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AL East · 2026 season · Lost 4-1 to MIL

The story so far

Lost 4-1 to MIL

Rays fans spent the stretch run savoring a division title over the Yankees, then rode a sweep of New York and a pennant over Cleveland to euphoria. A World Series loss to Milwaukee left them heartbroken but proud of a team nobody expected to get there.

From Reddit fan threads · through Oct 26–Nov 1 · 1-4

Season misery
41Content
Worst week
92Jun 1–7
Best week
7May 4–10
Mar 23–29: misery 78 (Miserable) · 1-2Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 44 (Content) · 3-3Apr 6–12: misery 56 (Uneasy) · 4-2Apr 20–26: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 4-2Apr 27–May 3: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 4–10: misery 7 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 11–17: misery 36 (Content) · 4-2May 18–24: misery 26 (Euphoric) · 4-1May 25–31: misery 52 (Meh) · 2-4Jun 1–7: misery 92 (Despair) · 1-5Jun 8–14: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 4-2Jun 15–21: misery 80 (Despair) · 2-4Jun 22–28: misery 38 (Content) · 5-2Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 19 (Euphoric) · 4-2Jul 6–12: misery 30 (Euphoric) · 4-3Jul 13–19: misery 87 (Despair) · 0-4Jul 20–26: misery 8 (Euphoric) · 6-1Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 59 (Uneasy) · 3-3Aug 3–9: misery 7 (Euphoric) · 6-0Aug 10–16: misery 33 (Content) · 3-3Aug 17–23: misery 55 (Uneasy) · 3-4Aug 24–30: misery 20 (Euphoric) · 5-1Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 45 (Content) · 3-4Sep 7–13: misery 9 (Euphoric) · 5-1Sep 14–20: misery 49 (Meh) · 5-1Sep 21–27: misery 38 (Content) · 3-4Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 21 (Euphoric) · 1-0Oct 5–11: misery 29 (Euphoric) · 2-0Oct 12–18: misery 58 (Uneasy) · 3-2Oct 19–25: misery 52 (Meh) · 1-2Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 68 (Miserable) · 1-23/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans went from buying World Series tickets and debating seeding to clinching the pennant against ESPN's 0.7% odds, then said goodbye with pride and promised the young core would finish the job.

    “I JUST IMPULSE BOUGHT A TICKET TO GAME 3. FUCK THE MONEY. FUCK THE 6 HOUR ROUND TRIP DRIVE. IM GONNA SEE A GOD DAMN WORLD SERIES GAME IN THE TROP BEFORE SHE LEAVES US!!”

    ▲ 153Oct 19–25

    Oct 5–11 ›Oct 19–25 ›Oct 26–Nov 1 ›
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 68Oct 26–Nov 11-2›
  2. 52Oct 19–251-2›
  3. 58Oct 12–183-2›
  4. 29Oct 5–112-0›
  5. 21Sep 28–Oct 41-0›
  6. 38Sep 21–273-4›
  7. 49Sep 14–205-1›
  8. 9Sep 7–135-1›
  9. 45Aug 31–Sep 63-4›
  10. 20Aug 24–305-1›
  11. 55Aug 17–233-4›
  12. 33Aug 10–163-3›
  13. 7Aug 3–96-0›
  14. 59Jul 27–Aug 23-3›
  15. 8Jul 20–266-1›
  16. 87Jul 13–190-4›
  17. 30Jul 6–124-3›
  18. 19Jun 29–Jul 54-2›
  19. 38Jun 22–285-2›
  20. 80Jun 15–212-4›
  21. 28Jun 8–144-2›
  22. 92Jun 1–71-5›
  23. 52May 25–312-4›
  24. 26May 18–244-1›
  25. 36May 11–174-2›
  26. 7May 4–105-1›
  27. 28Apr 27–May 35-1›
  28. 28Apr 20–264-2›
  29. —Apr 13–194-2›
  30. 56Apr 6–124-2›
  31. 44Mar 30–Apr 53-3›
  32. 78Mar 23–291-2›