October 22nd, 2008 the Tampa Bay Rays hosted their very first World Series home game at the dome in St.Petersberg! You could see the excitement of the fans in the dome and it must have been incredibly loud in there during the pre-game as well as throughout the game.
What wasn’t seen was any real nervousness or misplay by the Rays despite this being their first series appearance. They played well-like old pros really-and it was a close game that showed pitching and defense to be the key factors that won game one.
I found it hard at first to root or care who was leading through the initial part of the game, but then listening to the announcers make it sound as if the Rays should somehow be playing worse than they were-as if everyone would be nervous playing in the series? And the players on both sides played well, and made mistakes at times. Ryan Howard playing 1st for Philadelphia left much to be desired for his work in the field as well as his lack of batting tonight. He was 0-4 with 3 strike-outs and an error.
Tampa had scoring opportunities in both the 4th and 5th innings and could not produce the needed hits to bring the runners across. As to whether you see this as a lack of run production by the Rays or a superb bit of pitching by the Phillies would be more dependent on who you’re rooting for I think!
Overall it was a very good game and a close game. I look forward to game #2 later tonight!
Now if we could just get rid of joe buck doing the announcing I’d be happy!
Phillies v. Rays Game #1
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_10_22_phimlb_tbamlb_1
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
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