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Cockcroft: Tampa Bay Devil Rays preview

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

In the age of free agency, some major-league expansion teams have been able to build a winning foundation in a relatively short time span. However, that isn't the case in Tampa Bay. In nine seasons, the Devil Rays never won more than 70 games or finished higher than fourth place in the American League East and they've averaged 97 losses per year. Meanwhile, their expansion partners, the Arizona Diamondbacks, won a World Series title in their fourth season of existence, have won three division ti ...

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