26 @ Detroit 7:05 PM      Tickets

Sat, Sep 27 @ Detroit 7:05 PM      Tickets

Sun, Sep 28 @ Detroit 1:05 PM      Tickets

[Velcro]

Ouch...  rough schedule... other than Baltimore and detroit to end it... that might be just what the doctor ordered.

[Singabull]

Ouch...  rough schedule... other than Baltimore and detroit to end it... that might be just what the doctor ordered.

That's what I've been saying the whole year.  This team was looking good with their schedule so far, and playing all these home games but september had too many road games for them to hold on.  What a waste.

[Bullshiznitz]

Not to beat a dead horse for the math challenged here, but the Rays are in the playoffs no matter what debbie downer wants to keep spouting.  Looking at the standings: 

Rays  85-53  24 games remaining

Twins 77-63  22 games remaining (9 games back)

Yanks 75-65  22 games remaining (11 games back)

The Yanks are completely done.  Even if they pulled off a Rockies like ending (not going to happen) finishing 20-2,  the Rays would only need to go 11-13 down the stretch to hold them off.  Being more realistic, say they still get hot and go 17-5 down the stretch (still not going to happen), the Rays would only need to go 8-16 down the stretch to hold them off.  Write it down, the Yanks are cooked. 

The Twins are similar.  Worst case scenario, they go 22-0 down the stretch, then they would have swept the White Sox, and the best the White Sox could finish would be 20-3.  The Rays would have to go 14-10 down the stretch to hold them off.  Again, your talking about 2 teams nearly going undefeated down the stretch.  Not gonna happen. 

Now the Rays may end up losing the East to the Red Sox, but thats about worst case scenario.  As it stands now, the Rays are the BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL, and are fighting for the top seed in the AL. 

[Velcro]

Yep, rays are an absolute lock short of losing every game the rest of the year, which ain't gonna happen!