Tampa Bay Devil Rays Worried They Might Be Cut During Spring Training
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLMembers of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays team,
coaching staff, and front office expressed concern Tuesday that they might not
be one of the lucky 30 teams invited to participate in the 2006 Major League
Baseball season. "There's a lot of good teams out there, and most of them have
been around a whole lot longer than we have," Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon
said. "The Yankees, the Red Sox, the Angelsyou know they're all going to make
this year's league. I guess we just have to try our hardest, put some money
into this club, and prove that we belong out there with those other teams."
Opposing managers throughout the AL agree that, while the Devil Rays may
someday make a decent big-league ballclub, it's probably best that they get
some experience first by starting the season in Triple-A.
