Madden: Despite stadium woes, Florida squads field winners
Published 5/18/2008 at NYDailyNews.com - Baseball
Of all the topsy-turvy developments these first six weeks of the season, none seems quite so improbable as the coinciding first-place success stories of the two Florida teams. The Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays are at the top of their respective divisions.
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