The World Series-Bound Rays Epitomize Baseball in 2020—for Better or for Worse

The World Series-bound Rays are everything great—and terrible—about modern baseball

When Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash emerged from the dugout with two outs in the sixth inning Saturday night, longtime baseball fans simultaneously groaned.

Charlie Morton, the Rays’ starter, looked dominant in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, holding the Houston Astros scoreless on just 66 pitches. He appeared poised to deliver the kind of October masterpiece that would sit alongside the most memorable clutch performances of the past.

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