"Grounder to second, Iwamura picks it up and steps on the bag. The Rays have done it! The Rays are going to the World Series!"
Every Rays fan remembers where they were when then-Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura stepped on the bag to clinch the American League Pennant and capped off a magical season, even if the clock struck 12 during the World Series.
Just like the 2009 Rays, fans seemed to be in a daze, still stuck on that celebratory image from the year past as baseball resumed its natural order, with New York and Boston returning to the top.
But this spring has a 2008 feel.
Halfway through spring, the Rays are 9-3. I know, I know, it's only spring training. It doesn't count. Yet for this Tampa Bay squad, the momentum they gather now may help them once the year begins. It may o ...
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