NY Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays 9, Yankees 1

Let me start by pointing out I’m a huge Yankees fan. I’ve been one since I was a kid and I always try to go to a few games each year even after I moved pretty far from the stadium. I managed to get to three Yankees game this year and they lost every one.  Not close games either – they got curb stomped each time and one of them was a world series game!

This was one of the few games I saw this year where I had a bunch of friends with me and I was hoping for an exciting game but was got was an epic meltdown by Nestor Cortes and a Yankee offense that completely disappeared. Now I’ll give Bradley his due – he was on fire leading up to this game and he continued that by shutting down the Yankees but they looked completely lost out there (a worrying trend that continued into the post season)

Watching the Rays tee off on Yankee pitching gave me Bugs Bunny vibes [insert gif] – It was frustrating to watch all parts of the team fail to show up. It’s like this all the time against Tampa – it seems like the Rays have the Yankees number. In fact – I usually try not to go to games when Tampa is in town for that very reason but when you are trying to coordinate the schedules of actual adults with actual responsibilities you take what you can get!

I mean it was still a day game at Yankee stadium with my boys so we had made our own entertainment since the product on the field wasn’t doing it for us and enjoyed the time we were there  – anytime I’m at the stadium is a good time in my book and the Yankees did eventually end up in the world series…

Which they lost to the Dodgers in embarrassing fashion.