Joe Maddon congratulates Buck Showalter, says Rays won't give up, and wants to barbecue

Despite fighting 'til the very end, the Rays were eliminated from playoff contention when the A's won on Monday night. The fun-loving Maddon expressed his emotions with a couple tweets on Tuesday:

So proud of our guys tho i am a little upset. We're good enough 2 b there and playing at the top of our game but I'm going home to barbecue.

— Joe Maddon (@RaysJoeMaddon) October 2, 2012

We're going to go hard to win these 2 games just the way Buck and the Orioles did it last year. I know he wouldn't want it any other way.

— Joe Maddon (@RaysJoeMaddon) October 2, 2012

Maddon also remembered to give kudos to O's manager Buck Showalter:

#Rays Maddon sent #O's mgr Showalter a "nice bottle of red wine" as congrats

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) October 2, 2012