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Gators, Rays and Dolphins are Florida’s favorite sports teams, pollsters say

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The Gators, Rays and Dolphins are the most favored teams among Floridians according to a survey released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling. The University of Florida Gators were the favorite college team for 29 percent of survey respondents, with their archrival, the Florida State University Seminoles, taking second place with 19 percent support. The only other teams breaking double digits were the University of Central Florida Golden Knights at 12 percent and the Miami Hurricanes, which 1 in 10 respondents…

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Tampa Bay Rays announce preseason game against Cubans

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After months of ironing out the details, the Tampa Bay Rays are headed to Cuba. The Rays will play a game March 22 against the Cuba National team in Havana’s Estadio Latinamericano. The game will coincide with a trip by President Barrack Obama to the island. It will be the first game in Cuba by an American team since the Baltimore Orioles played the Cuban National team in 1999. MLB not only seeks to play a symbolic role in the…

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As Rays begin spring training play, there are questions to answer

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The Tampa Bay Rays begin to tackle their questions Wednesday afternoon. The Rays play their first preseason game Wednesday against the Nationals at Charlotte Sports Park. Game time is 1:05 p.m. For the Rays, not a lot is certain about the coming season. Tampa Bay is coming off an injury-plagued season it finished 80-82. Among the questions: Will Chris Archer, the ace of the staff, be a bigger winner this year? He was only 12-13 last year, and he is…

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Rays’ Desmond Jennings hopes he can stay healthy in 2016

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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Desmond Jennings is ready to play. He’s optimistic about the season. He thinks this will be the year that everything comes together. Won’t it? Jennings, 29, played in only 28 games last year. But general manager Matt Silverman has said that anytime Jennings is on the field, he has a chance to be the best player there. So once again, the Rays are caught between hope and expectations. “Every year, I come…

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Rays’ Evan Longoria wants to lead less, produce more in 2016

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Evan Longoria isn’t worried about everyone else’s game. Just his own. Longoria, long acknowledged as the face of the Tampa Bay Rays, is surrendering some of the leadership role in an attempt to bounce back to be one of the game’s elite players. “Nobody wants that pressure every day,” Longoria told reporters at the team’s training facility in Port Charlotte. “For me, I felt it a lot last year. I was hard on myself. And I know that it’s not…

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Rays’ Kevin Kiermaier wants to be an everyday starter for Rays

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Kevin Kiermaier returned home this week. He intends to stay. For Kiermaier, of course, home is center field. He wants to stay there, Kiermaier told reporters as he showed up for spring training. Kiermaier, the gold-glove winner for the Tampa Bay Rays, said he wants to play 155 games this year. For Kiermaier, that means he has to do a better job of hitting against lefthanders (he hit only .231 last year). “I know I can hit lefties,” he said.…

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For now, Rays should pass on shortstop Ian Desmond

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On another team, in another town, Ian Desmond might make perfect sense. Here, it makes none. Oh, you can see the temptation. Why, he’s a veteran shortstop, and the Rays could certainly use one of those rather than bet all of their chips on Brad Miller. The Rays are a team about bargains, and these days, Desmond seems like one of those. They also value run prevention, and Desmond would help save a few of those. So why shouldn’t the…

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