ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The actual disgrace now is that the Yankees couldn’t even beat these Rays. Not only couldn’t beat ’em, couldn’t even contact ’em.
Two sequence later, we are discovering out that the Rays are eminently beatable, after all. The Milwaukee Brewers, a group from a market so small it makes Tampa Bay appear like New York, are on the verge of wiping out the Rays in a World Series that feels like it barely began.
The Brewers went up 3-0 in the sequence after a 10-1 dismantling of the AL champion, which coincidentally was the very end result in video games that triggered the Yankees’ ignominious ouster. The Rays were pleased to be house, at their uniquely ugly park, the quickly to be departed Tropicana Field. But it made no distinction.
Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson (14) is caught stealing by Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang (2) during the first inning of Game 3 of the World Series at Tropicana Field. ZUMAPRESS.com
In truth, issues got worse.