Tampa Bay Rays hoping to compensate for losses of several top defensive players

March 25, 2011
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Tampa Bay Rays Navarro and Price Warming Up
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Minnesota Twins, March 20, 2010, Charlotte Sports Park, Port Charlotte, Fla. Rays lost 6 to 2.

Catcher Dioner Navarro and Pitcher David Price warm up before the game. Navarro later left the game due to injury.

Tampa Bay Rays hoping to compensate for losses of several top defensive players
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer Monday, March 21, 2011 PORT CHARLOTTE — The enormous task the Rays face in replacing Gold Glove winner Carl Crawford in leftfield will allow centerfielder B.J. Upton to showcase part of his game rarely seen before. “I can confirm,” Upton said, “that I can go to my right.” Upton has rarely needed to, as Crawford routinely ran down balls from the line into left …
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Oswalt feeling good after being hit by line drive
Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Roy Oswalt was in good spirits the day after taking a line drive under the right ear while pitching against the Tampa Bay Rays. Oswalt said that he had a small lump on the back of his head but doesn’t have a headache. He expects to make his next start. “I actually slept pretty well,” he said Thursday.
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