Wait....you wanna talk smack because they are 1/2 game over the Rays at the break? The team that recently swept you. The team nobody thought would give a challenge at all.
You say the Rays are fading because of a 7 games losing streak? Didn't the red sox just recently lose 5 in a row....that doesn't qualify as a fade? Seems to me its a lesson to be learned of how a team can jump right back into first with a good run.
Injury card? What about Carlos Pena, Percival, Bartlett, Kazmir, Reyes, Baldelli, Zorbrist, and aybar all recently.
I'm not saying the rays are gonna keep it up...I hope they do. They are young, talented, have a great manager, and have something to prove.
This once again makes me believe my theory that your average red sox fan would take another 80+ year championship drought in trade to finish above the yankees every year in the standings. So focused on hating them that everything else is ignored.
If the Rays keep winning, maybe you can send Manny over to rough up their team secretary.....