Granted, I’m not that big of a baseball fan. I’d rather watch football or hockey than a ball game, and I really don’t apologize for it. That being said, I do follow the game, and watching Tampa Bay’s run to the World Series has been sweet. This team had been a perennial bottom-feeder in a division that did not treat bottom-feeders well. You expected the Glass Slipper to shatter throughout the year, and it never did. Well, except when the Red Sox climbed out of that 7-0 hole to win Game 5. After that, the Rays put on their shit-kickin’ boots and trudged through a tough game 7. They are the American League Champions.

And so, we celebrate their accomplishment…

…by proclaming that the World Series will be a snoozer.

Why does this argument come up every October? Why does it matter if the teams that made it to the Fall Classic are from major markets or not? Sure, the TV ratings might be less-than if the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, or Angels aren’t there. But these aren’t these two teams the best teams in baseball? Doesn’t that mean it’ll be exciting?

It’s not like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’s defense winning Super Bowl XXXVII. It’s not like the New Jersey Devils using the trap to win the Cup in ‘03.  It’s your mystical “magic of the game” bullcrap, defend it!