Posted by  Henry Jennings, Readfield, Maine on 10/22  at  07:01 PM

Red Sox Nation Rooting for Rays now!

I’m 51.  I’ve been a diehard Red Sox since I was 10.  Red Sox fans are the most passionate in the world.  The Sox make our summmer and fall.  We’ve endured humility.  For 86 years we always blew it at the end.  But that all changed in 2004.  Winning every year would be boring.  Since the Red Sox aren’t going to win the series, we’re rooting for the Rays now.  The Ray’s Cinderella story has been captivating all year.  Win it all for the AL east!  Red Sox Nation is temorarily Rays Nation.  Go Rays!

Posted by  Bill G, Pinellas Park on 10/22  at  01:15 PM

Walter of Brandon - You represent all that is wrong with people commenting on something they know nothing about. I guess it is supposed to be easy to win. Ignorance on your part.

Posted by  Walter Beaver, Brandon on 10/22  at  11:21 AM

I can not understand how anyone with any sense at all could get excited about the rays being in the world series. To begin with it is not the ” World ” series it is the U>S> and Canada series, no other country is allowed to challenge the teams. If all these people would look back they would realize that the rays, like the other two pro teams in this area, are losers. The bucs won the super bowl once and then went back to their losing way, the same with the lighting. Now it’s the rays turn. One winning season and then back to losing.

Losers will always be losers.

Posted by  william goldman, LAND O LAKES FLORIDA on 10/22  at  09:16 AM

LET THE GAMES BEGIN.LISTEN PARENTS, THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR YOUR KIDS TO WATCH YOUR TAMPA BAY RAYS IN THE WORLD SERIES. LET THEM WATCH THE GAME AS LONG AS THEY CAN STAY AWAKE.TAPE THE REST.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LONGORIA, HE DESERVIES ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
FOR ONCE, QUIT WORRYING ABOUT OBAMA OR ANY POLITICAL VENUE. THE IMPORTANT THING IS THE WORLD SERIES, WITH OUR TAMP BAY RAYS

Posted by  Rick Mayer,  on 10/22  at  07:16 AM

Game 6 will not be tape-delayed. It will be shown live on Fox. The start time was pushed back 8 minutes to 8:35 p.m. to accommodate the Obama program.

Posted by  Bert Cole, Lutz, FL on 10/22  at  07:11 AM

If in fact Obama ends up delaying a World Series game start, I’ve got to believe it’s one of the stupidest moves he could make.

He needs Florida to win, wether he admits it or not.  P*ssing off a large percentage of the population this close to the election is definitely not the way to win the state.

Is Karl Rove giving him advice?

Posted by  nancy tokarz,  on 10/22  at  06:01 AM

Evan has been an inspiration to us all since he first stepped onto the field.  He has had his ups & downs but has managed to stay positive & that smile og his lights up the TROP!!...His is the shirt bought last spring & the one I still wear proudly.  GO RAYS!!~  GO LONGO!!!

Posted by  Terry, Tampa on 10/22  at  03:51 AM

30 minute delay? Thanks, Obama…you just ticked off the entire I-4 corridor of voters.

I think you might want to rethink this somehow…at least in Florida…let the local Tampa stations carry it live…you’ll get a bigger bang for the buck by doing that then our having to listen (again) how you are going to save all of us.

Posted by  Pete Garbacki, Brooksville, FL on 10/21  at  11:27 PM

It bothers me that the World Series games are on so late.  It keeps children from being able to watch the whole game.  My 7 year-old daughter is getting interested in the RAYS and baseball, but she has school the next day and cannot watch much of the game because of the time. How are kids going to learn to love the game without watching it?

That said, I am psyched that the RAYS are in it and I cannot wait for the games to begin!!  Go RAYS!!!!!!

Posted by  Barbara Morris, Dunedin FL on 10/21  at  07:44 PM

Hey Evan…..Congratulations!!! I am going to game 2 Thursday night….please, please hit a World Series HOME RUN for me.  I am very proud to be a Rays fan, now and forever!!

Posted by  Lou C, Largo on 10/21  at  05:27 PM

great choice, I think he was the best and they got it right. I can’t wait for this election to be over, I am sick of all the ads and back stabbing. Makes me sick!!!

Posted by  JamesD, clearwater on 10/21  at  04:53 PM

This was the easiest Rookie of the year pick that I can remember. When Evan came up at the start of the season. We saw a change in the team. The fact that they signed him to a long term deal was the smartest move I have ever seen. If they had waited til the end of the year. That figure would have easily doubled.

Posted by  lo jones, A.P. FL on 10/21  at  04:17 PM

By the way congrats E.L. keep doing your thing. GO RAYS!!!!!!

Posted by  lo jones, avon park on 10/21  at  04:13 PM

please leave your political views out of baseball

Posted by  Lynn Johnson, Tampa on 10/21  at  03:53 PM

To Hair (democrat), I guess I didn’t make my point clear…I think it stinks whether it’s the 1st game or the 6th game (if there is one). And it’s not going to delay the game, (you need to read more clearly), it’s going to delay our viewing of the game so we won’t be seeing it in real time, again, IF that should happen.

Posted by  Steven W. Hair, Clearwater on 10/21  at  03:38 PM

To Lynn Johnson:  First of all, it is not the first game of the series that MAY be delayed; it is the 6th, which may not even take place.  In case you haven’t noticed, there is an election going on and both candidates are constantly barraging us with ads and speeches all about themselves.  It is just shameless self promotion, I guess.  I guess they both are just all about themselves. 
Leave the politics to the news articles; not the sports.  Let us enjoy sports.  I could not care less about the start time of any of these games

Posted by  Lynn Johnson, Tampa on 10/21  at  03:30 PM

I just heard that the 1st game of the World Series tomorrow night is going to be tape delayed for 30 minutes due to OBAMA giving his “speech” at the game time start.  Guess he is going for the gusto…getting a large crowd that will be waiting to watch the game.  Hard to believe that NBC would sell that time slot when the possiblity was there for the World Series to start but also, it’s even more telling about what Obama is all about…himself!

Posted by  Brandy, Tampa, FL on 10/21  at  02:29 PM

Congrats to the Rays!  The whole team deserves recognition.  They are all so young it’s hard to pick out a clear star but that makes it even nicer.  You can cheer and get excited for every player.

Posted by  Shawna Downs, Gulfport, FL on 10/21  at  02:14 PM

Evan for President GO RAYS!!!!!!!!