GDT: 2019 AL Wild Card Game: (WC1) Oakland Athletics vs (WC2) Tampa Bay Rays

[Marc the Habs Fan]

It's over, the Rays move on!

I feel for you, A's fans. Someday, it will turn in your favor and it will be all the more sweeter.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Rays have done it

Looks like the A's gave up at end

Congrats Ray fans

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Rays, win...Rays win....Rays win....daaaaaa Rays WIN!!

Punch those tickets to Houston...bring on all the "Astros will crush you" talking heads....I don't care... Rays are going to the ALDS vs the top seed in the AL!

Held Oakland to minimal offense, pitching did just enough, offense did what they needed to.

Well deserved win for Cash and his boys.

 

[Summer Rose]

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[MMC]

 

[EpochLink]

What a terrible performance by the A's, game managing and player personnel.

Just like my Blue Jays, this team has been cursed since winning their last World Series.

 

[542365]

A Billy Beane assembled team fails miserably in the playoffs. Color me shocked.

In fairness, there’s no way such a small market team can compete with such a financial juggernaut like the Tampa Bay Rays. Just so unfair.

 

[Summer Rose]

 

[Summer Rose]

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Will be interesting to see how many fans they can draw in TB now that they are officially in the playoffs.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Shocking to see Billy Beane built team going out quietly without much of a fight come October

Wonder when baseball's "Genius" makes Melvin his latest scapegoat

And spare me this "Forst is GM" we all know Beane still runs the show

At least we aren't the White Sox.

 

[c9777666]

Oh joy, Tropicana Field gets to host a playoff game.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

It's over, the Rays move on!

I feel for you, A's fans. Someday, it will turn in your favor and it will be all the more sweeter.

No, it won't. But at least we aren't the White Sux.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

At least we aren't the White Sox.

Winning a WS in modern era is not bad at all

Accomplished more in 2005 then A's organization has in nearly 3 decades

Hell Sox actually won a legit play in game in 08 while A's cant even accomplish that

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

2005 hurrr durrrrrr

1 banner in over 100 years. White Sux are a joke.

A's play relevant baseball year in a year out. Shitcago hardly ever does.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Wait...is it cool to make Steve Irwin jokes or still to soon

 

[c9777666]

If this Rays team played in the Marlins stadium, they would honestly draw decent crowds.

It's an absolute shame that the worst stadium in all of sports gets to host another playoff game.

Over/under: 11,000 fans?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

If this Rays team played in the Marlins stadium, they would honestly draw decent crowds.

It's an absolute shame that the worst stadium in all of sports gets to host another playoff game.

Over/under: 11,000 fans?

They'll get over 20k for their 1 home game.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

2005 hurrr durrrrrr

1 banner in over 100 years. White Sux are a joke.

Winning in this century > Holding onto fading memories of a title won last century

White Sox accomplishments this century that the Billy Beane A's are still chasing

World Series
ALCS Win
Won a game #163

Pretty confident Sox will in coming years accomplish more then Billy Beane

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

They'll get over 20k for their 1 home game.

So 20k more fans then A's

 

[c9777666]

They'll get over 20k for their 1 home game.

The question is how many of those will be Rays fans and how many will be Astro fans

Last time they hosted a playoff game, it was against Boston- and we know what the crowd splits are like for those games.

 

[c9777666]

So 20k more fans then A's

It's a damn shame that the biggest eyesore in baseball gets rewarded.

I cannot root for the Rays as long as they play in that eyesore of a ballpark

If they move into a real stadium or somewhere else, it might be better off.

Look at what a new stadium did for Cleveland in the 90s.

I don't want TropicalFruitGirl to hate me for this- I don't hate the Rays as much as I hate the Trop.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Winning in this century > Holding onto fading memories of a title won last century

White Sox accomplishments this century that the Billy Beane A's are still chasing

World Series
ALCS Win
Won a game #163

Pretty confident Sox will in coming years accomplish more then Billy Beane

People still used dial up in 2005.

The White Sox aren't relevant. Get over yourselr and stop talking. Your opinion and your team is trash.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

A's play relevant baseball year in a year out. .

 

[Reality Check]

White Sox are a joke but you can't throw stones when your last championship happened in 1989 while MC Hammer was still dancing in parachute pants.

Pitching tends to win in the postseason and Tampa had that advantage going in and executed tonight. It just hurts more for an Oakland fan as Tampa is honestly the mirror image of that franchise.