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Art Deco · 05-08-2023, 08:30 PM

Back-to-back champs!

They did it again! It took them the maximum 19 games but the Tampa Bay Rays are back-to-back World Series winners and five-time champs after a tight, tense 2-1 win over the Marlins in Game 7 at Tropicana Field. Jake Westfall will forever live in Tampa Bay lore after he was single-handedly responsible for both runs, tripling and scoring in the 2nd to answer Miami's run in the top of the frame and then hitting the game-winning homer in the 7th off a very tough Jerrod Keeshan, one of the game's best starters. It capped a glorious postseason for Westfall, who hit 6 HR and drove in 22 in those 19 games. Also our pitching plan worked out perfectly. Chris Ferguson may have pitched with a lot of traffic but with one exception the stop light stayed on at home plate, then Joe Marlette did his thing on three days rest with 3 dominant innings of relief to get the win. And Eric Lewis, our ballyhooed closer acquisition at the trade deadline who had a checkered run in August and September for us, was pure gas in whiffing four of the four Marlins he faced to clinch the game, the series and the title and therefore was worth every penny. The celebration:

It'll be an interesting offseason as usual with potential free agent departures (Carlow, Lewis, Burpee, Baldino), some big arbitration raises (A.Gutierrez, Marlette) and room will need to be made for some young players.

05-08-2023, 08:30 PM	#1131
Art Deco Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 7,695	November 4, 2033: World Series Game 7 Back-to-back champs! They did it again! It took them the maximum 19 games but the Tampa Bay Rays are back-to-back World Series winners and five-time champs after a tight, tense 2-1 win over the Marlins in Game 7 at Tropicana Field. Jake Westfall will forever live in Tampa Bay lore after he was single-handedly responsible for both runs, tripling and scoring in the 2nd to answer Miami's run in the top of the frame and then hitting the game-winning homer in the 7th off a very tough Jerrod Keeshan, one of the game's best starters. It capped a glorious postseason for Westfall, who hit 6 HR and drove in 22 in those 19 games. Also our pitching plan worked out perfectly. Chris Ferguson may have pitched with a lot of traffic but with one exception the stop light stayed on at home plate, then Joe Marlette did his thing on three days rest with 3 dominant innings of relief to get the win. And Eric Lewis, our ballyhooed closer acquisition at the trade deadline who had a checkered run in August and September for us, was pure gas in whiffing four of the four Marlins he faced to clinch the game, the series and the title and therefore was worth every penny. The celebration: It'll be an interesting offseason as usual with potential free agent departures (Carlow, Lewis, Burpee, Baldino), some big arbitration raises (A.Gutierrez, Marlette) and room will need to be made for some young players.