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The long fall of All-Star MVP Carl Crawford

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The 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was a landmark event for the Tampa Bay Rays. When the game began on July 14, no fewer than 12 men sitting in the American League dugout were wearing Raysโ€™ uniforms. Five of those were players while the other seven included Manager Joe Maddon and his entire six-man coaching staff. Maddon was the manager โ€“ the first and only from Tampa Bay โ€“ because the Rays were defending American League Champions. None of…

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NY Times: The magic deserts struggling Rays after a run to the World Series

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After conjuring some ninth-inning magic to defeat the Yankees on Saturday, the Rays are only one game over .500, and quite relieved that a 6-1 run got them there. They have fluttered in fourth place in the American League East every day for almost a month, and have not been higher than third since the first week of the season. Even the manager who could do no wrong one season ago, Joe Maddon, last month had a lineup-card goof cost…

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