Rays' Taylor Walls calls out Ken Rosenthal for 'disrespectful' question after World Series Game 4 win

Perhaps some fuel has been thrown on the fire ahead of Game 5 of the World Series.

When on the brink of elimination, the Tampa Bay Rays pulled off a walk-off win against the Milwaukee Brewers. The expectation naturally remains that the Brewers will ultimately win the World Series, which prompted an unpopular question from MLB insider Ken Rosenthal to shortstop Taylor Walls.

The question: Was it important to win one just to show you’re on this level?

Walls immediately laughed.

Regardless of how the Rays did during the first three games of the World Series, no player wants to hear if they feel good about salvaging a game because they aren't on the same level as the opponent.

"No. I don't know. I think that's pretty disrespectful, honestly," Walls said in response to Rosenthal's question. "We're a team that's capable of winning four. No team wants to get swept, but at the end of the day, we think that we can win the whole thing."

Taylor Walls only had one reasonable response

To be fair, what else is Walls supposed to say to that? He was essentially asked whether he was happy to steal a game from a team that is better than them before losing Game 5 on Wednesday. The goal is to win Game 5, too. After that, their goal is to win Game 6 and so on.

Walls and the rest of the Rays know the Brewers are a well-oiled machine. It's not like they found out back on Friday, and they've experienced some wake-up call.

Apart from the meldown in Game 3, these have all been one-run games. They were given new life. Some mistakes were starting to clean themselves up in Game 4. There is no reason to mentally pack it up and go home.

They have every reason to drag this out as long as they can. Even if there was only one reason, and that reason is that they can still win the World Series, that is enough of a reason.

It ain't over until it's over. There's no benefit to humoring the idea that it is, even if the odds are slim.

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