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Article: It's time to Rays the flag in Florida: Rays 3, Red Sox 1: Tampa Bay ends Red Sox magic, hoists AL pennant
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- October 20, 2008
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Not that this October could get any worse for Cubs fans, but this has to make the pain sting a
little more: The Tampa Bay Rays -- a sad-sack team that had never before won more than 70 games -- are going to the World Series in just their 11th season of existence.
Those of us who thought the Rays would be rattled after blowing a seven-run, seventh-inning lead in Game 5 still haven't learned our lesson about this little team that was so hard to take seriously.
The Rays played like October-tested veterans Sunday night, finishing off the defending-champion Boston Red Sox 3-1 during a white-knuckle trip through Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to complete a World Series date ...