BOSTON -- We are barely into a 54-round, bare-knuckle cage match, in which at least one participant will be knocked out, and it looks like a doozy.The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox opened the season with a three-game series that was nearly suffocating in its relentless intensity and drama.
"It's mentally draining when you've got to stay as high intensity as we do against the clubs in our division," Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria said after the Rays took Thursday's rubber game. "It's always nerve-wracking here getting the last three [outs]."
