Phillies at Rays

Tonight is the first night of the World Series and it should be an exciting series. The Rays are an inspiring team who has the 29th ranked pay roll, which is the lowest for a team that made the World Series. The Rays are also, one of the youngest teams with a bunch of talent. For instance, the two top hitters B.J Upton, 24, and Evan Longoria, 23, are young super stars and these guys are going to be scary good if they keep improving at the rate they are going. Then comes the man who saved the 7th game of the ALCS, David Price, who is also 23 and was even thinking about quiting baseball his freshman year in college. Then he becomes the number one pick in last year's draft. This is truly one of the best stories in all of sports.

The Phillies are a very talented team, who has superstars all over the infield. The two past MVP's in Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins, and then Chase Utley, who was a leading candidate earlier in the 2008 season. You can't forget about the Flying Hawaiian Shane Victorino, who is on fire hitting in the postseason. Also, the Phillies starting pitching have been consistent and been pitching with confidence and the bullpen consists of the best closer in the Major Leagues, Brad Lidge, who hasn't blown a save all year. The experts tend to believe that the Phillies have one of the best bullpens in the Major Leagues and that this will be one factor that swings towards the Phillies. The factor that the Rays do have is that their stadium can get very loud because it's a dome and the sound projects inside the stadium and never leaves. Tropicana Field has turf, which the Phillies have not played on all year. This may not seem like much, but turf and regular grass are totally different and the ball takes completely different bounces on the surfaces.

The whole city of St. Petersburg is supporting the Rays because they have never experienced the whole World Series experience. To come together as a team most of the team got Mohawks, even John Maddon, the coach, got one. People all over St. Petersburg are appearing with these Mohawks to support the team and some people even have colored their hair the same color as the team color. Also, to support the team and to make the stadium chaotic the fans are buying cowbells, YES COWBELLS!

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