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Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays and the Yankees have been swapping the AL East lead, and as of Monday, September 27 the Rays lead the Yankees by half a game. While home field advantage would be nice, TB Rays playoff tickets are going to be selling hot either way. They Rays arguably have the strongest starting rotation in the American League, and while the offense has been up and down at time,s they have some great players that have gotten it done in the past. Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena are electric hitters eager to win the World Series. A number of Rays players are likely to be free agents this year, so this is the season for this group of Rays to make a run. The Rays don’t sell many regular season tickets, but Rays playoff tickets are a different story. All the Rays fans come out for the post-season, and should they end up selling ALCS tickets they are then the fans will really turn out. Manager Joe Maddon has been great with his young staff for years now, and he knows what it takes to get his players to perform. The Rays are causing some major noise in the American League, and at gunpoint they are this writers pick to represent the AL in the Fall Classic.
New York Yankees
It should come as no surprise that the New York Yankees are again in the playoffs, but while last year they entered the post-season looking almost invincible, this year there are a few chinks in their armor. But that hasn’t really affected sales of Yankees playoff tickets at all! Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada are all a year older, and all have struggled at times throughout the season. But the “core four” aren’t nearly the issue as the Yankees starting rotation is. Staff ace CC Sabathia won 20 games and has been electric all, but he is just one man. At some point, Pettitte, AJ Burnett, Javier Vazquez, Phil Hughes, or Joba Chamberlain will need to win a game.
