The Tampa Bay Rays, formerly the Devil Rays, have had a magnificent awakening to this point in the season. Once the doormat of professional sports, the Rays have won 50 games in the first half of the season and have opportunity to put some distance between them and the rival Red Sox.
There a young team, full of high draft picks, that is coming of age. But there are haters. When a team that was bad for so long becomes good, some people relish in the story, while others knitpick. The team is good so now the problem is that too few fans come to the games or too many of the opponents' fans come to the games. Longoria hits home runs, now the problem is that the Trop is a dump. And of course, they are going to collapse in July and August, according to some.
The ease for which people trash the Rays is a direct reflection of their own team's status. So if you're team is hovering around .500 with a ton of injuries or your superstars pushing old secretaries around you probably skeptical of the Rays' success. I'm just saying.
Fans will come as the team continues to win. It just takes time; they haven't been bad for 10 years, they been the worst for 10 years. An afterthought for 10 years. Fans are jaded but they will come around. You'll see.
