Enough of the "upstart Rays."

Can we all please stop referring to the Tampa Bay Rays as the "upstart Rays"?

I think they have probably heard enough of that themselves. Although more likely they don't care.

I understand at the beginning of the post-season referring to them this way, but not anymore. Not after they dispatched the White Sox with relative ease, and have won three straight from the BoSox, not to mention scoring 31 runs in those last three games. The argument is probably that there are more people watching now, not die-hard baseball fans, blah blah blah. Fine. No more. People that are watching the series get it.

The Rays are now on the brink of becoming the American League Champions by eliminating the Defending World Champion Boston Red Sox. Even if they somehow collapse and lose the final three games of the ALCS it is my belief they have gotten past the "upsart" thing. The Indians aren't "upstart" are they? They lost the final three games of the ALCS last year to the Sox. The Yankees coughed up a 3-0 ALCS lead in 2004 to Boston. Point is it can happen to an established team just as easy as a team making their first post-season appearance. Anyway I don't see it happening anyway.

Enough.