Rays, Marlins enjoying early season success

An Alligator Alley World Series?

Don't laugh. The way the surprising Tampa Bay Rays and Florida Marlins are playing a quarter of the way through the season, almost anything seems possible.

``I'm not going out on a limb and saying we're winning the World Series,'' Tampa Bay's Cliff Floyd said Wednesday. ``I'm saying this team has let their guys develop, get their feet wet and unfortunately learn how to lose. Now, they're understanding we're ready to win.''

At 23-16, the Rays were seven games over .500 for the first time in franchise history and led second-place Boston by one game in the AL East going into Wednesday night's game against the New York Yankees.

Their .590 winning percentage was the best in the AL and identical to that of the intrastate rival Florida Marlins, who lead the NL East.

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