Who's in First?

And the Rays still have the best minor league system in the game, the highest rated prospects and Oh, yeah... the first pick in next month's draft.

I'm not popping off about just this season... May or not;

You lose some, you lose some more, Yankee fans. That's the way it Gomes.

We're talking about a team that was historically bad in both pitching AND defense last season. Now they are in the top 6 in most every team pitching and fielding categories in the majors. The Rays starters are tied with the Indians for the most scoreless outings of any staff (9) and also in shutouts (5).

They had TWO shutouts ALL of 2007.

Look. If you knew what it was like to be a part of something special WELL before it was apparent to the world, you would gloat too.

Or how I told everyone that Amare's knee was fine when everyone else was fearing for his career?

Or how about when I said they WEREN'T going to win a championship in 2007-08... IN OCTOBER!!!???!!

I'm glad you can poke fun at my expense, but don't assume my words for me and don't spread lies.

I never said they WERE going to win it all. I only said I wish they would and that they very well could. I also noted many times that Human Jinx Grant Hill was on the roster...

Maybe your English teacher should have taught you about parity instead.

If it was "parity", all the teams would have the same payroll, the same record and all be tied for first.

It's not parity. The Rays have built from within in a very intelligent manner. Soon they will trade away some of their stock of talent and upgrade positions of weakness. Then they will fill the remaining gaps with developed talent and free agents.

Things change. It's the fundamental basis of existence on this plane. See: "The Curse of the Bambino", "Mel Gibson's popularity" or "the Soviet Union" for some prime examples...