That was quick...
The Rays claimed their 23rd AL pennant and will hope for their 20th world championship (yes, they're 19-3 all-time in the World Series) after making quick work of the LA Angels with another convincing 9-3 win in Game 4. The Jorge Barraza experiment didn't work that well as now he and Mastropietro have put up lousy starts as the Game 4 guy, so we'll see who gets the call in the Series, but that was the only thing that didn't work as the bats scored 9 runs for the third straight game. Vinny Colon was voted series MVP but the funny thing is that he barely played in the ALDS because we mostly faced lefties and his platoon mate Angel Gonzales is 10-16 with 2 walks this postseason and it was Gonzales' 3-run pinch-hit homer that truly put tonight's game to bed.
And it's looking all but a certainty that our opponent in the Fall Classic will be the Pittsburgh Isotopes after they went up 3-0 today:
Aside from old friend Kang-cheol Lee we'll also be likely facing the biggest phenom in baseball over the last many years in Nick Villafana, whom I wrote about a little while back.