The Blue Workhorse will be on the road this weekend as we (we being two friends and myself) travel down to the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area for the first two games of the American League Championship Series.

After working for one of the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays minor league teams last summer, I knew that I had to get down to TB if the Rays were to make it into the playoffs. While I wasn’t able to go to the division series against Chicago, when Grant Balfour struck out Ken Griffey Jr. to finish off the White Sox, I immediately began looking into the possibilities of heading down for the championship series.

Thanks to the minor league general manager I worked with last summer, I was able to purchase some tickets, so we’ll be on the road early this morning to assure that we are waiting at the gates when the staff swings them open later today.

If there are any readers in the St. Petersburg area, we’ll be hanging out at Ferg’s Sports Bar across the street from Tropicana Field prior to the game, so come out and say hi to us. We’re likely to buy the first round to anyone who recognizes us down there. I’ll be in my Blue Workhorse cap, so if you see it, come say hi.

Shotgun Spratling

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