Well at least the Rays can take some consolation in knowing they lost to the eventual champs:
The Orioles were the kings of the comeback, scoring 7 times in the 8th inning of Game 3 to erase a 5-3 deficit and then winning it in the most dramatic way possible in Game 5 as trailing 1-0 in the 8th Gunnar Henderson homered to tie it up and in the 9th series MVP Coby Mayo walked it off in Bill Mazeroski/Joe Carter fashion with a homer to clinch the championship. Mayo was a blistering 10-19 with 4 HR and 6 RBI in the 5 games.
Now on to the offseason.