L.A. Angels and Tampa Bay Rays Need To Dance With the Guns Who Brung Them

Sitting at the ballpark on an unusually breezy August night, it was easy to see what exactly makes the Los Angeles Angels and the Tampa Bay Rays playoff contenders and two of the American League’s most dangerous teams. There is size, speed, power, strength, and the glue that holds them all together.

But unfortunately for both clubs, there isn’t all that much substance. Substance, as in what wins in the playoffs. As in what pops champagne bottles and schedules victory parades. The Angels and Rays have become two of baseball’s premier teams because of the arms they roll out on any given night. Who toes the rubber determines the backbone, and destiny, of a ball club.

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