I had my Rays eulogy all ready to go. It'll have to wait. Who knows, maybe I won't even have to write it.
In one of the weirder moments in World Series history, Game 5 was delayed at 10:40 last night with the Rays and Phillies tied 2-2 in the middle of the 6th inning. The teams had played in dismal, rainy, low-40s weather for more than an hour when Major League Baseball officials stopped it. The game is schedule to resume at 8 tonight, weather permitting, but the forecast calls for rain, and the hope is the World Series will conclude before Thanksgiving.
That's OK with me. I was all set to move on with a well-the-Rays-really-did-have-a-great-season attitude.
Instead, more baseball, and Rays fans can now approach it with, not exactly optimism, but a sense of excitement. The team did not go quietly, although that's how it looked early, when Scott Kazmir did his usual post-season thing: going deep into counts and digging a 2-0 hole in the first inning.
