With a dramatic win tonight in Game 7 of the ALCS, the upstart Tampa Bay Rays earned their first ever World Series berth with a 3-1 victory in Tampa over the defending World Champion Boston Red Sox. Tampa, under third year manager Joe Maddon, have nearly completed the most improbable of feats, going from the worst record in all of baseball last year, to finishing first in the league's most toughest division. Tampa will now host the Philadelphia Phillies, making their first World Series appearance in 15 years, beginning this Wednesday evening, in a best-of-7 series. The Phillies, who defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-games-to-1 in the NLCS, won its only World Series Championship in 1980. Tampa is making its first appearance in its short 11 year history.
Congratulations to both the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies.
Early gut prediction: Tampa in 6.
Congratulations to both the Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies.
Early gut prediction: Tampa in 6.
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