The Rays have won 2 games and lost 4 at Tropicana Field to start the 2009 baseball season. The Rays are traditionally a strong team at home and need to win at home to secure another strong season. Last year the Rays were 55-27 at home and therefore had double the wins to losses at home.
This past week the Rays have commemorated their championship season before each game with some sort of ceremony. For example, last night Evan Longoria received his Rookie of the Year award. Although the Rays are American League Champions, they did not play like it this week. Of course, Evan Longoria was out for a few games due to a death in his family and that was possibly a factor in some of the Rays losses.
Now that we are in a regular season mode, the Rays will hopefully shift gears and start playing like true champions. We know that they have everything they need to win it all this season. They are a great team and they have their home town fans backing them all the way.
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