"I Got a Fever and The Only Cure Is NO MORE COWBELL"

Being from Florida originally, you would think that I would be a fan of the Tampa Bay Rays, but I am not for two reasons:

1. People in Tampa aren't true baseball fans! There... I said it and if you are from Tampa, you can kill me when my job moves me back to Florida, but until then explain to me how you go to the World Series one year and can't get people to come to your games in force the following year.

I live in Philadelphia now and I tell you, you really see the true meaning of a sports fan up here. It doesn't matter how crappy the weather is, those stands are not only filled, but they are SOLD OUT. Even Boston, most of the time if you go to catch a game, you can only get SRO. That's what baseball is all about.

but even worse than that is my second point...

2. Who the hell thought: "Hey here's a good idea, lets ring a cowbell incessantly at a baseball game!" If you are one of the d----- bags that brings a cowbell to the game and rings it at every hitter that comes up, you should drive out to the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and jump.

Every time "My Sox" come to town, I have to watch the game in mute and last year when the Rays LOST to the Phillies during the World Series, I had to listen to that stupid bell through the away games. If one of you guys had brought that bell up here for the World Series game, I can guarantee that one of the Phillies fans would have beaten the ....well, I will let your imagination run wild.

So Tampa, get out there and support your team because you really have some talent with Crawford, Upton, Longoria, Garza etc, just find a better way to do it. By the way, shouldn't you guys really be the St. Petersburg Rays as your stadium is located in downtown St. Pete!