Tampa Bay Rays

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

• Sat, Oct 3W 1-0vs NYY21

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

Game of the week: Sat, Oct 3, W 1-0 vs New York Yankees

In-game fan misery, every 15 minutes.

What happened

One game, one run, one win: 1-0 over the Yankees, and the Trop apparently found its voice again. The turning point was the broadcast itself, a crowd loud enough that fans at home noticed — "shit was loud on tv" — and a camera that lingered on New York faces in the stands. Series lead 1-0, season 1-0. Someone is still refusing to retire a Brett Phillips flair. Misery sits at 30, which for this fanbase counts as giddy.

What fans said

• “shout out to all y'all at the trop. shit was loud on tv”

  u/njob3▲ 145joy

• “Yankees didn't Score!!!! Yankees didn't Score!!!! Yankees didn't Score!!!!”

  @BobbyMilone29♥ 465rageRival fan

• “Tampa showed up tonight, really incredible by the fans!!”

  @PZalupski♥ 437joy

• “You can pry my Brett Phillips flair from my cold dead hands”

  u/happylittlemexican▲ 90pride

• “Drew. F’ing. RASMUSSEN.”

  @Ry_Bass♥ 371joy

• “Loved when the camera panned to the sad Yankees fans at the Trop! Haha enjoy your evening bitches”

  u/ExpectedFuckingValue▲ 54joy

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What fans posted

The memes and clips Tampa Bay Rays fans shared on X and Reddit around this week's games. ⚡ means it was posted during a big swing.