Everyone waited all season for the upstart Tampa Bay Rays to finally fall back to earth. Then in July, they got their wish. The Rays had won three straight games against the Kansas City Royals, but on July 7th, 2008, Dan Wheeler allowed back-to-back home runs to John Buck and Mike Aviles in the 10th inning as the Rays lost 7-4. It was a tough game, but the Rays still had taken 3 of 4 from Kansas City and held a 4-game lead in the AL East. However, it can be the things that seem the most innocuous that turn out to be where disasters start. The Yankees shut out the Rays 5-0 in their next game then got a Bobby Abreu walk-off double in their next game to send the Rays to their third straight loss. Things only got worse as the Rays moved on to Cleveland as the Indians beat them 13-2 in the first game and went on to sweep them in the 4-game series. The Rays had gone from 5 games up in the AL East to half a game back of the Boston Red Sox. The Rays had a nice run, but analysts everywhere were convinced that it was coming to an end. But they were wrong. The Rays’ 7-game losing streak turned out to be just a rough patch and nothing more as they rebounded to go 42-26 (.618) in their last 68 games to win the AL East. The rest of the season did not pass without its challenges–they had a 1-7 stretch against the Yankees, Blue Jays, and Red Sox in early September–but the Rays kept it together to finish off their unbelievable season. Can this year’s incarnation of the Rays do the same thing? 大家整個球季都在等待暴衝的光芒隊恢復正常。到了七月,他們實現願望了。光芒對戰皇 家三連勝,但是在2008年7月7號Dan Wheeler被John Buck和Mike Aviles在第十局敲出B2B 的全壘打使得光芒4-7輸球。這是一場艱難的比賽但光芒還是在四場系列賽中拿了三場,並 以四場勝差保持美東王座領先。然而,看起來最無害的事竟然變成了悲劇的開端。洋基5-0 完封光芒並在下一場靠著Bobby Abreu的再見安打送給光芒三連敗。更慘的還在後頭,印地 安人在下個系列賽橫掃光芒,使得光芒從五場領先變成了半場落後。光芒有著很好的得分 能力,但數據表示好運快要結束了。但是他們錯了,光芒的七連敗只是個小低潮,最終他們 戰積回升至42-26 (.618)在他們最後的68場比賽,並拿下了美東冠軍。最後的賽程並不缺 乏挑戰性,他們在九月初連續對戰洋基、藍鳥和紅襪,但他們撐住了並完成了一個不可思議 的球季,今年的光芒可以再次展現奇蹟嗎? There’s a big difference between the 2013 Tampa Bay Rays and the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays: there’s nothing miraculous about this team. This isn’t a last-place team suddenly bursting onto the scene for the feel-good story of the year–this is a team that everyone expected would be right in the mix. Instead of falling back down to earth, this team is simply struggling. The talent is here but the results just are not coming. So how does this team remedy that? How does it return to being the great team we thought we were seeing? The name of the game the rest of the way will be the mental aspect. This Rays team can’t let this tough stretch affect how they play the game. They can’t come up to with runners in scoring position pressing to push runs across after how many times they have failed. The starters can’t take the mound saying that if David Price couldn’t pitch well then they can’t either. If they do that, they’ll be just fine and the Indians, Orioles, and Yankees will be heading home along with everyone else. If they can’t, then we ’re seeing a team none for having the best clubhouse presence in baseball lose their identity and implode spectacularly. This doesn’t have to be a collpase. But the losses keep piling up and this Rays team has to prove that they’re better than this before it’s too late. 2013和2008光芒有個很大的差異,這支隊伍沒有奇蹟這不是隻突然從墊底變成很有競爭力 的球隊,這是隻大家覺得他很有競爭力的球隊。與其說是恢復正常,不如說他們打的很掙扎 他們都很有天分,但是成績卻沒有和天分成正比。所以這要怎麼治療呢?我想應該是從心理 的層面,他們不能讓掙扎的心情影響他們的比賽。他們不能去想他們在得點圈上留下了多 少的殘壘,投手們不能說如果David Price投得不好那我們也沒辦法投好。如果他們真的 這樣覺得那在後面虎視眈眈的印地安人、金鶯或洋基很快就會把你拉下來,如果不行那我 們就會看到一隻不風采的球隊,失去他們的特性並且自爆。這不一定是個崩潰,但是輸球 一直壓迫著這支球隊,而且他們必須要在還來的及的時候證明他們會變得更好。 http://rayscoloredglasses.com/2013/09/08/tampa-bay-rays-collapsing/ -- ╭ █◣◢█ ╮ ╭═════╮ ╭═ theanswer3═◢◆◢◆════╮ ║ ╰═══╯ ◢ ◢╰═════╯ ◢▌ I was hoping. ╴TB ║ ║ ████ ◢█◣ ◢▌█ ◢▌█ ◢█◣ ◣█◣ ██◣ ◢█◣ █ 〝 □-□ ║ ║ █◥◤█ █◢█ █◢█ █◢ ◢█ █ █◥ ◤║ ║ ◥ ◤ ◥◤◥ ◥◤◥ ◥◤◥ ◥█◤ ◥▌◤ ◥█◤ ◥◤◥ ◆◤◆◤ △ △ ║ ╰═════════════════════════════════ #70 ══╯ --

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