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Posted: Thursday October 9, 2008 1:43PM; Updated: Thursday October 9, 2008 3:20PM

Tale of the Tape

Extra Mustard's Paul Tinelli sizes up two terrible teams that became great.

Tampa Bay Rays	"Cleveland Indians"
Speedy Centerfielders
B.J. Upton	Willie Mays Hayes
People Who Didn't Give Them a Chance
Everyone	Their owner
Regular Season Nemesis
New York Yankees	New York Yankees
Stabilizing Veteran
Troy Percival	Jake Taylor
Helped Team Unity
Got Mohawks	Taking clothes off their owner
Great Glasses

Joe Maddon	Ricky Vaughn
Team Name
Shorter than it used to be	Politically incorrect
Just a Bit?
Better than everyone thinks	Outside
Home Stadium
Isn't really great	Isn't really theirs
Famous Fan

Dick Vitale	Lynn Wells (Rene Russo)

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