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