'If they could do it, why couldn't we?' Huff says of Tampa Bay's ascent to the top of the AL East Don't be surprised this month if baseball fans from Baltimore, Kansas City and Pittsburgh root for the Tampa Bay Rays like pilgrims saying prayers at the feet of a saint. From 1998 to 2007, no franchise seemed more lost than the Rays, who peaked with a 70-91 record during that stretch. Their veteran signings never found the old magic, their pitchers never got anybody out and their fans never cared a lick. But something wild and magical happened this season in baseball's bleakest wasteland. Young players met their promise en masse, a revamped defense made pitchers look good and retreads played their best ball in years. Not even injuries to their best pitcher and two best offensive players could stop the Rays from surging past .500...
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