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1st-place Rays turn AL East upside down (AP)

 
Pennant fever is alive in the oddest of places. Ticket lines are longer, television ratings are rising and the young, budget-minded Tampa Bay Rays are in first place in the AL East, looking down on the big-spending Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. "First-place Rays halfway to history," read on newspaper headline. (link)

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