The Road Less Traveled...

If I were inspirational and junk, I'd post a quote on my cubicle and room that says this:

"I'll give the Rays respect when they actually win something..." - Choda (Andrew Stauffer)

It's simple. I love a good underdog story. It might stem from my love College Basketball, and watching the NCAA tournament every year. Now, I've posted things about the Rays in the past, so I won't rehash it. However, this is something I just need to restate. Because of the Rays, baseball has converted me. It is now become my third bonafide followed sport.
You see, the Tampa Bay Rays have now gotten to the World Series and are 4 games away from being the best team in Baseball. There is nothing better than this story. In the span of one short year, they have gone from worst to possibly being world champs.
This relates to something that I have long since expected. I always can pick a team that is going to be an up and coming one. In 2007, before the start of the NFL season, I stated to many people "Watch out for the Browns, they're gonna beat up on some people", and they did. This year in baseball, after the Rays dusted it up with the Yankees I told people "The Rays are gonna be good, watch it." Also, at the start of this year's NFL season my words are, "Don't sleep on Buffalo, they're better than most people believe."
With yesterdays win over the San Diego Chargers, validates the Bills existence. The Bills have a stud of a RB, Marshawn Lynch. They've got a good quarterback in Trent Edwards, and they just seem to have that determination, much like The Rays. Also, the similarities don't end there. They are both smaller market teams, that everyone always states that they are gonna start losing or just aren't a team that can compete with the larger market teams. As we speak, Buffalo is 5 and 1, their only loss in a close game.
This complete media bias, bugs me to no end. Now, I realize the bias. The movement of population and playing to the more popular team. However, no one in the media seems to judge heart. The intangible "it" or just the perception the team can win, is never actually spoken of too much. All these teams at the time seem to have that intangible sports ability to win. Just watch out for a few of these teams, oh and Go Rays!