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        He believes in his players, even when, sometimes, he shouldn&#039;t.
            by Peter Golenbock
            WeÂ’re spoiled. Since the Wednesday night thriller in which Dan Johnson hit a game-tying home run with two outs and two strikes in the ninth and Evan Longoria won with a homer in the 12th, Rays fans have come to expect that such an occurrence will happen every night.&hellip;
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