Maybe Greg Vaughn. Maybe Roberto Hernandez or Ozzie Guillen. But it began about two weeks ago and slowly has grown. Two out of three became four out of six, then six out of nine. When they beat the Rangers 6-1 before an announced 20,197 on Sunday, the Rays had won a fourth consecutive series for the first time in franchise history.
Every team gets in a funk.
Bubba Trammell, center, is the man of the moment after a three-run double in the seventh. They are not the hottest team in baseball. They are not steamrolling anyone. They just keep taking two out of three. First from Philadelphia, then Florida, Anaheim and Texas.