The Devil Rays' Sting
By Mr Opposite
Tampa Bay's run at the playoffs continues, extending their franchise-record winning streak to 12 games with a win over the Blue Jays.
Am I surprised? No, Pat Hentgen doesn't exactly have the best looking stats and Toronto is playing without their top RBI men, but people are using that as an excuse to brush this streak off as nothing. Twelve games is a lot people, especially for a franchise that has never won more than 69 games in a season (they have got that mark twice), a team that is now only 6 games out of 2nd place behind Boston.
Does all this mean they have a chance to win the division? Quite possibly, but most likely that is not the case.
Anyone who brushes this off as nothing and insists on claiming that Tampa Bay "does well against bad teams," and this performance is "nothing special" is clearly in denial about Tampa Bay being currently better than their own team.
